Well,i*d have Cardiff over Wembley anyday.Outside there*s plenty of Pubs and Eateries,really enjoyed it there when they had the final there.

I enjoyed the Magic weekends there and the Rhinos v Hull CC. I prefer Edinburgh myself as there are more places to stay at a decent price, I dont think Edinburgh can be beaten for pubs, bars etc

What a load of rubbish.

People have money but choose to spend it differently than they did 20 years ago. There is so much choice of entertainment these days that a trip to a challenge cup round is not near the top of most peoples priority. Im not ashamed to say that i never go to a game anymore. Id rather spend my money on the latest smartphone etc. The money is there it is just tied up in other choices.

And just to add, im glad i no longer waste money to watch the absolute drivel ive just seen. Ive never watched a more lacklustre Wigan team filled with has beens, average Joes and over-rateds. Warrington where worthy of their win but my God they didnt have to do much to get the win. If they have anything about them, the Wigan club will offer a refund to every Wigan fan that wasted money going to Warrington today.

"Id rather spend my money on the latest smartphone etc." You discount a view as "a load of rubbish" then include that statement. How do you know what disposable income if any other fans have to spare on a game of RL?

I think the fact is, if you're going down to London for the game maybe even staying overnight, a fiver more or less on the ticket prices is small beer compared to the total cost. By any reasonable comparison rugby league ticket prices in this country are very reasonable, even third tier football teams often charge more. And their fans pay up, and many of them from areas no wealthier than Wigan (which, lets face it, is far from being the poorest place in the country).

The smartphone analagy is a strange one but I get his point.
I began watching wigan in 2005. Until 2013 or 2014 I would spend my last penny on tickets and travel. These days it’s barely my last thought to buy a ticket 9 weeks out of 10, certainly so in the last 3 or 4 years under Wane.
I am no less passionate, in my own mind, about Wigan. Not spending on tickets still leaves me screaming at the tv or radio every week. However I’ve miles more to spend my money on than Wigan and plenty I wouldn’t have dreamed of putting before Wigan RL 10 years ago.

I appreciate that poster and I are only two examples but I certainly have disposable income to spend on a Wigan RL. I chose not to as feel it is not worthwhile doing so.

I could’ve gone to warrington today, no issues. I didn’t however. Being about 90% certain what Wigan performance we COULD see I decided I would sit on the couch and spend that £50 or so (for the wife and I) on a meal out later in the evening.

I forgot to add my main point to all the above; I can count at least 5 other households/families we know who chose to do the same and not spend on Wigan RL (and therefore RL & the Cup).

It was an example and if you cant see what i was getting at then you need to take some fish oils to raise your level of thinking.

Let me put this clearly for you. These days people have a far greater choice of things to do in their spare time and much more options to spend their spare cash on.

The idea that most of the population are skint is rubbish. I know this just by looking around at all the luxuries the people of this country have. Of course there are some people in poverty in the country but that has always been the case anywhere you look and will always be the case in the future.

Simply put, the idea that people are not going to rugby games because they cant afford it is utter tosh. People are not going because they dont want to. Its up to the RFL to make people want to go. Look at football, much more expensive to get into a game but they still draw big crowds.

Thank you, at least you understood what i was getting at. The smartphone example was just that, an example. If i wanted to i too could go to any game i like but to be honest, i have no real desire anymore to go to a match and would rather save my money to buy other things.

Maybe you need to look at what you post. You dismiss someones post as rubbish. Who are you to say that fans not being able to afford to rugby games is untrue Lets look at your exmaple football -

"The BBC Price of Football study 2017 has found the majority of ticket prices have been frozen or have fallen for a third year - yet a poll of young adult football fans suggests the cost is still putting them off. This year BBC Sport asked more than 200 clubs across the United Kingdom for information on ticket prices and found almost two thirds of price categories have been reduced or remained the same across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In a separate poll, we asked 1,000 18- to 24-year-old fans living in Britain how they engage with football, and four in five (82%) said the cost of tickets was an obstacle to them going to more matches.

Rob Wilson, football finance expert at Sheffield Hallam University, says top clubs need to do more to attract young adults. "These fans are the next generation of season ticket holders but they have been brought up in a sanitised and expensive environment," he told BBC Sport. "With this in mind, they are reluctant to pay so much to watch their teams play and these findings should act as a warning to the Premier League elite - they ignore this group of fans at their peril."

If you need a hand opening the fish oil let me know it may have a childproof top.

Really? What white powders have you been snorting lately?