As you all know Saints are due to play the vermin at our new stadium in an historic good Friday fixture.

However Wigan Athletic have a home match themselves on the Easter Monday versus Man Utd.

As a result the tenants at the DW cant play there on monday, and its rumoured have asked the RFL to change the Saints v Wigan fixture to Easter Monday so that Wigan can play a home match on Good Friday.

This to me is a disgrace. If Wigan cannot fulfill their home fixtures then they should be forced to play away on the bank holiday or alternatively play a home match on the Tuesday night, subject to being allowed to by their landlords.

Moving the fixture from Good Friday to Easter Monday risks Saints losing a significant amount of revenue, as the monday fixtures are rarely as well attended as those held on the Friday.

It was our turn to host it anyway so it's irrelevant.

This sounds like a bit of poo stirring by Rogues.

wigans problem not ours, let them play their game on tuesday and lose the revenue

Pathetic rumours. Shut up.

Did you ask Wigan Athletic and the FA if you could post that on here?

Wigan, Easter Monday? They can p1ss off.

With Widnes back in the big time i want our traditional derby with them on that day reserrected.

Agree Wire v Widnes good friday.

Easter monday Widnes v Saints.


similarly Saints v Wigan good friday

Wigan v Warrington .. when the footy lets them play.

So if it was moved, do you really think the first Wigan v Saints game in the Langtree/Standish stadium would not sell out?

It's been done before (2002) and for the same reason. We'll all know next week. There is nothing in the RL law book that says the game has to be played Good Friday.

Wasn't it played on a Maunday Thursday once?

To be fair....

Last year when we originally thought we'd only need widnes for the first six games we asked the RFL to move ALL our early games to away games. It's a bit two faced to now point to other teams in difficuly just because we are now all pious in our posh new stadium.

You've got to realise though that the competition doesn't revolve around Wigan and their landlords. If Wigan can't comply with the Easter fixtures how they are meant to be, they should be forced to play away twice over Easter, rather than benefit from the extra income having the derby at home that weekend would create.

Wigan can comply though Saddo. Over Easter, each team plays once at home and once away, which Wigan can accomodate.

Convention dictates that Saints play Wigan on Good Friday, but nothing more.

Thats for the derby no one really gives two flying ones about down in the Airport.

Wigan and Saints played on Maunday Thursday in 2009.