How the Super League table would look if teams only played each other home and away

The regular Super League season has finished - with the top-five heading into the play-offs and London relegated for finishing bottom.
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Each of the 12 clubs played each other twice - but they also played seven teams a third time, to make up a 29-round campaign. The 'loop' fixtures were spread out throughout the year which is why, for example, Wigan had two away matches at Salford before they welcomed them to the DW Stadium.

But how would the league table have looked without the additional matches?

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Here are the standings if the clubs only played 22 matches, based on the first time the sides met at each others' grounds. So, for example, Wigan's recent home matches against Castleford and Catalans have not been included, but their first visits to the DW earlier in the year year have been. Similarly, the Magic Weekend fixtures have not been counted. Who would have made the top-five? And who would have been relegated?