Quote: WARRIORCRAIG "What are the minimum and maximums for pitch length and width? I'm sure there isn't a 9m discrepancy between them!?'" The minimum are as follows: minimum playing requirements are: (a) a clear playing area of not less than 88 metres from goal line to goal line and 55 metres from touch line to touch line; (b) that the dead ball line shall be not less than 6 metres nor more than 11 metres behind the goal line; Taken from the operational rules, here: rfllive.dyndns.org/~rflmedia/doc ... 0Guide.pdf Edit: Almost 300 pages later in that document, it does mention maximums: Playing area: Minimum 88m by 55m; Maximum 100m by 68m

Quote: WARRIORCRAIG "What are the minimum and maximums for pitch length and width? I'm sure there isn't a 9m discrepancy between them!?'" The minimum are as follows: minimum playing requirements are: (a) a clear playing area of not less than 88 metres from goal line to goal line and 55 metres from touch line to touch line; (b) that the dead ball line shall be not less than 6 metres nor more than 11 metres behind the goal line; Taken from the operational rules, here: rfllive.dyndns.org/~rflmedia/doc ... 0Guide.pdf Edit: Almost 300 pages later in that document, it does mention maximums: Playing area: Minimum 88m by 55m; Maximum 100m by 68m

Agreed , thats almost 30 feet wider , massive difference to most grounds .

In a way it gives Sam far more room to find the gaps, normally all he needs is a yard and he can exploit any gaps with devastating effect.
On the negative side it is like Cherry says,if the Wigan defence dos'nt slide to the right(not bothered about the left) they will be found out.
The worry is Deacon on a wide pitch he is just so slow in defence,as was seen against the Wire in the quarter final.
A major plus is that Hanson will be in,if he had been banned Wigan could have been in trouble on that side.
Hopefully Sam will be able to exploit the Wembley pitch more than Leeds.

Sam on the Wembley pitch could be unreal.

Brilliant!

Sod the size of the pitch. How come there is no 'Good Luck from other clubs fans' thread on the Leeds board???

The wembley pitch no matter what size will belong to the Wigan Warriors this saturday, only right everyones talking about Sam Tomkins he's a superstar but i expect Brett Finch to have a massive game after being rested last week, i will be watching the match in good owd featherstone and cheering the cherry n whites on to victory, good luck to the many thousands of traveling Warriors fans and the great town of Wigan, have a great day and be safe and lets get them Rhino's smashed of the pitch! UP THE WARRIORS

Our sliding defence is class. We will benefit more fomr a wider pitch.

To be fare to them 2 ,they have worked hard last 2 games in defence and the trys have been scored on pat and carmonts side . I just hope they can keep it up im show they would of been drilled this week on the out wide defence