Warrington v Wigan
Castleford v Huddersfield
Hull v Leeds
St. Helens v Hull KR

Ties to be played 23rd and 24th July.

What a boring quick draw by the BBC. It took 2mins t do the draw and Henry Paul had a face like a smacked ass.

Some great games tho.

About time we got a home draw.

Hasn't he always

2 mins is fine all we wanted to know was who we were going to be playing lol

I know that but it was crap. Sky make a bigger deal of the clubs choice in the play offs.

The fact the BBC can't even be d to show it on all the BBC channels is a disgrace.

Give itv or sky the challenge cup and see if they can show some interest in it.

It won't be long before the Wigan/Warrington fans call the draw a fix

FIX !!!!!!!

They had to make the draw quickly because the Saint's ball had already been out of the fridge five minutes and they worried that Henry Paul wouldn't be able to tell the difference between it and the others.

Sod that, we don't want it like the Champions League or football World Cup draw where they bring in circus acts to entertain everyone and put teams into about 56,000 pots to confuse matters. Nice and simple and get it done.

2 minutes to be exact

It would be nice to know which numbers the clubs was so we knew hat number was what team. It would have been good to have two players/coach there from teams involved so they could comment on it.

I've always stuck up for the BBC about showing the cc but that was utter shocking.

Was it the BBC's decision though? After all, the draw was held at Red Hall. Maybe the RFL wanted the draw at their place. Perhaps Hetherington had words?



Good draw for us though. I was wondering when we'd get a home tie! It's been ages ...

Its strange that the BBC kept the cc away from sky, yet we needed sky to watch the draw.

It's just another kick in the balls for the challenge cup.

Agreed. The BBC need a kick up their harris. I've no problem with Claire and the rest of them, but the rest of the BBC don't give a monkeys.

Also, what about the other week when they had the nerve to put two halves of the same game on different channels.
Total lack of respect - mind you shame on the RFL for not having something in their broadcasting contract banning that sort of thing.

I think Claire does a very good job as does noble and the rest of the team but it's the BBC who just show no respect for cup.

great draw for saints though.best we could have hoped for IMO.
bet most teams were wanting saints at their ground TBH.
obvious wires v pies one of the televised games, between us and rhinos for the other one.!!!!!!!

I'd say cas would have been the better draw for us.

Oh, I dunno! They almost beat us last time they visited. They could have all but Huby back by the time the quarters come along. They are probably no better for us than Hull KR. Mind you, by that time, everything could change.

IMO cas blew their chance of beating us. We come off the back of a tough game with Wigan and had injury problems. They prob won't get better chance to beat us at home.

I would rather play a full strength tigers team than a full strength hull KR team.

Absolutely fan fooking tastic draw for us. We're massive outsiders for the cup IMO, but having the best two in the competition drawn together and us at home is as good as it could have been.

Hull KR will be a massive challenge, but it's as good as it could have been.

I think Claire would do a very good job as a prop and allow us a good interchange facility.

Couldn't have wished for a better draw.
- We avoid Leeds, Warrington & Wigan
- Dire and the Pies play each other (so one of them drop out this round)
- We have a home (Stobart) tie

Not saying Hull KR will be a walkover but mustn't grumble !

I've got to ask the question, if the draw only took 2 minutes why didn't they do it live in the broadcast studio following the Cas v Wakey game on Sunday?

Blatant fix...!

That would have been to easy.