You missed this one:
2002 Semi Final: Saints vs Leeds, DW
That now makes it 5 with 60% in Yorkshire and 40% Lancashire which is a fairer split.
With all the discussion about venue choice and location, has anyone factored into account things such as cost and availability of stadiums?

Spot on..... Play it in Greater Manchester.

Just play it in Manchester. Between the two clubs.

Double-header at COM would get my vote to be honest.

Failing that, play them at the newst RL stadiums. Many Wigan and Leeds fans will not have been to Langtree park yet and that will sell a few extra tickets. Same for Warrington v Hudds at Salford.

With the BBC doing the games, will they want it close to media city?

vs Lancashire opposition:
2002, 2001, 1994, 1993.

As with Wigan, Leeds have played a majority of semis vs Lancashire opposition in the opposition's county: ten out of the past 15 occasions in fact (i.e. before the recent three in Huddersfield vs St Helens it was ten out of 12).

Presumably this arises due to Central Park and Headingley being the predominant semi final venues for decades.

Scared

A neutral environment suits us fine but the sad thing is we dont often get it. The positive is we usually win anyway but thats not the point.

I would quite happily play Leeds at Headingly/Elland road or even red hall's gardens and be confident of winning.

Well if it was to be a neutral venue then why not look to expand into areas the game isnt particularly strong. Why not play one game in Wrexham as it might give Welsh RL a boost and maybe somewhere in Scotland.

Both of those would involve a bit of trekking but part of the magic of the cup in my opinion is travelling to unusual locations beyond the typical heartlands of Wigan, Saints, Leeds, Bradford, Warrington etc.

Or when the semi against Catalans was at Warrington...

Can't believe the amount of bellyaching on this thread when (as far as I know anyway) the venues haven't even been officially announced

All we have from what I can see is one fan saying they've HEARD it might be...

If the venues have been announced and I've missed it, anyone got a link?

The fact is, any venue apart from the DW and Headingley (and perhaps Elland Road) are neutral venues. Neither side gets any extra advantage if the venue is indeed Huddersfield, or Leigh, or Salford or Warrington etc etc

Gotcha this can be solved in a flash,spin a coin and the winner has home advantage.
Hands up on these forums those who agree with that,I have a funny feeling it is going to go quiete on the Yorkshire side of the hill. Good night Gotcha, by the way you must learn to spell ballacks right.

Or maybe even quiet.

Personally I think Salford's ground would be ideal. 25-30 mins for us and about 40 mins for Leeds straight down the m62.

I agree Salford's ground would be a good idea, but if it does get used, its more likely that it will be for Warrington v Huddersfield, where the demand for tickets will be less.

Wigan v Leeds will be at Huddersfield IMHO.