Surely a "big club" like Wigan should own their own ground?

Perhaps they should stop spending so much on their massively superior to ours Junior set up and invest in their own digs?

I believe, according to their last year end financial statement, that a large portions of the capital expenditure was portioned to the acquisition of custom made flags.

I wonder if the RFL will ever introduce a rule about ground ownership and how that is a pre-requisite to getting a SL Franchise? Didn't the RFU do something similar about the Aviva Premiership?

It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall in the Wigan boardroom if the RFL ever had the balls to do it....

Not ownership but I thought there was a primacy of tenure rule - is there not also something in the Premier League?

Leeds Tykes paid lip service to it by saying they had control of who used Headingley and when

Hardly anyone in French RU owns their stadium (or so I'm told) and business seems to be booming in the Top 14 at the moment.

You could go for primacy of tenure, although I can't really see how that would be possible for teams who share with a football side, as I think both parties would need primacy. Which would be nonsense.

The Catalan game will not be televised.

They kept that one quiet. Did Hetherington make the statement and did he do so with a straight face?

Thought all 4 games were to be televised - 2 on Beeb, 2 on SKY??

The pie boys game wil be on sky Fri nite in my opinion

Predicting when each fixture will take place....................

Wow.

A new low, even for here.

What?

Very pleased with this, London to pull off a shock against Hudds and us to meet them in the Semi's. Providing we go through of course

Leigh vs Leeds - Friday (8pm) SKY
Wigan vs Saints - Saturday (2:30PM) BBC
Catalan vs Warrington - Sunday (2:50PM) BBC
Huddersfield vs London - Sunday (5:30PM) SKY

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/17904424 BBC games confirmed on the bottom of this story. Where will the Wigan game be played? Is 23 hrs notice enough?

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/17904424 BBC games confirmed on the bottom of this story. Where will the Wigan game be played? Is 23 hrs notice enough?

Reebok or Leigh Sport Village have been mentioned if permission isnt given for the DW.

So, are we likely to be Friday night or late Sunday?

Friday - Huddersfield Town FC finish where they are now, Huddersfield play off game will be on Saturday at 12:30PM. Therefore, Huddersfield will be unable to have Galpharm on Friday or Saturday.

Heard its a friday 8 pm ko at the LSV...............Enjoy your journey over.

An easy cup draw for the rhinos after a succession of really tough cup draws against whipping boy SL rabble. It's about time they had some luck. Very unfortunate to have been drawn away from home again though. That's twice in succession now and means they've been drawn away from home 6 times out of the last 20 cup draws. In the interests of balance and fairness, I expect them to be drawn at home at least 8 times out of the next 10.

I'm surprised its taken 5 pages before it got to this

I've come across some misery filled bitter bods on the internet before but you take it to a new level. Do you even enjoy the game on any level?

I'm sure you were equally up in arms about the incredibly tough run Leeds had in 2010: Hull - Blackpool - Wigan - Saints. 3 of the top 5 in SL. That's got to be a fix right?

Most of it's just depressing cynicism dressed as some sort of satire.
I suspect KS is far too intelligent to actually believe half the stuff he posts...he is leagues ahead of the average troll.
Once you get used to his mind-numbing monotony and predictability it becomes much more easy to ignore most of it.

We in Leigh are made up we have got the world club champions at home, we don't get to see world class players very often.

Hope you all enjoy your trip to the LSV, good luck for the season guys. PS be gentle with us.