It can wagered a little more interesting...

I dare both clubs to settle it on a winner takes all showdown!

I think me and Sir Adrian Morley would like that.

If the players treat it properly, which they will, it's not a friendly.

That's how we hope and expect the game to pan out, but unfortunately we have no other category to name this type of game other than an exhibition game or a friendly.

You really are hard work. You have essentially just defined exhibition football for us. The autumn internationals are by your standards also friendlies, yet they fill Twickenham and Cardiff. They are a series of one off tests.

The original Super League world club challenge, held down under was an unmitigated disaster. We need to gradually develop this concept rather than having another farce like that.

What we need eventually is a 6 team comp, everyone plays each other home & away (Aussies come here and play everyone then we go over there and play everyone) and the top 2 battle it out to be champions with 3rd v 4th and 5th v 6th for final placings.

OR just a straight-up league with top finisher being Champions.

Create a new trophy to be won with a big sponsorship. Look how massive that is in European football. We've got to start somewhere and work towards something like this, it can be done with the right marketing!

Agreed vw

Dya think it'd be better as a Eng v Aus thing or a every club for themselves thing?

So two Aussie teams could take 1 & 2?

Top 3 qualify would also spice up the Super 8 as certain teams won't 'settle' for 4th.

Home nation or the six nations are all international games and so gets the exposure it deserves.
As regards them being friendly fixtures they are not.
There is a league structure and a cup.

Club rugby league does not other than the wcc of which Warrington is not competing in.
Yes we are in what is known as a world club series.

Hard work Ganson's?
What do you want me to say?
It is what it is.... 2 club sides playing a game that one (Wire) qualified for not being successful but finishing higher in the league than all the other non finalists and the other (St G) who have qualified because they put their hands up when pretty much nobody else wanted to be involved, and hey they finished halfway down their league.

a league structure must be whomever finished top wins or every team for themselves knockout.
2 top oz teams playing in a final would not effect the attendance.

As with the recent rl world cup, you promote the final and sell tickets well ahead of the final.

Are we forgetting the perennial argument here....

Picture the scene

It's a Saturday afternoon in October/November, and England have beaten Australia in an EARLY qualifying Test, for the 3 (or) 4 Nations.
The week after, and we beat NZ

Next week, it's the final of the 3 (or) 4 Nations against Australia.
We take the lead with a Ryan Hall miracle try, and the commentators and pundits are nursing erections of Everest proportions.
10 minutes later, Greg Inglis walks through a gap a mile wide, and it's level pegging.
We get a bit of biff, and then the game settles down, then, all of a sudden, BANG BANG, Burgess gets a barge over try, and Tomkins shows a bit of magic for a try, but we miss both conversions, so we go in with an 8 point lead.

Half time, and the smiles can't be wide enough in the studio. But hang on. Millward is smirking (he knows).

Second half starts, and we fluff a great chance, and 1 minute later Cameron Smith gets a try (converted), so the gap's only 2.
10 minutes more of attrition, and nothing changes until.........a bomb goes up, and Tomkins drops it, and Aussies get a walk over try. They lead by 4.
Then they lead by 10
Then they lead by 16
Then they lead by 22


Then the final whistle blows, and we have the inevitable inquest in the studio. The pundits come to the conclusion that the Brits (English) play too many games in comparison to the Aussies and NZ. See 2002,3,4,6.....you get the picture

Puts the mini World Club League into perspective, eh chaps.

One of the reasons that you are hard work is that you give an opinion and pass it off as fact. I'm 'categorising' it as a potentially exciting challenge for both my own Club and for the game.

Give your head a wobble!

I couldn't give two stiff ones if you call this game
a) a friendly match
b) a challenge match
c) an exhibition match
d) potential for the players to get injured match
e) Dorothy

This is hopefully, a game where we get 13,000 people through the turnstiles, which generates business for the club (will we be making merchandise for this game ), e.g. beer sales, food sales, advertisement sales. Hell, we might even sell some E-cigs on the back of it

We get to see where we are against a decent Aussie club.

Still. The usual suspect on here get his knickers in a twist (again) over semantics. Plus ca change........

I firmly with Lefty, we will be playing an Aussie club which from memory we haven't done for many years. I think the HJ will be rocking & I for one can't wait.

I also agree with Lefty, this is a game to look forward to and I for one cant wait.