I decided to stay home and watch it on telly instead .... basically because the Mrs insisted I mow the grass after we went to Ikea. Not that I'm under the thumb or anything.

Cas have been a little disappointing. I dont support either side but I was hoping they would tear Leeds a new one.

I don’t like Wembley soulless place with the middle tier empty by the half way line and then club Wembley seats empty not like the old days. Good call on moving from August.

I bet if the RFL had a poll the people would favour going back to may, the fans and the players would, I would love it to go back I have been to Wembley 28 time 4 great Britain 3 England the rest the challenge cup and it was best in may

The middle tier at Wembley doesn't help... how long does the club Wembley deal run for now?.

The time between the Semi final and Final is ridiculous, also do the RFL recognise the problem people with children have regarding family holidays out of term time?.

Why the need for the final to be played on a bank holiday weekend anymore is beyond me, the cost of staying in London over 2 days now would put most off. I would move the final to mid May or late June...and maybe introduce a "consolation cup" comp for those teams going out in the 3rd round (before S.L teams enter), with the final to be played as a curtain raiser to the main final....I noticed a massive drop in neutrals from lower league sides yest maybe that would help.

The main problem fro the CC final is that it is no longer the "main event" in the RL calendar.
Reserved seating at Wembley doesn't help either and there should be a way of re allocating these seats/tickets

There is a way of reallocating the seats but it's cumbersome. If you hold Club Wembley seats of any kind they are on a season ticket basis. If you definitely know in advance that you won't be attending a particular event, you can 'pass them back' to Club Wembley for them to resell. If they manage this, you get 15% of the re-sale value, they keep the rest. This is not exactly helpful in the case of the Challenge Cup Final for lots of reasons:

1) You may not be sure until too late that you, or a friend, won't want the tickets
2) As you only get 15% back, what's the point of giving up the option above? You are NOT ALLOWED to sell the tickets yourself
3) Club Wembley marketing people have few contacts in RL, so no-one to sell them to.
4) Club Wembley already have the money for these seats, extra revenue is available through a re-sale, but no-one's out of pocket if they don't get resold, so no special offers, for instance, to fill Club Wembley.
5) There are not enough folks local to Wembley/London who are likely to buy a last-minute ticket for £80 plus ( Club Wembley bottom-end price for a one-off ). For Northerners there is travel on top, of course

Like in much of business today, Wembley is happy to bank the corporate money and not worry about appearances on TV.

What is even more surprising are the empty 'dignitary' seats, the block of pure red in prime position over the half-way line. Most of these are given away to dignitaries, celebrities, politicians, charities connected to RL, folk who have done favours for the sport, companies who may be targets to become sponsors/advertisers etc. These should be 90% full, allowing even for 'no-shows' on the day.