Don't want to make excuses, the Aussie clubs were excellent and ruthless this year but all three SL clubs were struggling with plenty of injuries and lots of key players missing and we all know that our sides can ill afford to be less than at full strength to compete. Hopefully the sides that play next year will get that bit of luck at least and they should be better spectacles.

I know its a joke, but it has been Hetherington and Moran leading the discussions up to now so i assume that has carried on.

So Melbourne have said unless it commercially attractive they probably will elect to not play.

Agree with Lenagan when he says that it is crazy that with 4 months to go the WCC is still not finalised.

time to pull the plug on the WCC. Same UK teams every year, aussies treat it as a training exercise, it's not even competative anymore.

Careful now, there are some who don't think it's a joke.

Would love Hull FC to get a game - if our pack was full strength, and fresh, then it would be good to see how it goes against a Canberra or Melbourne side

The cowboys certainly didn't treat the WCC as a training exercise and you can guarantee that the sharks wouldn't either.

I'd like to see it continue, it's great to get the chance to see NRL teams play over here. Granted this year was a massive let down but I don't accept that SL teams have no chance of winning when Wigan took Brisbane to golden point and Warrington only lost by 6 last year, a bit of luck and we would have won that series.

Or some that see everything in a negative light, which is a shame.


Having the opportunity to watch some of the best players in the world live isn't something that comes around very often, even if my team isn't involved.

on twitter the mole has tweeted that cronulla want to play the game in aus next year, if that is so, i dont really see any point in having more games other than that one

Yep and really don't see why people would rather that opportunity be taken away.

Little Englanders unfortunately.

They're the same bunch who bemoan playing tests against France, bemoan Scotland being in the 4N's, bemoan Catalans & Toulouse in the leagues, and will be doing a lot of moaning next year regarding Toronto.

They just love to pour negativity on something that should be celebrated and supported for our sport.


"Nah, can't be d going to watch the likes of Thurston or Inglis down the road, I'd rather go on an internet forum and moan about the concept being uncompetitive instead".

Interesting to note that its a cas fan back there sacking it off, if they ever get their fingers out and get a new ground, they'll reap the benefits of such, for example, as a wire fan i got to see New Zealand v Australia at the HJ, that still blows my mind as a long term rugby league fan.

I love going to new grounds i've never been before, i love playing new teams i've never seen us play in my 20 something years watching.

I got to see Billy Slater, Akuila Uate,Willie Tonga Chris Lawrence Darius Boyd Darren Lockyer (c)Johnathan Thurston Paul Gallen Cameron Smith Matthew Scott Luke Lewis Sam Thaiday Anthony Watmough Cooper Cronk Keith Galloway David Shillington Tony Williams Kevin Locke Kalifa Faifai Loa Lewis Brown Gerard Beale Jason Nightingale Benji Marshall (c) Kieran Foran Ben Matulino g Issac Luke Sam McKendry Sika Manu Simon Mannering Jeremy Smith Thomas Leuluai Fuifui Moimoi Alex Glenn Jared Waerea-Hargreaves

all on my doorstep.

Last year i got to see the St George Illawara dragons, i'm never going to get to australia as far as i can see, this is fantastic to have them playing in Warrington, and people complain as well as about repetitiveness in Superleague, surely this adds a bit of variety to the season.

Just because your club doesn't stand a chance of being in it, don't write it off, trust me if cas tigers were in it, you'd have a different opinion.

the WCC makes money, is attractive to TV companies and sponsors, gets relatively large attendances and for RL it has huge visibility. I understand why some fans dont like it.

Stadium doesn't come into it. I've seen Cas Tigers play Australia, New Zealand and in the ill-fated WCC against Hunter Mariners and Perth Reds - all at Wheldon Road.

I'm "sacking it off" because I see it for what it is. A money making gimmick to get an extra £30 from the paying customer in a series of games the aussies regard as a simple trail game.