You are only knocked out of the TRF (head to head) league, but are still in the overall competition (based solely on points). You can keep playing and improve your overall ranking....
Interestingly I had almost exactly the same team as Bruff in the final, apart from the fact he had Lambie (who had a shocker), and I had Ludik (who was very solid).
Hope to see everyone back for the Rugby Championship competition!