Good draw. We win, then we take out a potential winner. We lose, we get a couple of much-needed free weekends for our squad, which will help in the long term for the league campaign.

Hmm when hell freezes over I think.

Hope this is not just me but I am the one going to say it anyways. As much as I’ve enjoyed our success at Wembley I want the Grand Final more, I’d trade that chance of being the Cup Winners for a chance in the Grand Final.

Couldn't agree more...challenge cup... Been there done that ... Grand final winning ...I'm 58 and still not !!

It’s ok for you I’m coming up 61, don’t want to be sat next to the devil before we win it

GF for me too.

Is there any evidence that getting these free weekends helps?

For Wire it would probably cause us to "lose momentum".

She is Warringtonian and was a Wire.

It’s LL, CC & GF for me.
We spell players in meaningless leagues games, not a CC competition that you can win in only 4 games!!

Why do you have to do that, I don’t care if she came from the moon the point is she plays for Saints.

I'm not saying rest players for this cup tie, or not want to win it, just that it's far from the end of the world getting knocked out of a competition that is increasingly losing its sheen.

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If it was us b Wigan at Wemberleeee the Sheen would be back baby!

There lies my point. It used to be an occasion etched in the national sporting calendar.

Now it's a game only fans of the 2 finalists give a monkey's about....

Sadly true. Luckily it remains a Group A Listed event under The Broadcasting Act so the BBC are legally obliged to show it live.

Let's not knock the tournament too much. Most of us would still really enjoy us winning at Wembley.
Catalan away is very tough. They gave us a good battering when we played them & our forwards struggled to make yards & it's the physical nature of the fixture that will take its toll. Give me York at home any day.
On the plus side we did actually score some good tries v Cats and tore them up a bit to get them.

I worry the CC would be a distraction from what surely must be the main goal: Winning the GF.

The chance of any other team than Wigan, Saints or Leeds winning a GF are already very small. Vanishingly small if you add on double winners.

she was in the looking glass on paddy's night,we both shared a visible confused look as we wondered what the hell type of pub it has become, now its no longer a spoons, which i had forgotten, we nodded and both left, her by the rear entrance, me by the front.

FMC I feel this may be a post the meaning of which has gone straight over my head…

Sadly the formats of most modern sports are exclusively for the benefit of teams or individuals already at the top table. Inclusivity of lower teams is not encouraged so why should their fans really be bothered about who wins one of the trophies on offer. The magic of sport & the romance of the underdog winning are long gone.

Was only talking with someone this morning about this. I remember he days when coaches still went from Warrington to the Cup Final regardless of who was playing, I know some people still go but not like it was. Same with the FA Cup it use to be pretty much an all day thing on TV, Grandstand and World of Sport on early in the morning all building to the kick off.

I like stories

BBC are covering the Leeds Wigan and cas v Leeds games

Leeds get 2 chances to go through? Bloody hetherington with the rfl in his pocket again!

Sorry hull..old age losing the plot