Joined: Apr 14 2005 Posts: 1738 Location: Great Sankey, Warrington.
Just had the email from the RFL saying that as of next year, Super League sides will be seeded into round 3, having to play away at those sides who progress from round two.
Thoughts? Beyond a slightly better payday for the lower league sides (as if Wigan/Saints/Us would go in our droves to the likes of a Barrow/Sheffield?) I don't think it's going to make much difference to a competition that's rapidly dying on its arris.
Joined: Feb 10 2012 Posts: 6009 Location: Stuck in 1982
Teessidewire wrote:We have in the past. I’ve been to Oldham, Barrow, York, Keighley, Whitehaven, Hunslet and others and it always generates a good gate.
I agree with you Teesside, I'm sure we are not alone and think that a day out somewhere different would generate a bit of interest
A step in the right direction. I really enjoy the days out to lower placed teams, who we would not normally visit. I remember playing the amateur clubs years ago, Leigh Miners nearly knocked us out one year.
I used to like the lower league matches in the challenge cup, i'm looking forward to it. Seeing us play a mix of first team and youngsters against unfamiliar teams was always fun and not a guaranteed drumming
Joined: Sep 20 2005 Posts: 1062 Location: The Yard
I certainly agree with Super League clubs coming into the competition a round earlier, but I would have preferred the last 32 to just be a random draw. If that happens to produce Saints v Wigan and Keighley v Hunslet, then so be it. This concept of seeding lower division sides and then Super League clubs having to play away from home just smacks of the competition being manipulated to achieve desired outcomes. I'm not sure that's great for sporting integrity. I'd be delighted for Wire to get a trip to somewhere different, such as York or Whitehaven, but I'd just prefer it to be as a result of a fair draw rather than a manipulated one.
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Joined: Jun 25 2006 Posts: 13961 Location: Forum21
The Speculator wrote:I certainly agree with Super League clubs coming into the competition a round earlier, but I would have preferred the last 32 to just be a random draw. If that happens to produce Saints v Wigan and Keighley v Hunslet, then so be it. This concept of seeding lower division sides and then Super League clubs having to play away from home just smacks of the competition being manipulated to achieve desired outcomes. I'm not sure that's great for sporting integrity. I'd be delighted for Wire to get a trip to somewhere different, such as York or Whitehaven, but I'd just prefer it to be as a result of a fair draw rather than a manipulated one.
Yes unseeded draw. Fixtures can always be reversed.
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