Quote: MattyB "This 'only professional club' myth is tiresome. Anyone would think this spanned a decade and not weeks/months (never mind the fact that Leeds went fully pro just before us and Saints just after us).'" Exactly, and just to prove it here's a video of Leeds v Saints in 1992, please note the professions of players as shown on the t.v. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Pc6kv ... el=Andy78L The year after Wigan won the Challenge Cup with Andy Farrell becoming the youngest ever player to win the trophy, he was an apprentice joiner with Wigan council at the time!!

Quote: MattyB "This 'only professional club' myth is tiresome. Anyone would think this spanned a decade and not weeks/months (never mind the fact that Leeds went fully pro just before us and Saints just after us).'" Exactly, and just to prove it here's a video of Leeds v Saints in 1992, please note the professions of players as shown on the t.v. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Pc6kv ... el=Andy78L The year after Wigan won the Challenge Cup with Andy Farrell becoming the youngest ever player to win the trophy, he was an apprentice joiner with Wigan council at the time!!

"Facts, we don't need no steenkin" facts".
With apologies to a couple of classic Westerns

Looking at the stadium map at a rough guess I'd say about 14k sold, not bad for the first week especially this time of the year, lets hope the club promote the hell out of this once New Year is over and done with

15,000 sold. 8 weeks to go.

Sell out?

Possibly - North Stand seats might be difficult to shift. Over 20k will be fine.

Does anyone know who receives the revenue from ticket sales?

I`m no Wigan fan but the way Peet conducts himself and the way he turned the team round playing an attractive blend of rugby and giving youngsters their chance one cannot fail to be impressed.
I think you will win the treble next year and I will be hoping you stuff a team from Australia.
The only thing that might sour your win amongst other supporters and the Aussie press is the game being played here and not either in Australia or a neutral country like Vegas.
But good luck and hope you win from a Leeds fan.

I'm no Wigan fan, but I have always wanted the English club sides to win the WCC games and I will be in 2024 too.

As a fan of Leeds RLFC/ Rhinos the 1987 WCC game against Manly at Central Park is the best and also most memorable club game that didn't feature Leeds that I have ever been to.
The atmosphere at Central Park was electric that night.
What a win that was for Wigan but also for the sport in this country too

Ticket bought middle of South stand . Can't wait!

The club have just announced over 17k tickets sold so far.

West Stand - less than 100 left. (WS1 & WS10 yet to be released)
South Stand - less than 200 left. (SS1 yet to be released)
East Stand - less than 500 left. (ES1 & ES10 yet to be released)
North Stand - Gaps starting to appear in central blocks.


All bodes well for a full house come February.

The reaction to tickets going on sale has been outstanding. To shift 17,000 in a couple of weeks and around Christmas time has been some effort. I think Rads himself had it right in saying he expects fans of all clubs to attend as they’ll want to see this Penrith team in the flesh and especially Cleary. It’s going to be a special night.

Tremendous effort, hopefully over the next few weeks demand will mean the club open up the "end" blocks for sale

Will be the highest WCC crowd in a decade when over 30k watched Sydney v Wigan. Under 14k attended Penrith v Saints and 16k attended Saints v Sydney in 2020.

All I can say is Wigan are the biggest draw either here or in Australia than our little rivals.

The club have just announced 18k tickets sold.