Reebok Stadium. If we do get a draw I should imagine clamour for these tickets will be enormous. www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/wol ... al_replay/

Reebok Stadium. If we do get a draw I should imagine clamour for these tickets will be enormous. www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/wol ... al_replay/

No golden point this year then. Am I wrong in saying that that's a change in stance from previous years from the RFL?

Not sure, I was looking up the golden point issue the other day on the RFL website and could find no details.

According to the link its 80 mins and if scores are level - replay.

Thats naff, it should be golden point. Neither team can afford to fit in an extra game in a busy season, and it makes it unsatisfactory for the fans as well as the players.

The CC Final is the biggest occasion in the RL calendar and it should at least have a result.

Agreed - should be settled on the day - even if it goes against us.

Agreed.

All the other rounds of the Challenge Cup have golden point, why is the final different?

Plus playing the final on a Tuesday night in Bolton on BBC2 kind of devalues the competition a bit.

Apparently the Golden Point has never been in for the Final. It's pretty silly when the rule is in place for all other rounds.

To be honest I'd agree with you, golden point probably should decide the outcome if it's a draw after 80 minutes.

From an emotional point of view it adds a sense of drama to proceedings. From a practical point of view, in the current financial climate an additional game again to go to may stretch people's finances too much.

I'm surprised - I was convinced that in the past few years the final would go to golden point if necessary, oh well, learn something new every day

I'd hate to see my team lose in what effectively would become "Who could kick a drop goal" first as you'd think a penalty would be hard to come by and given the fatigue scoring a try wouldn't be easy.

I guess as a player, this is all you want, this is what you've looked forward to since being a kid, is it right that you could lose theortetically in extra time without touching the ball, five drives, just inside their half, wallop, see you later.

Bitter pill to swallow that. If the sides are that evenly matched, do it all over again for me.

Whilst I can't necessarily agree with the principle, the idea of lifting the Cup at Bolton is just not the same.

The game should be decided at Wembley. The Cup presentation, the lap of honour, the sunny afternoon.

Nah, Bolton is wrong.

Why isn't the replay at Wembley?

To expensive/other things on at the time?

Infact, it is more easily accesible on a tuesday night...

it april 1st or what???????? last years final was never gonna be a replay should it of been a draw should be settled on the day of anything the replays should be early on and final should be settled on the day hope it aint a draw now as be abit of a crap ending to the day

It's all down to money and how much the R.F.L. can squeeze out of the punter.

Only because you lot like it

It should be at Odsal!!

Then we might be able to tell our Grandkids about the world record attendance, climbing over the gate to get in and the endless queue of sharra's lining all the way back over the pennines!!

Golden point??..........Gerry Helme would be turning in his grave!!

If it isn't Golden Point in the final, it shouldn't be Golden Point in any round.

You just have to look at Castleford v Halifax to see why it isn't fair.

(HKR v Wire at least didn't end without the other team having the ball)

Thing is, at Cas they could've kicked a drop goal from under their own sticks. I think it would be better to be golden try rather than golden point...

whats the point really , we go to wembley to see a draw and no one wont see a player touch the cup abit pathetic whats the point in going down there to see a draw if it is a draw then we would have to get more money just to watch should be settled in a golden point rule like at hull kr

Would kill me to have the game end and then have to wait ten days for a replay.

Much better just doing extra time. Would make the RFL loads more money to have replay at Reebok, but could have solved that by moving our semi there.



I wouldn't want us to be lifting trophy away from Wembley.

Dont agree with a replay like every one else on here.

If it does go to a replay though there will be a lot of upset people without tickets. I think the Reebok holds 25,000 so thats only 12,500 per club, probably less with sponsors and what not. the club certaintly couldn't offer more than 2 tickets per season ticket could they.

the final wont be draw i can asure you that.

briers will take care of that for ya wit the old one point

It's funny as the RFL have taken the step of announcing the venue beforehand as they think there is a higher than ever chance of a draw :-S