St Helens will be in 2016's World Club Series and they will play Sydney Roosters on Friday, February 19.

Sums up the giants pretty much tbh.

Perhaps the saints will manage to score a point this time.

surely it must be time to come down here again. fartown v dragons at homebush would do me

where was this announced?

no surprise the rfl didnt pick us seeing as we snubbed it last time

Maybe exposure to these sorts of games would give us that 'big game experience' we need?!

Just seen this which says we are in it....d[edit]
Qualification for the Super League teams was changed to the Challenge Cup Winners qualifying as well as the League Leaders and Grand Final Winners qualifying. As Leeds Rhinos have already won the Challenge Cup and the League Leaders Shield, as well as booking a Grand Final spot with Wigan Warriors, the additional place in the series will go to the next highest team from the Super League table - Huddersfield Giants, who finished 3rd behind Leeds and Wigan. Meaning the three English sides in the World Club Series will be Leeds, Wigan and Huddersfield.

No requirements are needed for NRL clubs to qualify, these are picked by the NRL. North Queensland Cowboys won the NRL title winning the Grand Final 17-16 to become the first team confirmed in the series, they will play the Super League Grand Final winners for the World Club Championship.

Series details[edit]
Game 1[edit]
February 2016
Huddersfield Giants v TBD
John Smiths Stadium
Attendance
February 2016
SL League Leaders TBD TBD
Tries
February 2016
SL Champions TBD North Queensland Cowboys
Tries: TBD
Goals: TBD
TBD
Attendance: TBD
Referee/s: TBD
Man of the Match: TBD

where is that from ?

The oh so reliable Wikipedia

Totally agree. I also think the club owe it to the fans to make sure they're included.

Presumably that's because they are St Helens, and the RFL is desperate for the series to be competitive and Saints always deliver against Australian teams *s*


Anyway, assuming this is a daft rumour, it will be us in the World Club Series as we finished third above St Helens. I think that would be brilliant. I would hope that the club rouses itself from the torpor and goes all out to sell it out. I think the target attendance should be 20,000. Fill the place - they'll have months to go at it so why not?

Time for the whole club to step up and play with the big boys.

Quick question, if Huddersfield 'Giants' get picked for the Series were are you picking up the extra 11 thousand + fans from to take you up to 20k, taking into account your 2nd biggest game of the year at home to Leeds in the super 8s attendance? (Not including the up to 4k Leeds brought, so potentially 15 thousand further fans)

Also, what makes you think Huddersfield will do any better against NRL opposition considering your record in the bigger games of recent history?

For me, I hope You do get the chance to play in the game.

Will Huddersfield pay the £170K bond guarantee to the Aussie club? That I believe was the problem last year with both Huddersfield and Castleford and why Warrington were "invited"

I don't think any of us are deluded enough to think we'll do better than anyone else but we can't do worse than a loss! We deserve a shot due to the position we finished. It's just the right thing to do.

It shouldn't be about fans but fans will go. Neutrals would go. It's an occasion people would turn up to.

floating support i imagine, bradford fans pining back to their glory days, wakefield fans wanting the aussies to win etc
and leeds brought 3003 so not quite upto 4k.

but if we don't build things then people can't come can they?

www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... this_week/? No one knows

www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/sai ... this_week/? No one knows