lancs blue
Well-Known Member
It looks as if the play-offs and last 16 draws will be between pairs of clubs.9th - 24th play a playoff round first and the winners play the top 8.
So it could mean 1st plays the lowest ranked qualifier and so on.
For example for the last 16 1st and 2nd in the league will be paired with the winners of the two 15/16 vs 17/18 play-off matches and then the draw will be for team 1 playing one of those winners and team 2 will play the other winner.
Then that process is repeated through the remaining pairs of league positions.
For the QF onward it's like the World Cup, two halves of the draw dictated by league position so that in theory the top two in the league meet in the final.