Can't wait for the Champions to get stuck into St George in front of a capacity DW Stadium...!!!!
Bring it on!!!!

That in itself would devalue the event, and no real value to the magic concept.

It would be lost in the clutter.

If there was any year that you would want to bring the WCC to Australia, this would have been it.

The Wigan name and brand is probably the most powerful of the English clubs, I have no doubt that the game would have drawn a few more then they would at the DW if played in Sydney.

Yeah the last time the WCC was in Australia was 94, Wigan defeated Brisbane in front of 54,000 mid year.

Quality Wigan side that one!

Nah give us a couple of years playing it over here and then move it over there when people get bored of watching us win it all the time



I actually agree it should be played in Aus at some point especially if it is Wigan v one of the big aussie clubs like Brisbane. Suncorp sadium would be buzzing, like you say there was a huge crowd for the last one in Aus.

This event would feel alot bigger if it only came around once every 2 years.

what do you know???? your a clown!!!!

I personally don't think the game would work being played in Aus. In a ideal world then yes but it is seen as just a pre season friendly to the Aussies and they don't attach any more importance to it than we do to our boxing day games.
And I am not saying this because I am a Leeds fan, but we always talk about this big team historically of Wigan, and for me they are as I grew up with there dominance so for me they are probably the big name. But in aus do they really think that now? With recent years they have had a barren spell will they still be held in the high regard that certainly my era had for them?

Sorry I also agreed with your last idea of not every year

It should be played in Australian at some point.
The Aussies always say they won't sell out and fiddle the figures when they do.
As has been mentioned the official crowd at the ANZ for the Wigan game was 54000. At the press conf a couple of days prior to the game a Broncos man was telling us he was really worried about the attendance figures as pre sales of tickets was low.
The capacity at the ANZ was 60k and I went downstairs to get a programme 15 mins before kick off and the gates were locked and all the gatemen had gone. There were hundreds out side.
No way was there 6000 empty seats at that ground.

As for a neutral venue, why? The first WCC was at Central Park v Manley and the game in Oz was at the Broncos home ground.
The reasons for not going to KR, Odsal or Shedingly is that they don't have undersoil heating which prevents the game being called off due to freezing weather conditions. CP had undersoil heating as does the DW.
Hence it's being played at Wigan.
If you've travelled from Australia nowhere in the UK is neutral!

I'm pretty sure Wigan are still the most well known and famous English club in Australia.

Even though St George have had a long quiet spell, just knowing the history makes this feel like a big game.

Brisbane havn't won anything for a few years? People over here still see them as the biggest club in Aus.

It's not like we havn't won anything for 30 years. W went 7 years without a trophy and were in the top 3 all but 2 of those 7 years.

Fair enough I wasn't claiming we would be or anything I was just curious, as I say I grew up with Wigan winning everything but not like that for last 7 (excluding this). From a personal point of view as stated previosly the Aussies don't take it serious and never will as long as we perform how we do internationally.

also your point about BRisbane. I don't think straight away of Brisbane either!

www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 17ueh.html Seems there not keen. It looks like the charity shield game with South's is more highly regarded. Lets face the choice of venue sapped any last bit of credibility this fixture ever had! No more than a exhibition match!

www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... 17ueh.html Seems there not keen. It looks like the charity shield game with South's is more highly regarded. Lets face the choice of venue sapped any last bit of credibility this fixture ever had! No more than a exhibition match!