Re: World Club Challenge - Wigan v Penrith : Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:42 pm  

MattyB wrote: 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!!

MattyB wrote: 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!!

Re: World Club Challenge - Wigan v Penrith : Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:14 pm  

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

Re: World Club Challenge - Wigan v Penrith : Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:23 pm  

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

Re: World Club Challenge - Wigan v Penrith : Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:01 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote: 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!! Stop it Brian, our friends from over the hill have convinced themselves, for the best part of 40 years, that being the only fully professional team in the league gave us total dominance for a decade. You have now burst the bubble at a time when we should be welcoming to our fellow man. You should be ashamed of yourself you Grinch. By the way, Saints didn’t have a bad side for an amateur outfit

Rogues Gallery wrote: 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!! Stop it Brian, our friends from over the hill have convinced themselves, for the best part of 40 years, that being the only fully professional team in the league gave us total dominance for a decade. You have now burst the bubble at a time when we should be welcoming to our fellow man. You should be ashamed of yourself you Grinch. By the way, Saints didn’t have a bad side for an amateur outfit

Re: World Club Challenge - Wigan v Penrith : Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:35 pm  

15,000 sold. 8 weeks to go.

Sell out?

Re: World Club Challenge - Wigan v Penrith : Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:35 pm  

NSW wrote:

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?

Re: World Club Challenge - Wigan v Penrith : Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:30 pm  

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.

Re: World Club Challenge - Wigan v Penrith : Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:22 pm  

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

Re: World Club Challenge - Wigan v Penrith : Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:26 pm  

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

Re: World Club Challenge - Wigan v Penrith : Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:55 pm  

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.