Terrible draw. Gah.

Just waiting for the rain then. Lol!

Four home draws with visiting fan numbers around a total of 200! Job's buggered!

Ffs Catalan, only French there ll be loius and Kev .

What a terible draw, now to tell Town fans that theres a good chance that this will be played on the Friday night unless it gets a TV spot.

I honestly wonder if there is any merit in the club switching this tie to France? We won't make any money from the tie at home with a crowd of maybe 1500 or so you would think and although there is the expense of the travel to France a lot of it might be covered by the expenses that Catalans would pay so we might make more on a decent gate.

Agree with all the above sentiments, we'll lose, get battered, break even if we're lucky - oh and the week after we've got the Bulls away. Seriously if there was a way to concede the tie I hope they would!

Just seen someone on FB mention about the Bulls week after, makes it even worse. The lads will be physically beaten up after this tie and its unusual for a Championship team to win the week after a tie like this.

Worst possible draw we could have had. The club will have to work hard to get people into the ground, it's a tough sell when it's not included in the season ticket and there's very little to build around the tie. We've never even played Catalans before to my knowledge!

Agree with everyone. Dragons will bring no supporters at all and take half the gate money. The club in general bring nothing to rugby league. No away support cost other clubs money to go to France. Anyway I hope it is on the Friday as that will give the team a weeks break before the Bradford game but who ever we were drawn against we always had the Bulls game the following week.

Do you think the club will keep the prices at £15, £10 ect or r ramp it up because we are playing a SL team. Hope they keep the prices low as that may attract more people in.

We played them at Shay when Bird got sent off for tipping Ben Heaton if i remember correctly..

We did - in the end of season play-offs - they always have a massive side and Marshall reckoned some of the players were still recovering from the battering they received well into the next season.

Itjust makesyou wonder why bother with the cup competition which is just a financial loss so far .2 fonancial losses 750 last one didnt even pay stewarding costs this one is break even as likely no winning pay to find.

I don't think he got sent off for it. He should have, and it might have made a difference as we ran them close (ish). But I stand to be corrected!

The Challenge Cup used to be a real money spinner, with good crowds and generous sponsorship prize money, even for the earlier rounds, especially when Silk Cut were the sponsors who listed the exact amounts for each round. I've no idea what Betfred pay, I can't imagine it's much from a backstreet tin pot outfit. And the fans are no longer bothered. I remember watching Cas v Hull last season on the telly and I've never seen the Cas Shed so empty.

Hopefully Cats will take us lightly and leave some of their bigger guys at home, in particular Bousquet. He's a monster!

We have. About seven years ago.

I imagine club will go full price for this one although I would like to see them have some common sense with it not really been a tie that will bring floaters in. Realistically probably looking at 1000-1500 for this tie unless they give a load of free tickets out which won't help with cash flow anyway.

I am sure we played them at the shay under the old middle eights system. And if i remember right Greg bird dropped poor Ben heaton on his head and only got a yellow card.

As for the tie like as already been said this match will not make us any money and then we have the Bulls on good friday who will have their feet up while we are taking a good french pounding.

Was always the case. Stuff le frogs then stuff le bulls. No problem. Lol!

Played them on the 3rd Sept 2017 Lost 24-0 Att 1853 Ref Chis Kendall

I remember it well. Some of it anyroad!

Confirmed for Sunday which at leas will appease some of the Town fans but for some of them I really don't know how they function each day.

Perhaps if they had directed their frustrations at the council for a number of years over the state of the shay, something may have been done about it? But on the whole it's just easier for them to blame the rugby. They still see if as their pitch even though the current club only came into being in 2008.

The overall state of The Shay is a disgrace, has been for years. It's always been a low priority for the council and now they wish to "dispose" of it, it is even less of a priority.

And I'll put my orthopaedic shoes on and stand corrected on having never played them before, I thought the closest we came was when we'd have played them in the Challenge Cup but got thrown out and Batley played them instead

I see that the club have announced that Ellie sax will be playing on Sunday, which I’m not bothered about but when are they going to tell us how much they are going to charge for entry.

There's people reckoning it's £25 on the day.

It'll be a poor turnout again, 4 home cup games we've had and will make a loss at the end of it. However without a home cup draw we'd not have played a home game since September and still be waiting for one!

Would there be a saving by not opening the South Stand? If so it needs to be looked at for games like we've played recently, and the Catalan fixture too. The attendances do not warrant it and the costs that must come with stewarding, gate staff etc.