I'm not particularly bothered that the RFL were again gutless and powerless to enforce their own rules on this issue. But it does open up a wider problem for me in that Wigan have absolutely no say over their own fixtures and stadium.

If a game is scheduled at the DW, it can be changed at a minutes notice by the football team. If there is a wedding booking, they have to move the game to another day.

It's embarrassing for the sport and for it's once flagship club to be in such a needy position says it all about Super League as a competition and the RFL as an organisation.

The very least the RFL could do is clarify a proper punishment if this happens again in the future.

That's the rumour.

It's not rumour, IL said it:

"The Wigan Club will make a significant financial contribution to compensate Widnes for the short notice of the staging of this game and our sincere thanks go to Widnes CEO James Rule who has worked tirelessly with us to get this fixture on."

Maybe we should have surprise fixtures on a more regular basis then
They could come under the heading of "RL innovation"

The attendance was 300 UP on the corresponding fixture in 2016!!!

No point in comparing attendances, as the hastley rearranged fixture just charged a flat £10 admission fee, noting an arrangement between the clubs that Wigan would cover any financial losses.