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Quote: Slugger McBatt "They are the only top flight clubs in those countries. On that basis, we should get a trophy, because we are the best side in Wakefield (although we would probably lose in the final).'"


Aren't Castleford the best team in Wakefield?

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Different concept similar result I think.

[i"The World Club Challenge, which had been contested occasionally since 1975, was expanded in 1997 to include all ten Australian Super League clubs competing against all twelve European clubs. The European teams were outclassed, winning only 8 of 83 matches, and suffering many heavy defeats. The competition was unpopular in Australia, and it lost $6,000,000 due to small crowds and heavy travel expenses. The Brisbane Broncos won the final defeating the Hunter Mariners 36-12 at Ericsson Stadium, Auckland."[/i

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Different concept similar result I think.

[i"The World Club Challenge, which had been contested occasionally since 1975, was expanded in 1997 to include all ten Australian Super League clubs competing against all twelve European clubs. The European teams were outclassed, winning only 8 of 83 matches, and suffering many heavy defeats. The competition was unpopular in Australia, and it lost $6,000,000 due to small crowds and heavy travel expenses. The Brisbane Broncos won the final defeating the Hunter Mariners 36-12 at Ericsson Stadium, Auckland."[/i

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Quote: Jonesy "Hardly any interest from the Australian Clubs or public.
Most Australians would struggle to name half of the Clubs in the Super League.
The current WCC barely gets a mention and is shown on TV at midnight a couple of days after it has been played.

Non starter in my opinion.'"

It's something that would need to build, and if it does could benefit both leagues immensely.
You've got to remember that outside of your little Australian bubble, not many Brits could name half the clubs in the NRL as well. This is a way to get those fans in the UK (and France) to know clubs in the NRL as well as build rivalries with some of them. That will transgress into more people watching the NRL, which in turn will lead to the NRL contract being worth more in Europe.

As a hardened RL fan, I like the the NRL. But I think it's pretty bad that as a hardened RL fan I don't particularly care much about it. It just doesn't affect me at all apart from knowing who wins the GF (because they play in the WCC). If I was mainly just a Hull fan rather than a RL fan, the NRL would have no interest at all to me and I know for a fact that there are many many people that think that way (definitely more than actually have an interest in it).

The NRL and Australia in general need to get out of their little bubble and look at the big world wide picture. I'd love to see Hull play a couple of Australian teams a year.

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I prefer the idea come up with on the Oz board.

WCC to be a genuine game two weeks after respective GF's. Then NRL to play in the Challenge Cup. Knock out comp happens in each country and the final at Wembley is between the winner of the NRL v winner of ESL CC comps.

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[b:33tg3xj5]Me:[/b:33tg3xj5] I'm still reeling from the news that someone is considering watching the 1st and 3rd game on Saturday and NOT watching Warrington play. It's like being in Shea Stadium when the Beatles came to town and deciding to nip out for a fag. [b:33tg3xj5]knockersbumpMKII:[/b:33tg3xj5] Is it FOOK, you're good but you're not THAT good, jesus you wanky fans need to get over yourselves, Beatles at the Shea in '65 was a once in a lifetime opportunity for some (despite the following years performance), you can watch a very good team in primrose & yellow play every week if you really wanted to but comparing it to one of the very best music groups of all time in an iconic stadia such as the shea is overegging your importance, you're not even the best team in SL atm:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_50086.jpg



Quote: AJ Carr "So watching Warrington and Wigan, I was again left thinking that the top clubs in SL and the NRL are separated only by form.

I really want to see a real Champions League with the top 4 clubs from each league and NZ Warriors and Catalan included. I've chucked my idea in full here [sizeI need to read the AUP before I post again.[/size

Most of you English are eternally pessimistic about your SL and national side, but I see no reason why the top SL clubs couldn't win a proper Champions League. What do you reckon?'"


Interesting idea but you've lost me with the 'read the AUP' comment?

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Quote: Wellsy13 "It's something that would need to build, and if it does could benefit both leagues immensely.
You've got to remember that outside of your little Australian bubble, not many Brits could name half the clubs in the NRL as well. This is a way to get those fans in the UK (and France) to know clubs in the NRL as well as build rivalries with some of them. That will transgress into more people watching the NRL, which in turn will lead to the NRL contract being worth more in Europe.

As a hardened RL fan, I like the the NRL. But I think it's pretty bad that as a hardened RL fan I don't particularly care much about it. It just doesn't affect me at all apart from knowing who wins the GF (because they play in the WCC). If I was mainly just a Hull fan rather than a RL fan, the NRL would have no interest at all to me and I know for a fact that there are many many people that think that way (definitely more than actually have an interest in it).

The NRL and Australia in general need to get out of their little bubble and look at the big world wide picture. I'd love to see Hull play a couple of Australian teams a year.'"


Thats fair enough, but my point is would most Australians love to see their team play Hull?
I do not think they would, especially if a team they barely know gets torn a new bum, would they feel like its a big scalp worth the effort?................... NO


Who wins the NRL Grand Final would not affect you as its not like your team is going to play them in the WCC in the foreseeable future (neither is my NRL team going to be there)

I do not think most Aussies have a high regard of the teams in SL and as such there would only be reasonable crowds at games where Wigan and perhaps Saints and Leeds are involved.
How would you sell an English team that is not well known where several of the big name players are ex NRL players that either achieved little in the NRL (ie George Carmont) or retired to England (ie Steve Menzies).

It may have plenty of enthusiasm in England as there is an aspiration to play and see the best, that is the opposite in Australia where it would be seen as similar to the exercise 12 years ago, a non event not worth the trouble or the space on the playing calendar.

I would rather see full tours brought back if there was spare time at the end of a season. Once two more teams are in the NRL there is likely to be less time.

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