£130 on tickets
£60 on fuel
£20 on parking
4x Packed lunch. (£20 if you go to M&S Foodhall)
£30 McDonalds just off M1 below Leicester Forest services

Just saved you £80 there pal.

The problem is they are sold off cheap enough reducing it further won't attract new fans. Or significant add to it on its own.

The challenge Cup could be a domestic 9s tournament all played over a 4 day Bank Holiday with teams from the super league and championship.

Create more of a festival about it over the one weekend loads of different shirts hustle n bustle around Wembley over the weekend social media boosts to attract younger rugby fans in the London area add value for money by one ticket admits to all games. Lots to do outside fans areas have the games played on big screens around London.

It also reduces the number of games played a little which I think helps maybe we could have some kind of origin series yorks v lancs again or just give the players a rest?

Nice idea but, who would want to fork out the cost of a Wembley trip to watch a "nothing" nines competition, when most clubs would send "reserve" sides, to protect their main squad for more important fixtures.

Personally, I'm not sure that 9's has anything like enough "pull" to draw anything close to fill (or half fill) Wembley.

Nor does the full 13 a side with first team players. We wouldn't be having these discussions if it was near capacity.

I'm just thinking out if the box as the one thing most agree with us somthing needs to change but aside from reducing price of tickets no real idea match day entertainment should be a given but what changes are we talking to refresh it?

Alternative ideas play semi n final over the weekend, take the final to Australia.

Isn't the Challenge cup just dead now?

I know it's full of tradition but maybe fans just don't care about it that much these days.

Maybe it's time for something new.

I certainly don't think it's just about ticket prices. If the competition has lost its appeal then cutting the ticket prices won't really make much difference.

It’s just a Mickey Mouse cup now. Just like all other sports domestic cup comps.

However. It gives teams who have no chance of winning super league an opportunity to win something

Correct, I'm always at least interested in going to the CC final and have been loads of times. Wouldn't be bothered in the slightest about a 9s tournament unless for some reason I was already in London and could get a very cheap ticket. Winning it holds no prestige like the CC does and like you say, guaranteed it would be reserves too. Not sure I'd even watch on TV to be honest, not that BBC would give airtime to a full tournament like that anyway.

you would say that having been well beaten in the last couple of years

Halifax picked up about 1/3 of £400k for their SF final appearance, so it's fair to say your team of 2019 losers probably picked up 300k....or a fair chunk of your Salary Capped squads wages.....about double what you got the year before when you choked a round earlier
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I still love the Challenge Cup, pity it's not more popular, but that's just the way it is. Like the Caraboa Cup in football, it will really only interest the fans of the smaller clubs....like me !

Yeah may as well bin it off and let the current holders keep it