The cup is on the wrong weekend, it is the busiest weekend of the year for other events like festivals, the Premier League is in full swing, many are abroad.

Moving it back to end of July just before the football starts again would get more media attention, and also it is better for the teams involved for their league run-in (not an issue for Catalans this year as they are so far away in the league, but it did hamper Hull in the last 2 seasons)

also as many have commented we need to work on selling the event to neutrals. If a well supported club had made the final instead of Catalans we would have added 20-25k to the crowd but that still leaves it at 70/75k and still well below the capacity.

Has the date been set for the 2019 Cup Final?

I must agree!

The date needs to get binned !

Well played Catalans!

Agree the final should be end of July. BH weekend is wrong time of year.

Not a bad idea at all !

Interesting that the French media were very happy with the crowd. Yet it's all been negatives in the UK press.

It's on the wrong weekend. Needs moving to when the schools are in, so many schools use to send coaches down. Then there is issue with transport the west coast mainline is always under repair that weekend. The hotels are in full peak pricing.

The attendance did not affect my enjoyment of the game in any way.

Inspired by Catalans win, Red Star Belgrade of Serbia have applied to join for the Challenge Cup for 2019.

Same here. It was an edge of your seat thriller and the presentation by Auntie was tremendous.

Despite the low attendance, the Catalans win has attracted more mainstream publicity than any other CC or GF I can remember. The vast majority was very positive as well - even ITV news had highlights on Saturday night which is unheard of in recent years

No trains to Euston wouldnt of helped.

Yes the attendance should be higher but this is on the whole RL community. Two clubs alone no matter who is in the final will sell out Wembley.

The game needs to reach a wider audience. An audience of people especially in the South East who may only go to one game a year.

And no mention of the crowd. Because the product on display and story that came out of the game were far more worth talking about.

Whenever the FA Community Sheild is, the Challenge Cup Final should be the weekend before.

The double header for the semi is a great idea, put that in late June; keep Magic in late May but don’t make it an EXTRA game (if we don’t make it an extra game it’ll give us an extra free week in the season), make it a home or away fixture for two teams and play the same fixture the year after (but reverse who’s home fixture it is) and then after two years you can change who plays who but make it the same for two years again with AvB in Year1 and BvA in Year2.

Mid-season international game in the USA should be the weekend after Magic. That gives fans who’ve spent a fortune at Magic a week off so don’t have to keep shelling money out.

Then the Super 8s or Play-offs or whenever structure we have will be an uninterrupted run later in the season to the GF.

Absolutely.