Quote: Slugger McBatt "I'm not sure that's right, because the Grand Final, which is explicitly Super League focused, often has fans from all the clubs from all the leagues. It's just never recovered from the demolition of the old Empire Stadium, because other concepts grew, such as Magic, and the new Wembley doesn't have the tradition of the old Wembley.'"
That's a fair point but, Football seems to have coped with the upgrade and the FA cup final is still revered in most quarters.
The major difference is that, unlike RL, the FA Cup final is still just about the last act of the football season, whereas, we now focus on the GF.
You could say that the Challenge Cup is now more akin to the old League Cup in football and that too has lost most of it's kudos.