only if you want to risk upsetting a few thousand season ticket holders

saints didnt want the south.....they are scared of the Brigantes

Ask just_browny, I'm sure he'd happily clarify that for you.

Well maybe not happily, given the epic sense of disappointment he's currently wallowing in.

wont happen.
theyve just made one announcement, and theres a 24 hour rule on announcements i think...or is this a myth?

Unbelievable that the RFL is being blamed. Wigans Warriors wishes are honoured when it is easy to do so, not when the fact they don’t have primacy of tenure causes them a problem. Had Wigan had to play elsewhere it wouldn’t be the RFL which removed home advantage from Wigan, it would be Wigans lease.

The RFL are in the first year of a brand new broadcasting deal for the CC, the first time there was the possibility for 3 or 4 of the QF’s to be broadcast as opposed to 2, they have 2 broadcasters to please, that’s along with an absolutely packed sporting schedule and RL schedule. The fact next weekend is the final weekend of the premier league season, the weekend after on Saturday the 19th there is the championship play-off final, the Heineken cup final, the champions league final and an Amir Kahn fight, The weekend after is millennium magic and on the 7th of June the Euros start means there wasn’t another weekend to accommodate the games without them being swamped.

Im sure had the RFL scheduled this round on any of those weekends we would have all been bemoaning the poor scheduling of the comp.

The fact is the RFL have done exactly what they should have. The DW was available to use on the time and date the game was scheduled, we know this because it is been played there and then. The fact that Dave Whelan hasn’t got is own way at the expense of Rugby League is a good thing and something strong leadership from the RFL has achieved.

There was no reason that the RFL should deviate from its plans, at the expense of RL to acquiesce to Dave Whelans preference. Well done the RFL for being strong and getting the best solution for RL.

How have we got around the 24 hour rule?

From the statement on the website it would appear there is a 24 hour rule. If its not a Premier League rule, as many have pointed out, I guess it is in the lease that Wigan have agreed with the stadium owners.

Agreed. Scheduling fixtures on dates when clubs have suggested they might not be able to play is a masterstroke. Let's add this to the laundry list of other superb things the RFL have done for the British game in the last couple of years.

Well done to them, all round.

i'm sure the RFL makes no promises when it asks clubs for the weekends that they may or may not be able to play. As it turns out, Wigan were able to play on this day, so not sure why they told the RFL in October that they couldn't?

Or RFL not succumbing to the whims of football club owner and rescheduling entire round of its premier club competition produces the desired outcome.

But no its better that we congratulate Ian Lenagan for achieving the great and wondrous opportunity for Wigan Warriors to play in their home stadium at the time they were scheduled to play, and all they had to do was mess every other club still in the competition about a bit.

I know Wiganers love their club, but to think that the RFL has to move it's schedule to the whim of their PL footy tennants is laughable.

We all know that the PL do not give the same generosity in return or the PL would not have planned the Latics game forcing wigan RL to move out only a few years ago.

Just because Wigan are subject to the whims of footy does not mean we all have to be. If Wigan played at CP then would IL be saying that the RFL need to account for the football fixtures I think not.

The issue is Wigans. Wigan should have secured a better lease before Latics made it to the premiership.