if they get the chance and turn it down, l,l ask for my ST money back. as for dragging in supporters from around the region, we would have to promote, and market it, and we don,t do marketing.

being reported today warrington may be invited again to take part.

I was pretty comfortable with the club not participating last year as Wire clearly finished higher than us by virtue of getting to the semi-final. They also finished higher than Cas. And as I recall, the official club line was that we didn't qualify, which given the play off results seems plausible to me.

But this year, there are not other clubs higher than us, so it should be us.

The idea that Saints should get the game ahead of us is pretty galling, but Warrington? Who didn't even make the semi-finals? That's utterly ridiculous. Castleford and St Helens have a better claim on the game than Wire. Even Hull KR, as beaten Cup finalists, have a better claim on it than Wire.


I'll be beyond ed off if the club turn down the chance to play in this series. Really, I'd consider packing it in and switching allegiance to Batley. That's how deeply frustrated I am with the club's management.

i've heard and read( i don't do rumours but just putting it out there) that us, saints, Hull Kr and Cas all were offered and all turned it down, wire according to rumourmongers are the only ones willing to stump up the £180k bond.

now this is probably all a load of bull, but if it's true, should the governing bodies, and i inlcude SKY in that, not be paying the cost of the Australians to get over here? they are wanting to expand the series and turn it into a big global event but yet the competing clubs are expected to pay all the costs?

not sure that's right?

last year i wasn't bothered about it, but this year i am, we are by right, the 3rd best team in the northern hemisphere and should compete in it this year. if we have been given the chance and turned it down then it's not good IMO, yes it's a lot of money, but it could also be a big missed opportunity for us.

time will tell though.

can see that, be an easy get out for the rfl saying warrington should be in as they took part last time

like i said previous dont blame them either after the way we treated it

do we know for definate that we turned it down last year? have the club ever said anything or is it just that that was what was accepted at the time?

I'm pretty sure Richard Thewlis told the HGSA at a meeting with the committee we were never invited or qualified ...i could be wrong though but i'm sure others can confirm or correct me !!

You are correct Daz. But don't let the truth get in the way of a good rumour.

too right fella, why should clubs pay to enter the wcc, we don't have to fork vast sume to enter sl or challenge cup
if sl/rfl want this event to get bigger, then they should di into their own pocket

think its a bond so they get the money back

I can see it now, your 4,750 die hards sat in an empty stadium embarrassing our game on sky, that why your not likely to be in it in reality.

Joking apart my understanding is there has to be a £180k bond paid as last year. Huddersfield need to use an opportunity like this to increase there position in the local area and get bums on seats and promote the game to the younger kids businesses etc etc etc. Unfortunately Huddersfield are crap at marketing as their attendances prove. It's a shame really because on the field they are a team on the up.

Looks worse still at our stadium than Leeds as ours is a lot bigger place than leeds and if you were playing at our place there would still be plenty of empty seats.