Championship consequences: Who can win Inter Services titles in Wakefield?
The 2024 Inter Services rugby league championships come to a thrilling end on Friday in Wakefield live on the BFBS Forces News YouTube channel.
It's RAF v British Army in matchday three of the tournament.
Coverage of the women's match begins at 2.15pm UK time, while the men's match will follow at 5.15pm UK time.
But which service will walk away as champions?
Here are the championship consequences.
Women's championship
RAF will be champions if...
For the Air Force, pulling off a win over a really strong Army would be a massive achievement and more importantly be a title-winning one too.
Victory is the one way the RAF can be champions due to the Army's superior goal difference.
However, they come into the match after a hard-fought win over the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.
British Army will be champions if...
The Army are in the strongest position to win the championship after a 52-0 demolition job of the Royal Navy in Hull.
That big score means a win or a draw against the RAF would result in the trophy staying with the reigning champions.
If that happens, the Army will have won the Inter Services women's championship for 15 straight tournaments.
Royal Navy will be champions if...
Sadly for the Royal Navy, they are out of the title hunt after back-to-back defeats to the RAF and Army.
Against the RAF, they showed improvement from recent years and led the game for a large period.
The same improvements could be seen in patches against the Army, but the champions' superior speed in possession was too much for the Navy to handle.
They will hope for more improvement as part of their long-term project in 2025.
Men's championship
RAF will be champions if...
It's time to get the calculators out.
After a stunning win over the reigning champions from the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, the RAF are the favourites to lift the trophy as their destiny is in their own hands.
A win or draw against the British Army would mean a first RAF men's Inter Services title win since 2016.
British Army will be champions if...
If the Army are to win the championship in 2024, we will have seen one of the biggest win totals in men's Inter Services history.
After a 42-8 loss to the Navy, the Army will need to beat the RAF by 73 points or more to be champions.
It would be the first Army title win since 2018.
Royal Navy will be champions if...
Despite defeat to the RAF in Portsmouth and not being involved in Friday's action, the reigning champions still have a chance of keeping their silverware.
In a rare situation, the Navy players will be watching our live coverage supporting the British Army as an Army win is the only avenue the Navy have to winning the title.
An Army win by less than 73 points would be the exact formula to Ben Taylor's last act as Navy captain being a trophy lift again.
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