Dave, as I said, the 13:30 arrival isn't much of an issue with the game being at Widnes, Widnes is a 10-15 minute drive from Liverpool airport, no dramas for getting there!

If only someone could put a package together for Dragons supporters to come over for the weekend and go to both semi-finals! I wonder who could do that.....

Forgive the ignorance of a newbie, but where was our semi last time?

yeh mate i know, but with a group of 50+ it takes time to get out of the airport and onto buses + if the flight leaves late parking buses, getting through the ticket gates, to seats etc

MATCH AT 4.30PM would be fine and thats what we were asking for ! won't happen though

3 nighter would work well taking in both matches



cheers
dave

It won't happen, BBC have lready announced their schedule!

It's like Christophe L'Oreal asking Orange sport to change their schedule!

have they anounced the times already ? didn't last night

Log on to you're facebook mate

It was at the Halliwell-Jones, ironically. Can't see a result like that this time though. My Dilemma now is trying to split myself in two so that I can be at both Widnes/Leigh & in South Wales for the Scorpions home game that kicks off at the same time.

The local paper seems to think its Leigh Quote ="Lindependent" The Dragons will meet Warrington on Sunday August 8 in semi-final of Cup. A match which will perhaps proceed in Leigh in the suburbs of Wigan'" www.lindependant.com/articles/20 ... 191846.php

The local paper seems to think its Leigh Quote ="Lindependent" The Dragons will meet Warrington on Sunday August 8 in semi-final of Cup. A match which will perhaps proceed in Leigh in the suburbs of Wigan'" www.lindependant.com/articles/20 ... 191846.php

Warrington

Interviews from the semi-final draw now [url=http://www.sang-et-or.net/readarticle.php?article_id=741online[/url

Latest information is that it has been (unoffically) confirmed the semi final will be held at Widnes.

Joy! We won our semi v wigan there last year and as said earlier only 10 mins on the train! Come on the wires!

Why not increase the number of punters and play the game at Wire? Give Catalans the home dressing room to make it "fair", don't see what a 10 minute detour for the Wire fans does to make this a neutral venue.

Personally, I think the RFL are missing a trick here if the semi is in Widnes. I'd say it would do the game as a whole a lot more good if the match was held in Barcelona. This might be unfair to Wire fans, but consider the 18k+ that turned up for the last Wire-Cats match in Barca.

Catalans currently have reduced capacity due to stadium refurbishment and the club will be putting all focus on the Cup now that it seems clear that they probably won't make the play offs. If you have less fans able to attend home matches and the match held in the Catalunyan capital for their biggest game of their season I reckon they could get a massive crowd.

If the game was held in the smaller of the Nou Camp stadiums, which is a more appropriate size than the Olympic stadium, and strike a deal with FC Barca fans getting cheap tickets, playing on the fact that the Les Cats team that made it to Wembley were paraded at a football match, I reckon a good crowd is a dead cert.

It would also look fantastic on national television if RL could show how progressive they are by having a big game with a big crowd in a big Spanish city. Also, having 15k+ 'home' fans would look brilliant, very different and exciting to what we usually see of RL on the BBC.

Also, Les Cats might be struggling for form due to injuries, but the game isn't for nine weeks yet. Plenty of time for players to get fit and put in a massive performance.

Good luck!

All good points, but Wakefield aren't in the Semi-Final!

That they aren't, what's your point?

Wakefield are the "the cats", or Castleford could be. Possibly Blackpool too.

Catalans, however are clearly the Dragons.

Yes, but as big fan of pedantry as I may be, "Les" Cats is none of those

Els Catalans

Ernies side?

confirmed as Widnes on BBC website

The RFL are a joke, at least they could have had the game in Yorkshire and made Warrington travel more than 10 minutes.

Warrington will be able to meet as normal at their home ground, have lunch there and their pre match talk / video session. They will then board a bus and barely have time to get the seats warm before stepping off, into the HOME dressing rooms at a stadium with a Warrington postcode and run out in front of their home fans.

At least it will make it all the sweeter when Catalans spank their s and wave them on their way home...

I've got to love your optimism

Not a chance!

I hope (well I know really) that your team think like that as it will make it easier.

You couldn't be blamed for being over confident as your having a great season but you just get the feeling that Warrington are a shade off being champions this year although I think they will win the trophy in the next two.

In a straight out contest over 80 minutes every team has a chance, just look at you last year against Wigan when you were running in 10th spot.

Good luck in the league