LSV ruled out by the fact that the Smoggie Dome holds a whopping 600 more people, unfortunately. Still, only took the RFL three days to confirm my predictions

with a capacity of 13,350 at Widnes, wouldn't have thought it's big enough really. Knowsley Road is ugly I know, but holds 17.500. Or even a footie ground, you would think the game would attract 20,000.

13.5k seems a bit small for a W*gan/Wire semi-final!!

Still - it won't be a problem in a couple of years when we have all these new build 20k+ stadia in the game - Saints, Salford, Celtic, Cas, Wakey, etc...!!








It's a bloody good job Hull KR didn't win though........they'd have had to play it at the Nou Camp!!

2 QUALITY lines, well done Sir !!

The RFL are aware what a poor imagine a crumbling Knowsley Road would give on telly, while no football grounds are available with it being the start of the Football League that weekend, and the Premier League the following week (while Bolton are at home to Hibs on the 8th in a friendly).

Personally I think our gaff or your gaff would have fitted the bill.

When the same 2 teams played here a few years back in the semi they were all whinging about how small/inadequate it would be.

Lo and behold it wasn't a sell out - something like 600 tickets left.

I'd sooner have a full ground like yours or ours than a half full footy ground any day.

Agree to an extent, though I think with a little more ambition (and a bit of bribery to the hosting club), the likes of Deepdale would make terrific semi final venues.

That'd the bigger part!

The stadia was obvious tbh, two biggest grounds and best distance between the two!

Sorry if the mighty LSV was offended

! Football grounds are a no goer tbh, teams prob wouldn't allow or it be too expensive etc.

With a place at Wembley at stake and all the media attention, I think the RFL should fully embrace the expansion theme by playing one game in Brighton and the other in Aberdeen.

Why stop there? Guernsey and the Outer Hebrides have got decent Sky viewing figures, I hear.

The Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides would be a far greater pull with easier accessibility via the A87 and skys viewing figures are quadruple those of the outer hebrides. Allegedly they peaked at a record number during the 2nd half of Leighs recent visit to Featherstone when news of a comeback spread around the island. It was mentioned that the figures reached around 20 compared to the 5 reported on the Isle of Lewis