An honest view would be that it's good for the game [iwhichever [/iof this year's finalists win, as neither has been Cup holder for so long. Then again, you are a Wiganer, so sad, obsessive bias is to be expected.

So all Wiganers are like that, are they? Despite the evidence suggesting otherwise on this very thread. You sad prat.

According to the RL press, it's still 10,000 per club. At the rate Wire seem to be buying theirs, though, I figure they'll have all gone by about tomorrow lunchtime! So long as they know they can buy direct from the RFL as well then they'll be fine, I'm sure.



It's really weird supporting the club whose exit has caused so much universal agreement and excitement, simply because we were too damn successful at it for a while there. Oh well.

Sold 9000 by teatime today, and with the shop open until 10pm, expect 11 - 12 000 gone today.

A Challenge Cup Record we believe!

We have sold over 9000 tickets today with the train and 28 coaches fully booked already and that is only to season ticket holders before they go on general release - we should be able to sell plenty more this week which is positive news, most would agree

You don't have 9,000 season ticket holders though.

not quite sure what your point is here. Season ticket holders are allowed more than one ticket you know.

It was the Wiganer who made the first puerile comment, so it's fair game to reply in kind. Plus, if you've never seen the generalisations thrown about on the Pie board should one Wire fan have the temerity to ever make an optimistic remark then you've been hiding. You are the prat for not getting it. Let's give you a chance. Do you agree that it's good for the game for either Warrington [ior [/iHuddersfield to win the cup?

Personally I think it's greta that Warrington or Huddersfield will win the cup.

I find it sad that we have some (not all!) fans living in the past. I'm a Wiganer and I know my team were once the greatest in RL; sadly that's not the case any more.

Some of us need to live in the now.

I think you are deluded sun shine.The glamour club is in the final...Warrington. Squad of top class internationals, current England coach, purpose built stadium ( that they own) and a wealthy backer who is prepared to spend his money.
Whereas Wigan - tenants in a football stadium, coach they appear to want rid of. Owner who has by his own admission admits there will be limited recruitment next season.
The only negative is that saints were not in the final to showcase the two dominant forces of north west rugby.

And there you have it folks.......The reason why most Wigan fans will be shouting for the Yawkshurr team in the Final.
Just remind me again of what Warrington have won since Noah was a lad?
Dire delusions of the very highest order!!

The only thing you should care about is that big chip on your shoulder. Just get over the fact that an average Wigan team arent going to Wembley

Yes, as I've intimated in earlier posts on this thread.

I remember the era well when it wasn't always either Wigan, Leeds or Saints. In fact, you can discount Leeds from this equation because they haven't won it so regularly enough, even in recent times, to be included. I remember the era when it wasn't always either Wigan or Saints.

There are different forces at work regarding the cup now, IMO, but I don't think it makes a great deal of difference. At one time it didn't matter who won the CC Final to the vast majority of UK residents, because all these romantically dingy northern mill-towns were the same, and the BBC loved to present it as a kind of Ekithump day-out We don't sell it that way any more, for which I'm heartily glad. But thanks to Sky, it's the only chance most folk, who aren't from the heartlands, get to see of RL these days. In which case it's positive that it's neither Wigan or Saints in the final, because - okay, yeah, maybe Huddersfield and Warrington aren't as famous - but at least it shows that it isnt just Wigan and Saints playing the game.

Not that I think it matters a great deal even at that level. I don't think RL interests the majority of the UK populace, so the main viewers will be people who already follow the game, and for them to have a well-balanced cup final which isn't going to have a predictable outcome - as it always did with Wigan in the early 90s, and with Saints in more recent times - is a far more attractive proposition.

I think it has the potential to be a superb game, and that it will most likely sell out.

dont get me wrong i wish wigan were playing at wembley but lets all get behind the final as rugby league supporters.i cant wait to go to see another brilliant game of rugby league and cant call the outcome with any real certainty

Go somewhere out of the heartlands though and talk about rugby and which team do you think most people have heard of (clue its not Warrington!) and that was the point the opening poster was making.

I wasn't talking about how existing fans see the game he was talking about how the "watch the odd game on TV" fans will see it and how to ensure as many as possible see this as something they want to take time to watch,

And I say again... neutrals and occasional CC followers had lost interest this year as they saw it as another St Helens hammering.. however the "southerners" who usually go with me are all excited about the fact it is 2 new teams... and nobody can call the winner. So, it is good for the CC!

Billinge Wire was only responding to Robinson's ridiculous position. If Wiganers decide to support a Yorkshire team that's up to them, but don't give us the old 'it's because Wire are arrogant' routine. The only arrogance is yours not being able to accept that you don't have a God-given right to win a trophy every year.

You're biting too hard. This is a handful of people either annoyed that Wigan aren't there, or trying to wind Wire fans up.

Most folk will be glad there's a final that will be difficult to call for once, and in which the usual suspects - Saints and Leeds (and Wigan for old time's sake) do not figure.

Are you honestly asking us to believe that you would have supported Wigan against Hudds had we won the SF? If so, why was I looking at loads of jeering Wires fans on the way home from our Catalan defeat?

Just looking at the odds for the Final and I can't believe that wire have been made favorites, I mean come on the tables shows that the Giants are the better side and there performance on Sunday proved that. The wire pack destroyed are's on Saturday however they won't do that to Huddersfield in the final, in fact the exact opposite may happen and for this reason along with there fantastic defense I'd back the Giants to win.

I remember many years ago, in the WCC at central park, wanting wigan to win, and normally do hope a local side wins...

AHA!!

I agree with you. Its like last weekend, Wigan were favorites

but last weekend we had won 5 of our last 6 games, beating the current SL champions and narrowly losing to saints, also were the team sitting in 4th position and probably the form team in the league. We were rghtly favourites.

Hudds however are sitting 5 places above you in the table, well clear in the top 4 of the league and have jut beaten the cup holders and the best team in the league. Hudds should be odds-on favourites on paper but it's a final where anything can happen i suppose.

I'm sorry, but there is no way their pack will destroy ours. They have a good pack but ours is still better.