Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:12 pm  

I would take ganson to ref us next week always fair in clashes agianst the aussies, forget what he gets up to away from the field

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:41 pm  

Is it not played under International rules?

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:50 pm  

19 Leagues wrote:

Anyone know whether we're just having one referee? Will he be from SL?

Apparently, the RFL will submit the names of 3 British refs to St George and they will select the one they prefer.

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:27 pm  

BTW I think Wigan's warming up for the WCC is the right way to go. At Leeds the last two games it appeared that pre-season and even during early-season games that the WCC was all they cared about. As a result they put in fairly rubbish displays before the WCC and clearly lacked fluency. Well done to Maguire for pushing the idea that you want to actually be in form before a big game.

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:04 am  

twosevenzero wrote:

Apparently, the RFL will submit the names of 3 British refs to St George and they will select the one they prefer.

Really?

Somehow, I doubt Terry Albert's name will find it's way onto that list.

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:22 am  

twosevenzero wrote:

Apparently, the RFL will submit the names of 3 British refs to St George and they will select the one they prefer.

I'd suggest Silverwood, Ganson, Bentham.

The RFL will suggest Alibert, Childs, Cummings.

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:57 pm  

30 tickets left in the South stand.
133 tickets left in the West stand.
441 tickets left in the East stand.
1479 tickets left in the North stand.

2083 left in total (on Wigan eticket site).

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:01 pm  

Great video on youtube.

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:01 pm  

Father Ted Andy Platt didn't play, he had signed for another club (in australia) and opted out of the game because he didn't want to get injured.In fact if i remember rightly Billy mcginty played at prop because we had none available, thats why the win was remarkable..wigan were given no chance at all by anyone.

Re: World Club Challenge Thread : Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:10 pm  

Also for the Brisbane game Jack Robinson got the brisbane broncos to agree to a winner takes all payday.
during the game the australian commentators kept saying that they couldn't see a vacant seat.
but when the time came to pay up brisbane tried to get out of the deal by saying there were hardly any
spectators and therfore they would be handing over a reduced amount.
There was quite a rumpus about it at the time and i don't know if it was ever resolved. The attendance was
close to 60,000 cheeky sods