will we get a game at home this season if Cas win ? as last year they said because Wire had won the LLS they would get the game, if Cas win the GF they have won both so the only other winners this season is us with the CC so should we now not get a game in the series even if only two teams travel over ? or will there be another excuse from the RFL

I think we'd say we dont want it due to our Australia tour commitments. The club would have to pay out £150k to host it, add in the cost of renting the KCOM, and player jetlag from playing the week after coming home and it'd be too much disruption this time round.

The WCC is nothing to do with the Challenge Cup, it is a league competition therefore Leeds would be given any subsequent place. If a third team come over then as we finished 3rd, we would be asked but it's a big commitment financially and with the KCOM not being ours, I think we would end up out of pocket because the Allams would shaft us big time.

Not sure it will go ahead seeing as how FC and Wigan are playing the Super League game and both doing warm up matches over there???? plus Melbourne knocked it back last season to concentrate on NRL, think this will be the norm and the comp will die a natural death, it’s the Super League clubs that put credance to it.

I am certain Melbourne will be involved being the Premiership winners, with a big question mark over the Cowboys. Bennett has offered his Brisbane team to fill in if a second side is needed.

If the two teams are Cas and Leeds where will the games be played?
Both grounds will only have around 12,000 capacity. With the aussie clubs demanding around £150K each I don't see how the games can be staged at home.
I can't see Leeds United letting two games be played there.

Keepmoat?

Leeds United are at home on the 24th February, Leeds have suggested they'll play there so it'll have to be the Sunday as they won't want a game being played on the pitch before hand

I sort of agree with you but I would love to see a game at the KC but as other posters have said think they would shaft us and we would end up out of pocket it sounds like we will not be in the mix anyway it maybe a good thing this time

Apparently nothttps://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/brisbane-broncos-keen-to-have-familyfriendly-sunday-afternoon-slots-next-season/news-story/0026d372b390d8d647273cd921e1a145rl

[iBroncos coach Wayne Bennett said they would not play another World Club Series match in England next February if asked.

The English Rugby Football League is having trouble raising Australian interest, with clubs wary of adding pre-season games for players who will contest the World Cup until as late as December 2.

“We have played games in England the last three years. We made a decision we probably won’t go over — we will take a bit of a different direction with it,’’ Bennett said.

Bennett said the Broncos would play trial games at venues to be announced, but would be outside Brisbane.

Grand finalists Melbourne and North Queensland have booked a testimonial trial in February to benefit Cameron Smith and Johnathan Thurston and the Storm may play as many as two trials against the Warriors, one at the Sunshine Coast and one in New Zealand.

Preliminary finalists Brisbane would have been a welcome WSC opponent, but the World Club Challenge trophy could only be contested by the Storm, as premiers.


The Storm and Cowboys declined the chance to play WSC matches in 2017 as preliminary finalists, with the Broncos losing to Warrington and Cronulla defeated in the WCC by Wigan.

Broncos CEO Paul White has made plain in the past two years their interest in hosting an English club in a WSC match at Suncorp Stadium.

“We’ve done a lot of the heavy lifting for it (the WSC) over the years, playing it three times,’’ Watt said.[/i

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Now that the Testimonial game has been confirmed as the 23rd February, where does that leave the WCC apart from with a dirty great hole in the fixture list!

As the English Rugby League set aside that weekend to play the series in England it shows that Melbourne have no interest in the WCC if it is played in England. They also refused to participate in the Series last year when runners up to Cronulla.

As I said in my earlier post, think this comp will fizzle out. The Aussie clubs are losing interest fast, a la Melbourne. They’ve kept it going by coming over here, £150k is beans compared to what tv cash they get. Whether English clubs have the appetite for travelling, like FC and Wigan, in the future, only time will tell. The World Cup has thrown spanners into evrrybodies works.