Quote: Cruncher "It's amazing and sad how things have changed.
I used to love the way the Lancashire Cup kicked off the season. It never felt like a meaningless tournament to me, or to many others - 25,000 at the last ever final between Wigan and Saints!
If only we could readjust everyone's thinking, and turn the CC into something along those lines. Perhaps mingle a few league fixtures in there, so people don't feel the real action hasn't started yet, and make the final the half-way point of the season (get it back to the merry month of May), so the second half is all about the league.
Then we'd also do away with this overkill of important games at the business end when there's a dearth of such earlier on.'"
I think this is a very good idea.
The CC used to be THE pinnacle of the RL season. The emphasis is now on the playoffs (not the league; the league is almost redundant).
Playing the CC early on will also nudge teams into taking a "season long" approach to the game in terms of "peaking", and just may improve it's profile.
