Quote: Conroy "There's been a week to sell the tickets, we play each other 8 million times, there's a recession, the cup is losing its magic to some, all the crap with the stadium.'"
Very true.
The scheduling of the CC definitely needs to be looked at, it's an absolute joke. 3 rounds squashed into 5 weeks.
Quote: Conroy "[code2005: 2012:
R4: 3rd April R4: 15 April
R5: 6 May R5: 27 April
QF: 26 June QF: 12 May
SF: 30 July SF: 14 July
F: 27 Aug F: 25 Aug[/code'"
To be fair though, I think it's probably because of the Euros/Olympics and the RFL have naturally just bent over to the BBC not realising the impact it'd have.