Thankfully we have the RFL in our back pocket so we'll never have confrontations with them.

Saw that earlier. Pathetic isn't it. Can not see how this is the RFL fault at all. Clubs receive money from the BBC for the rights for the cup, and are therefore tied into their tv schedules if a match is chosen.

The fact that even non league clubs would have managed to get a game on, on a prime time saturday afternoon, should be very embarrasing for Wigan that they couldn't. Not owning their own ground, and more importantly been dictated to by the football side, is Wigan's problem and Wigans problem only. Don't call yourself a big club if you can't organise games at your priority.

I blame Hetherington!

Being.

Was there such a reaction from Wigan when they had to shift a play-off game to Widnes?

Shouldn't they be taking this up with that old geezer at Wigan Athletic?

Ian Lenagan commentedIt is excellent to be able to demonstrate publicly the togetherness and strength of football and rugby in Wigan. Having watched personally the Wigan Athletic games against Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Fulham recently, one can touch and feel the respect for the performances of Wigan Athletic as well as Wigan Warriors. I now look forward to great crowds watching both teams together that weekend at the DW Stadium[/i."



Will he ever see daylight again? Maybe when Whelan goes for a dump!

Thought I'd have a look what happened last time and

However


What's changed?

I think in internet parlance the RFL have just owned Wigan Warriors.


It is the draw which decides the make-up of individual rounds, not the RFL, and whilst clubs must trust to fate, they are also aware of their responsibilities with regard to broadcast agreements.

Whilst the RFL were informed by Wigan Warriors of the potential difficulty they faced as a consequence of their unique tenancy agreement were they to be drawn at home in the quarter-finals, the club were aware that should their tie be selected for broadcast, the onus was on them to find a solution.[/i

I dare not post on the Pie forum.
Won't take much for that tetchy chiponshoulder mob to issue a ban.

Very,

next week is the final week of the premier league season. The week after is the championship play off final, the Heineken cup final, the champions league final and an Amir Kahn fight. The week after is the magic weekend, the week after is the start of the euros.

Had the RFL scheduled the game for any of those weekends they would rightly have been criticised because the CC quarterfinals would have been ignored.

I knew there was a good reason for Hull conceeding their fourth round challenge cup game.

When you're just a lodger you can't afford to over-stretch the landlords patience.

What a shame they couldn't get their club organised enough to actually be able to fulfill the fixture list without b[ii[/itching & whining. Grade A licence, my .