Damien

It tells you in the link

I was never really a fan of that concept, a couple of friendlies tagged on was never going to work and would always make the games meaningless. When tying down the Aussies to one game is difficult enough a couple of friendlies was never going to cut it. I know this wasn't what you was advocating to do. I think just a set place in the calendar and a bit of effort on the Australian side would make such a difference.

You didn't as you normally ask 5 irrelevent questions.

When even fellow Leigh fans feel like this just imagine how the rest of us feel!

Wigan do a heck of a lot in Lancashire and Cumbria, all things considered

It's a Love Rugby league Article. I have absolutely no doubt that any issues will come from the NRL side and not SL. Australia have hardly ever shown an appetite for this to be held in Australia anyway, even Penrith and NRL figures said last year it belongs in England and its the place to play it. I also don't see traveling to Australia to play it the week before Vegas as an insurmountable obstacle. That could easily be done in my opinion.

There is no issue at all though. Wigan and Warrington played SL fixtures on the same weekend as Vegas this year. They will again next year, just in Vegas.

The issue isn't Wigan or Warrington though. They will do whatever they need to to make the WCC work. The NRL was never going to have the WCC on the same weekend as Vegas anyway, for obvious reasons.

Lets face it its already changed to add English teams in order to boost fan numbers attending.

When they lose. And Penrith certainly didn't treat it that way this year.

Yes, but obviously the NRL don't want their competition to be 2nd billing to anything.

That's just not true.

This is the trouble isn't it? You either take a firm line around the play the ball and be consistent, which I'd personaly like to see as it makes for a better game, or you just don't penalise and in that case you should be changing the laws. Picking and mixing when to enforce a correct play the ball just leads to annoying players and fans and makes decisions questionable when compared to similar incidents in the game.

It's about 5k give or take buy I'm sure more seats could be made available in the East too.

Yep, you need a balance. Australia always strive for that balance too and dont just pick the best two halves per se. They have to both combine well and complement each other.

Just had a quick look at play off attendances over the last decade. Last year's Wigan v Hull KR crowd of 15,162 was the highest for 8 years and you had to go back to 2015 and 17,192 for Leeds v Saints to beat it. There was also 15,023 for Wigan v Warrington in 2014. Apart from those it's all circa 13k crowds and below. I think Wigan v Leigh will beat those two 15k crowds and with a fair wind can beat that 17,192 crowd too.

Think this bodes really well for a bumper crowd on Saturday

10k sold already for Wigan v Leigh:

Absolutely, the kicking fame has been a consistent failing over decades. In some games against the Aussies there's probably been a 20 metre difference with every set of 6 through kicking alone. That's huge over the course of a game.

Did the he cradled his head like a baby and sang a lullaby defence not work then?