In which case your mate is an idiot.

KR's new song "You will never WIN @ Wollongong"

Well 'clueless'

but you would expect Seb to have mates like that, wouldn't you?

Good point I saw on Twitter:

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2pts lost. But invaluable networking & contacts made in Oz for Hull FC. Generating interest in the club from none supporters of the game & seasoned rugby league fans of NRL. Don’t be distracted by the negative green eyed comments by those of other clubs. Priceless for Both clubs.

From what I’ve seen the primary detractors are those with the most to lose from the top tier expanding its global reach.

I’ve seen fans of Saints, Wire, Wakey, Cas etc trying to belittle the concept and it smacks of jealousy. That game this morning will make both clubs a decent amount of money by all accounts and on top of that there has been increased media attention on both sides of the world. There’s been numerous articles on the game on the Sydney Morning Herald website and that’s big news.

The benefits of this game could be far reaching for both clubs. An example would be if either club are fighting with other superleague clubs for NRL players or English players. If you get offered the same wage at Saints, Warrington, Cas etc as what Wigan or Hull are offering then things like this would help sway your decision. As an Aussie/Kiwi you get a couple of weeks back home and as an English player you get to travel and see the world. The games are on tv in Australia and both clubs will now be in prime position to attract Australian sponsorship.

I can’t understand how anybody could see fault in this game.

There's no downside. Two of the biggest SL clubs raise their profile, get warm weather training and make £. The sport gets incremental media coverage. NSW tourism benefits. Fans get experience of a lifetime. Bitter Luddites get to bleat from the sidelines. Everyone wins.

Yeh totally agree , was embarrassing, thought he should of done better with both tries

The game was secondary in my opinion to all the off field work undertaken by both clubs in the week leading up to it.
That's where the rewards will come in future years.
Well done to Wigan for having the courage to take a punt. Glad AP has a good relationship with IL at Wigan which probably facilitated us being asked along. That and us being a big club now

I’ve seen a lot of Wigan fans moaning that they’re missing out on a home game. I decided against making the trip due to not having enough holidays at work so I missed out on that one extra Home game as well. As it was I sat at the DW this morning nice and warm with a brew in hand watching it on a big screen. We scored try, I got up and cheered, our players ran in to each other and I groaned. There was no real difference other then I was warm!

I go home and away and losing out on one live game won’t make much difference to me. The clubs sitting on their hands and not attempting to ‘grow’ could make a difference to me, if it means our best players walk away or any available talent decides to choose other clubs to sign for over us.

Lenagan is savvy! Hull were asked because your fans are fanatical nuts who’ll travel 12,000 miles in good numbers for a game! I know we got the boot (and rightfully so) for the pitiful numbers we took to Donny for the 2016 CC semi but our support for games like Catalans away and our WCC game against the Roosters in 2014 make both clubs attractive propositions for games like this.

I saw somebody in this thread say they hope Hull decide to take their game with us to USA or Canada next season. That would be brilliant! If both clubs could take 4,000/5,000 all the way to Australia then it could be double that in America or Canada.

I also think the close relationship that the clubs owners have is mirrored by Radford and Wane. The relationship between the clubs probably made this whole venture run a lot smoother!