British rugby league's day of reckoning finally arrives tomorrow, as IMG reveal their club gradings, and which 12 clubs will be in Super League next year.

Bradford Bulls will almost certainly miss out, based on what their CEO Jason Hirst and opposition clubs have been saying publicly over the last few months, but the hope is they will not be too far off the promised land.

And Hirst will reveal all of that and more when he does a sit down, in-person interview with the T&A tomorrow.

That will take place at 1pm, two and a half hours after the official IMG grading announcement by the Rugby Football League.

T&A senior sports reporter Nathan Atkinson and West Yorkshire Rugby League's Mick Gledhill will be in attendance to ask Hirst a range of questions.

Bulls' IMG ranking and what comes next for them will be top of the agenda, but there are plenty of other things to discuss too, such as Eamon O'Carroll's shock departure as head coach last Thursday.

There will also be chance for Hirst to reflect on the gut-wrenching Betfred Championship play-off semi-final defeat to Toulouse earlier this month, as well as talk about season ticket sales and the decision to move next year's summer home games to Friday night.

It goes without saying that if readers have any questions they would like answering, within reason, the T&A can happily put those queries to Hirst.

As for that main topic of conversation, the IMG rankings and make-up of next year's Super League, at this stage it looks as if Wakefield will go up from the Championship, while London Broncos will come the other way.

London Broncos (black) are going down after a brief stay in Super League.London Broncos (black) are going down after a brief stay in Super League. (Image: Nigel French/PA Wire.)

That is based on their IMG scores, though ironically, if traditional promotion and relegation was still in place, those two would have been swapping positions regardless.

Broncos finished bottom of Super League on points difference, while Wakefield emphatically won the Championship Grand Final on Saturday evening, thrashing Toulouse 36-0 at Belle Vue, a game which saw Max Jowitt break the all-time British points record for a single season.

He scored exactly 500 points for Wakefield this year, breaking the previous record set by Lewis Jones (496) in the 1956/57 campaign.

Back to IMG, Bulls and Toulouse were both in and around the top 12 when the indicative gradings were announced last October.

Bradford and Toulouse both ultimately suffered real disappointment in the 2023 play-offs, but the IMG indicative ranking release later that month gave the pair real cause for optimism. Bradford and Toulouse both ultimately suffered real disappointment in the 2023 play-offs, but the IMG indicative ranking release later that month gave the pair real cause for optimism. (Image: Tom Pearson.)

Bradford were placed 14th, but less than half a point behind 12th placed Leigh, so even if they and Toulouse miss out this time, both should have genuine hope of Super League in 2026.

But Featherstone were way behind Bulls in 15th this time last year, so there are fears for the pyramid that everyone outside of that top 14 has practically no chance of ever reaching Super League under the new rankings system.