Wheelchair International

[daz39]

Tickets say Robin Park, but is this Robin Park sports centre or is it the stadium next to the Brick, is there the facilities in there, seems a bit of a comedown from FD Arena last time, i'm still going but not sure which venue it is.

[daz39]

Anyone know? any Wigan fans able to help?

[Hopie]

Ive bought a ticket but not got it yet so don't have the match day info you sometimes get, I'm assuming its the sports centre but wouldn't be a problem for me to walk to the other one if I get there and they don't know.

Real shame this isn't in an arena, wheelchair RL has been another lost opportunity from the last world cup.

[Whippet13]

2 hours ago, daz39 said:

Anyone know? any Wigan fans able to help?

Says "Arena and Tennis Centre", so it'll be at the sports centre, that is also where Wigan played Catalans this year for the European cup. It's only 100 meters or so from the rugby complex, literally just across the road.

[RigbyLuger]

Can't imagine they'd play it outside!

[daz39]

2 hours ago, Hopie said:

Ive bought a ticket but not got it yet so don't have the match day info you sometimes get, I'm assuming its the sports centre but wouldn't be a problem for me to walk to the other one if I get there and they don't know.

Real shame this isn't in an arena, wheelchair RL has been another lost opportunity from the last world cup.

As i said, from a great occasion at Leeds arena to a sports centre in Wigan is a bit of a comedown, saying that i worked the challenge cup final at Sheffield and that was a pretty good do for a sports centre but i would have thought the internationals would be more ambitious.

[Thunder Road]

It's the sports centre near the ground .

It's where they do the darts on a regular basis .

Loads of parking  

[Eddie]

17 hours ago, Hopie said:

Ive bought a ticket but not got it yet so don't have the match day info you sometimes get, I'm assuming its the sports centre but wouldn't be a problem for me to walk to the other one if I get there and they don't know.

Real shame this isn't in an arena, wheelchair RL has been another lost opportunity from the last world cup.

138 people at one of the semi finals and not known at the other (per League Express), the players really deserve more. 

[Griff]

3 hours ago, Eddie said:

138 people at one of the semi finals and not known at the other (per League Express), the players really deserve more. 

Are you going, Eddie?

[Eddie]

1 hour ago, Griff said:

Are you going, Eddie?

No, but I would if I lived closer, already going to the GF which is a 4-5 hour drive. 

[Hopie]

https://www.nrl.com/news/2024/10/08/wheelaroos-squad-named-for-historic-trans-tasman-series/?utm_medium=Organic_Social&utm_content=14903868503&utm_campaign=International+Test

I see it also going well down under, the wheelaroos playing for the first time since the world cup, and this article implies that NZ have qualified for the next world cup just on the basis of turning up for their first fixture.

[sam4731]

4 hours ago, Hopie said:

https://www.nrl.com/news/2024/10/08/wheelaroos-squad-named-for-historic-trans-tasman-series/?utm_medium=Organic_Social&utm_content=14903868503&utm_campaign=International+Test

I see it also going well down under, the wheelaroos playing for the first time since the world cup, and this article implies that NZ have qualified for the next world cup just on the basis of turning up for their first fixture.

I wonder why so many countries decide not to bother investing in RL in any form when the NRL are literally just shifting the goalposts to their own agenda.