St Helens Wolf wrote:I'm not sure that the mercandising for the Challenge Cup dwarfs the mercandidising for the Grand Final, a lot depends upon factors such as when you side were last there etc, but I expect that the merchandising means more to the club than the prize money. As you say, this will be a different story this year if there are no fans at the game.

The actual prize money may well find its way directly into the pockets of the players since it is excempt from the sallary cap.

I expect that most clubs, at least up until the end of September, will treat this as a normal season with a game per week. After that it starts to get a bit congested. You can't rotate too many players per game, it's going to be more about managing the knocks and niggles as they occur.

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:What's the prize money difference between CC and SL?

I'd reckon, unless a side gets very lucky with the draw, it's almost impossible to seriously target a double this year - There will have to be one side that is head and shoulders above the rest to do so and, from what we saw in the few weeks before lockdown, there isn't one. (Wigan are probably the closest).

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:Is Robert Hicks available?

ninearches wrote:Perhaps they want to see us put Wigan to the sword at Wembley this year .

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:not it does, clubs make a shedload off merch pre challenge cup final, you dont get the same money spent in the lead up to the GF