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| Quote: Broxy Music "Just out of interest, why do english teams get home advantage against the dragons? One year they should play a semi in france, would be good for the game and french rugby league'"
I think if they want to play in what is essentially an English cup competition, then they should expect to play neutral games in this country.
That is unless we want to change the empasis of the Challenge Cup to that of a European compettion. |
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| Quote: Wellsy13 "And I'd put forward Sheffield Utd as a venue that would be a hit. Big city, big modern ground. Would be great, and very attractive for the neutral.'"
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| Quote: Judder Man "Its about time we stop playing second fiddle to football and play the semifinals at a RUGBY LEAGUE GROUND, loads to choose from like the grounds at Bradford, Leeds, St Helens, Warrington and Widnes and possibly Leigh.'"
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I couldnt think of a worst place for a semi final than SUFC how many empty seats would there be.
No chance of a double header the dates and times are already penciled in by the BBC. Just the teams and venues to arrange.
London v Dragons I would have in France not in the UK
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| Quote: dids858 "I couldnt think of a worst place for a semi final than SUFC how many empty seats would there be. '"
Well, if we're going with a double header (which is what the suggestion was for SUFC), then considering the semi finals (since they've decided to take them to smaller stadia) have averaged about 25-30k combined over the last 15 years, a 32k stadium would be a fairly good fit I reckon.
Quote: dids858 "No chance of a double header the dates and times are already penciled in by the BBC. Just the teams and venues to arrange. '"
This year, yes.
Next year, if announced ahead of time and designated as an RL Event from the start of the season, it'd sell out I reckon. Easily sell about 5k to neutrals before it's even known who's playing IMO.
Quote: dids858 "London v Dragons I would have in France not in the UK'"
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Dropkick Murphy..we actually saw and heard a mass of bouncing and scarf and flag waving to Dale Cavese that drowned out anything we could muster.. It stopped us singing our own celebratory songs, it died out seconds later when we accepted we couldn't be heard over the Wigan lot
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I would like to see any semi-final involving Catalans (this includes Wigan) to be played in France. They could potentially get a huge crowd in Toulouse or Montpellier or just at the Union stadium in Perpignan. I doubt it will happen though. The RFL are not that smart.
A double-header would always be my choice with really cheap tickets. £5 concessions £10 adults at Elland Road/Bolton/Sheffield/COM depending on who is in it. Could even have the NRC final as part of the same event between the two semi-finals. It makes that a bigger day with a bigger crowd. That would be better than the magic weekend IMO. Much more cost effective.
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| Quote: Odem "I would like to see any semi-final involving Catalans (this includes Wigan) to be played in France. They could potentially get a huge crowd in Toulouse or Montpellier or just at the Union stadium in Perpignan. I doubt it will happen though. The RFL are not that smart.'"
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| Quote: Odem "A double-header would always be my choice with really cheap tickets. £5 concessions £10 adults at Elland Road/Bolton/Sheffield/COM depending on who is in it. Could even have the NRC final as part of the same event between the two semi-finals. It makes that a bigger day with a bigger crowd. That would be better than the magic weekend IMO. Much more cost effective.'"
You've just completely devalued the event. There is absolutely no need to make it that cheap. Two games for a tenner? I'd say £20 could be too cheap for a semi. Marketing and venue choice are the reasons the semis don't do too well. Reducing the price would benefit no-one.
And you couldn't have the NRC Final there. The NRC Finalists could be involved in the CC semis. Hull KR were in 2006. Leigh are a very slight possibility. You can't make that risk. |
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| Quote: Odem "I would like to see any semi-final involving Catalans (this includes Wigan) to be played in France. They could potentially get a huge crowd in Toulouse or Montpellier or just at the Union stadium in Perpignan. I doubt it will happen though. The RFL are not that smart.
A double-header would always be my choice with really cheap tickets. £5 concessions £10 adults at Elland Road/Bolton/Sheffield/COM depending on who is in it. Could even have the NRC final as part of the same event between the two semi-finals. It makes that a bigger day with a bigger crowd. That would be better than the magic weekend IMO. Much more cost effective.'"
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