106 - 0 : Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:59 pm  

Hopefully in our favour this time

See you at Spotland!

Re: 106 - 0 : Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:45 pm  

lol

Rest of the Draw in Alphabetical Order: (SL teams in Red)

Batley Bulldogs v Huddersfield Giants
Dewsbury Rams v Swinton Lions
Doncaster v Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Featherstone Rovers v Lezignan
Gateshead Thunder v Harlequins RL
Halifax v Bradford Bulls
Hull FC v Oldham
Hunslet Hawks v Salford City Reds
Leeds Rhinos v Crusaders
Leigh Centurions v Catalan Dragons
London Skolars v Widnes Vikings
Rochdale Hornets v Castleford Tigers
St Helens v Sheffield Eagles
Warrington Wolves v Keighley Cougars
Wigan Warriors v Barrow Raiders
York City Knights v Hull Kingston Rovers

Re: 106 - 0 : Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:06 pm  

I'd have to say Leeds/Crusaders & Halifax/Bradford for the TV games or maybe even Fev/Lezignan - How amazing that the SL clubs all got drawn against lower division clubs (Leeds/Crusaders excepted), - makes ya wonder if there is something on the balls - Not suggesting the RFL would do anything like that - they're far too honest!

Re: 106 - 0 : Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:04 am  

It seems a bit ropey to me too. There have been some high profile exits at round 4 in recent years becuse of the draw. What heightens suspicion for me is that the crowds have also been poor for round 4; only 5 SL clubs have been drawn at home and guess which ones they are; the five best supported teams.....very convenient mmmmmm?

P.S. Notice that Widnes & St's were not both drawn at 'home', Crusaders avoid having a particularly embarrassing home crowd against a lower division side and both French teams drawn away.

Re: 106 - 0 : Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:39 am  

Have you also noticed that the home teams are all in alphabetical order and the SL teams are all in red.


Aaaaargh it's a fix. Everyone at the RFL is a bent as a nine bob note. No-one ever went to the moon it was all recorded at CBS TV studios. The FBI shot JFK. MI5 ousted Harold Wilson. The last government deliberately caused the World Recession. Aliens are alive and well and living in Sagar Street. It's all a conspiracy. Woop woop.

Now can we all get a life.

Re: 106 - 0 : Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:08 am  

Lets hope Barrow get to round 5 again this year!

I quite like the Rochdale ground. I think I will be making this trip

Re: 106 - 0 : Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:18 pm  

Just to show how sad I am, I've run a few draws through the computer and it's amazing how you can find conspiracy at every turn. I wrote a little program to randomly draw the above clubs, ran 15 draws and you can find all sorts of stuff that looks dodgy. If anyone seriously wants a copy of the code or the draws, pm me and I'll e-mail you a file.

Re: 106 - 0 : Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:18 pm  

Indeed GB, if there's a Leeds v Saints tie it's a fix to have a big TV match for the BBC. If all SL clubs are apart then it's a fix as well.

Re: 106 - 0 : Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:28 pm  

StuMain wrote:

Indeed GB, if there's a Leeds v Saints tie it's a fix to have a big TV match for the BBC. If all SL clubs are apart then it's a fix as well.

Nothing like a bit of apophenia to get them all going!

Re: 106 - 0 : Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:24 pm  

Georgie Best on a Bloomer wrote:

Just to show how sad I am, I've run a few draws through the computer and it's amazing how you can find conspiracy at every turn. I wrote a little program to randomly draw the above clubs, ran 15 draws and you can find all sorts of stuff that looks dodgy. If anyone seriously wants a copy of the code or the draws, pm me and I'll e-mail you a file.

Computers cant do random..