We are happy to wait and play Salem either two weeks on Saturday or (less preferably) even Tuesday 10th (after Twickenham)
Bored of talking about cup format, but it's certainly not very supportive of Yorkshires national cup representatives.
What a real shame that arguably the strongest county in the country has to have the business end of its cups played mid week like its the Micky mouse chocolate ash tray. And teams are forced to prioritised competitions. Our County Cup shouldn't be stretching squads at the end of a long season, two days after a championship decider, and forcing us to play 3 competitive games in 8days, heightening the chance of injury, so close to a final.
Madness when they're are alternatives.
Absolutely crazy!!
But in fairness to Salem, Ponte and other teams still remaining in the competition, they don't want to have to wait weeks after the end of the season before completing this competition. Match fitness soon drops off without competitive games.
If Yorkshire are going to persist in choosing the Yorkshire representatives for the national competition from the results of the previous year of the county cups, then I think they should consider the following . . . .
1. representatives chosen for the national cups DON'T play in the county cups that year.
2. weekends set aside for national cup games should be county cup weekends too.
3. the county cup, like the national cup, should take precedence over league games, ensuring the cup competition keeps moving on (league games can be slotted in later in the season).
thoughts?