I think for the disussion In Progress it was.

Of course it is!

Unless you're saying that if you can't win the GF you'd rather win nothing

No doubt if Leeds win on Saturday the Challenge Cup will suddenly become amazingly important to them

Which, of course, is an entirely different thing from saying "in no shape or form is winning a challenge cup a comfort if you lose the gf".

It quite clearly is.

In your mind maybe, not in anyone else's.

I seem to recall similar arguments when the GF was introduced, where people maintained that winning the league was the greater achievement. That argument has gradually disappeared as almost everyone now acknowledges that the GF is the greater prize. I suspect a similar process is underway with the CC and 10 years hence very few people will regard it as a comparable success. Which, if correct, is a great pity.

if you read the thread you will find you are wrong

The challenge cup is still massive but only when you get to the semi-final really.

Lets hope the Leeds players are of the same low opinion of the Challenge Cup on Saturday.

But "greater achievement" and "greater prize" aren't the same thing.

IMO the league is the greater [iachievement[/i, as it rewards performances over 27 games, not just a few. Deciding which is the greater [iprize[/i is partly media-led and partly prize money related - both of which are largely influenced by SKY, who do a wonderful job in ignoring the CC competition.

(Incidentally, to pre-empt some criticism, I've always held that opinion, not just because we're currently league leaders!)

The greatest achievement surely has to be the hub cap, but is the least recognised - financially and status wise. (i.e. The best team over the course of the season) as opposed to two seperate competions (CC - 5 games to win), (GF 3-4 games to win).