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The Great Dane

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"We haven't signed off on the game" - Penrith Panthers demanding cash incentive for clash with St Helens in World Club Challenge - Serious About Rugby League

Though the World Club Challenge has already been confirmed by NRL Champions Penrith Panthers and Super League Champions St Helens, according to reports down under, Penrith are yet to officially sign off on the fixture. The game has been pencilled in to be played in Australia as a Super League...
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So they're holding the game to ransom for money they were never promised nor owed.

They're real classy act those Panthers...
 
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World Club Challenge headed for Las Vegas? Matt Peet has his say - Serious About Rugby League

Wigan Warriors are the 2023 Super League Champions after defeating Catalans Dragons in the Super League Grand Final claiming a 10-2 win. The Warriors now have their eye on the World Club Challenge and there has been suggestion that they could go out to Las Vegas to play the game. This is because...
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They must be taking the piss lol.

Why would the NRL agree to undermine their first event in Vegas by allowing a hurriedly cobbled together match to be played there a week or two beforehand? It'd burn their local partners and promoters, there'd be no time for a local marketing campaign, it's no given that it'd attract a local broadcast partner, it'd almost certainly be played in front of an almost totally empty stadium which'd be a very bad first impression, etc, etc.

It's such a stupid idea that I can't believe that anybody genuinely suggested it, and I hope the NRL laugh in their faces if it's ever genuinely propose it to them.

The WCC has been so devalued that the NRL should just refuse to participate and kill it off once and for all. It's just another good idea in a long line of good ideas that Pommy RL have mismanaged, run into the ground, then blamed the failure on everybody else.
 
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They must be taking the piss lol.

Why would the NRL agree to undermine their first event in Vegas by allowing a hurriedly cobbled together match to be played there a week or two beforehand? It'd burn their local partners and promoters, there'd be no time for a local marketing campaign, it's no given that it'd attract a local broadcast partner, it'd almost certainly be played in front of an almost totally empty stadium which'd be a very bad first impression, etc, etc.

It's such a stupid idea that I can't believe that anybody genuinely suggested it, and I hope the NRL laugh in their faces if it's ever genuinely propose it to them.

The WCC has been so devalued that the NRL should just refuse to participate and kill it off once and for all. It's just another good idea in a long line of good ideas that Pommy RL have mismanaged, run into the ground, then blamed the failure on everybody else.
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My first thought as well, the NRL aren’t going to take any attention away from their latest love child. The only way America could have been an option is if Broncos or Roosters had won and they agreed to play a neutral game on the East Coast the week before. Even that would have been a very long shot and I’d say the NRL would have discouraged it.
 
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Will panthers look for redemption or skulk away after being embarrased by st Helen’s this year?
Wigan next season will arguably be a better team than St’s, probably advisable for panthers to avoid them. Losing two years in a row to SL doesn’t sit with the nrl narrative about being the best in the world lol
 
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World Club Challenge headed for Las Vegas? Matt Peet has his say - Serious About Rugby League

Wigan Warriors are the 2023 Super League Champions after defeating Catalans Dragons in the Super League Grand Final claiming a 10-2 win. The Warriors now have their eye on the World Club Challenge and there has been suggestion that they could go out to Las Vegas to play the game. This is because...
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Play it in Singapore and chase the corporate dollar, and half way ish between the 2 countries, but slightly nearer here, and lots of ex pats of both countries working in Singapore
 
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Decision to be made on 2024 World Club Challenge - Serious About Rugby League

Wigan Warriors are the Super League Champions of 2023 which gives them a chance of being crowned World Champions in 2024. The Warriors have tremendous history in the World Club Challenge but haven’t been crowned World Champions since they defeated Cronulla Sharks in the 2017 World Club Challenge...
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With the NRL effectively putting in a bye weekend for rd1/2 for the 4 vegas clubs they could include panthers as well so they can play the WCC in UK and have an extra weeks travel/recovery.
 
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