St Helens v Widnes

Hull KR v Catalans

Warrington v Leigh,

Hull FC v Leeds.

(Saints, Hull KR, Wire, Leeds for Semi)

Widnes game is still playing. Batley have just scored to make it 26-22 to Widnes, would be a huge surprise there.

I'll take a Saints v's Batley

probably Saints v Widnes and Hull FC v Leeds the TV games?

Saints v Widnes would have to be the most unappealing tv game possible. Saints beating a side that will likely compete for an hour and then fall away. If it was at Widnes maybe but not at Saints. Tv will want to put Leigh on again so that will be a tv game

Has to be Wire/Leigh and Hull/Leeds on tele.

All 4 will be on tv

Wire in lower league opposition shock.

20 of Leeds last 22 Challenge Cup ties have been against SL opposition.

The other two were against Leigh.

Hull KR vs Catalans must be on the BBC.

Catalans rested Todd Carney and Scott Dureau and several others for their exciting win over the boys from Post Office Road. The return of the two maestro halves up against Terence Campese and Albert Kelly will be worth the price of your television licence fee.

Go on I'll bite, we could have always played you though.....oh wait

Wigan got yet another lucky draw this year...oh, hang on...lmao

Not bloody likely...

As a Centurion obviously I would love the win, but mark my words, it ain't happening, too much too soon that one.

As an aside, I have a real soft spot for Wire & there is a group of Wire fans who are regulars at the LSV to watch Leigh when Wires have no Sunday game.

Edit.

Expect anywhere from 3,000 to 4,000 Leythers to travel to this one.

We beat Warrington in the CCQFs when we were a championship side

Was that HKR ? Remember it well, but forget you was at home.

We played Wire in the QF whilst in the NFP in 2001 and took over 4000 to Widerspool. Quality and fitness won the day for Wire after we led for a large proportion of that game. Lost in the end 20-10.

If Wire are on fire, Leigh wont be at the races. If they are not and Leigh play well, God knows !!

Leigh will score points thats for sure !!

Wire [ishould[/i win with plenty to spare, if they can't figure out what Leigh's obvious weaknesses are and exploit them to the full and not take their foot off the gas then they deserve to lose because Leigh have shown they can score given half a chance.
That's not a poke at Leigh because they performed well in the 2nd half against Wakefield, BUT Wakefield were absolutely shocking in that 2nd half.

Leigh will have a go and really a big loss would have no real significance. We need to judge ourselves against the bottom 4 not the top 4. Bournemouth will not expect to get near Chelsea next season and they don't have to. They just need to finish outside the bottom three. The longer they do that the better chance they have of moving up the table and getting used to that level of intensity. The same for Leigh except that they get a second chance through the Middle 8s to remain in SL. the key now is to get into SL and see what happens.

Absolutely and that the players have had a taste of success against SL sides will motivate them further and give them added belief that they can compete.
The success of Leigh will hopefully give more impetus to those championship sides not quite there yet, that SL status is attainable and that they won't necessarily be whipping boys week in week out. A well founded infrastructure/core stability is everything, that and some fans to keep the till ringing.
Frankly I think how well Leigh do is far more important (to RL as a whole) than people realise.

I think Wire will win, but they'll make hard work of it. Both teams like to throw the ball around, and as such, both can be a bit daft. Wire are always doing weird silly things. In this respect, it should be like a good old fashioned game from the early 90s. Can't wait.

Well there was huge criticism of this new system with people on here saying that the gulf between SL and the Championship was so great that the Middle 8's would be a complete mismatch. After the three results yesterday, where the SL (each on their own paddocks) beat the Championship by a grand total of one point over three games, then only an idiot would be saying the same now (mind you, we have plenty of those!).

Whoever finishes in the bottom 4 of SL this season will rightly be worried and its by no means certain that the so-called million pound match will even be contested by a SL side and a Championship side. Frankly, it's a breath of fresh air to the game.

Jamie Peacock got it right after Leigh beat Salford. Leigh have to play 10 out of 10 most games when in SL but only every so often in the championship. Can they consistently perform week in week out.

Leigh did not play that well,when they played Salford and won.On Sunday they only played anything like they can for 40 minutes and won.There no teams in SL playing consistently,so the argument that Leigh have to perform week in week out doesn't stack up.Hull KR got hammered 60 Nil was it at Wigan and then beat them the cup.

Who did Wigan get in the quarter final draw?

Oh my aching sides!


You're nearly as funny as, well, Bruce Forsyth.