strange, i thought Widnes where the 1st team to win it

Widnes won it in 89 versus Canberra at Old Trafford (Another Great game as someone alluded to earlier).

As an aside it was the day I experienced the worst pint of Ale In my life!

And you are correct. Widnes were the 1st official World Club Champions.

easts vs st helens in 1975 was the first ever one wasnt it?

The first ever WCC was between Eastern Suburbs and St Helens I think you will find

The first official one was the Widnes v Canberra one.

Out of all the SL clubs Wigan would be the biggest draw over there and I'm sure that they would love to go over and play St George in Sydney. Maybe one of the reasons that Aussie clubs won't host the game anymore is that they are put off by what happened in 1994.

Nice attempt to convince you aren't reading his posts either.

Where is the emoticon for "as transparent as a pane of glass" when you need it.

1976 according to Wikipedia.

Also the only one every in Sydney, or NSW in general.