[uCarnegie Challenge Cup Semi Final[/u
Castleford Tigers v Leeds Rhinos 3.15pm (BBC 2)
Ref P Bentham TJ C Sharrad TJ R Hicks RR T Alibert RTJ M Craven VR I Smith TK R Tennant MC I McGregor
[iAt Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster[/i

We had Bentham at this stage last year. He had a fairly good game, save for an obvious Cunningham forward pass to Graham which set up a grandstand finish.

I see Silverwood got the bigger of the two semi-finals. Should he come through it unscathed, I'd expect him to be awarded the final.

My thoughts exactly.

Nah Stevie G for the final.

He's been kept off the big games since his injuries and 'break' last year. I think he's an equal second, or maybe slightly lagging behind Bentham, on the pecking order.

Depends, if Saints get there I'm sure he'll get the gig.
RFL still want to prove that our refs are the best in the world and totally unbiased.

3 Grand Final whoopings on the trot suggests they are

Ah it's on TV is it, I'll tape it and watch it when I get in.

baffled why they decided to play the game at a 15k cap stadium.

Because there is so little interest in the CC any more. The RFL must find a way of promoting the competition more or else it will slowly become a dead donkey.

Saying that, the final will probably be a sell out or close to it. I just think its the fact that fans already shed out a lot of money on season tickets and can't always afford these games when come around. The playoff attendances arnt massive either because of the same reason. People

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People are stupid. Why fork out all your hard earned for 13 qualifiers, then miss out on the few games that actually count?

Did anyone else get the text message today confirming that there are still tickets available from the Leeds Ticket Office? Maybe we haven't even sold out the Keepmoat???

I did yes

I made the point on another thread, but it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Sales for last years semi were very poor, and there was no reason to think this year would be any different. The RFL made the correct call with the size of venue.

What seems to be overlooked here is that this is the second weekend of the school holidays meaning that many families will be on their annual holidays.
So it's hardly surprising that sales are sluggish.

Cas have about 70 tickets left apperently, And a couple of hundred supposedly left at Leeds

Seems the RFL got the ground choice Bang On.

Yes and the good thing is there should be equal amount of supportes on both sides.
I guess the only way we will out sing you is in the final 10 minutes when we are confident of revisiting Wembley again.

Shame there's nowt decent to loot in Cas, the in-bred village will be empty it seems.

800 tickets being returned to RFL at 4.30pm from HQ

That is nearly 3K below capacity, plenty of empty seats!

any idea if its still not a sell out if they will be available on the day from the keepmoat office as i live fairly close

Not convinced this is proof the RFL got the groun choice spot on, personally I think the low sales is because of the ground choice.

Personally, I'm not going, partly because I leave for holiday early the day after, but could not be bothered messing around in traffic around Doncaster, when I can easily watch on the TV on this occassion.

Had it been at the Galpharm or closer still where it should have been, I would have made the effort.

true, but the only reason I am going is that its in Doncaster, as it makes it 40 miles closer to me than Huddersfield would have been