No, just don't play the final at Old Trafford....we can win finals elsewhere

Pathetic!

We were probably the only English side to come out of it with much credit. We beat Canterbury Bulldogs home and away iirc and like you say was unlucky in the quarter against Hunter Mariners.

We had a stinker of a side in 97 as well with gems like Doc Murray, Paul Koloi and Stuart Lester turning out for us.

Au contraire London Broncos also made the quarter-finals after smashing Canberra at the Stoop!

Indeed! Reasonable crowd too - ca. 10,000 IIRC.

Seems like I got mixed up on the crowd with the Broncos (x2) game: richarddelariviere.co.uk/?p=713

Seems like I got mixed up on the crowd with the Broncos (x2) game: richarddelariviere.co.uk/?p=713

[size=85Quarter-finals
Date Result Score Stadium City Crowd
3 October 1997 Auckland Warriors def. Bradford Bulls 62-14 Ericsson Stadium Auckland 9,553
3 October 1997 Hunter Mariners def. Wigan Warriors 22-18 Central Park Wigan -
4 October 1997 Brisbane Broncos def. St Helens 66-12 ANZ Stadium Brisbane 6,438
6 October 1997 Cronulla Sharks def. London Broncos 40-16 The Stoop London 6,239
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I seem to recall Russell Crowe saying he'd love to hold some type of extended WCC... in Vegas! I must admit I do like the sound of that. Imagine a few thousand rugby league fans in Vegas. What a party!

London beat Canberra.

After Canberra beat London in Oz and politely said London played like "a bunch of spastics"

would like to see this competition tried again in some form or other in superleague 20 to celebrate 20 years of superleague

i was just think......saints did'nt win a game but got to the 1/4's.......

we beat NQ cowboys.......and went bust