Top five play-offs
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A play-off structure involving the top five teams was used to determine the winners of the Super League competition in British rugby league until 1999. A top six play-off system was then introduced. Apart from the Grand Final all matches are staged at the home ground of the team placed higher in the final league table.
The same system was used in the NSWRL's Sydney Competition 1973-1994, the Australasian Super League, the VFL, 1972-1990 and New Zealand's Lion Red Cup, 1994-1996, and Bartercard Cup, 2000-Present. The system is currently used to determine the VFL reserves premiers, it is also being used by smaller country and metro leagues of Australian Rules Football around Australia.
[edit] How it worked
Week One (VFL names in brackets)
- Elimination Semi-final (Elimination Final): 4th vs 5th
- Qualification Semi-final (Qualifying Final): 2nd vs 3rd
- Bye: 1st
Week Two
- Elimination Final (First Semi-Final): Winners of Elimination Semi-final vs Losers of Qualification Semi-final
- Qualification Final (Second Semi-Final): 1st vs Winners of Qualification Semi-final
Week Three
- Final Qualifier (Preliminary Final): Winners of Elimination Final vs Losers of Qualification Final
- Bye: Winners of Qualification Final.
Week Four
- Grand Final: Winners of Qualification Final vs Winners of Final Qualifier
