WCC news

[Pommy]

why is it in england again??? it should be in australia every other year

Because it's played mid SL season. For it to be played in Oz it would have to be played before the Aussie sides were anywhere near complete in pre season preparations. I'm sure the SL sides would love that prospect but not the NRL sides.

England have been consistently running 3rd in the tourneys. The NZ side sent over there last year was massively understrength

Deny it all you want, it's the facts and Wayne will be pushing shit up hill to change it

It was a stronger side than the one Australia struggled to beat this season.

 

[deluded pom?]

I thought the NRL wanted the WCC cut back to two games in 2017?

 

[deluded pom?]

I think Hull and Canberra will be there too regardless of whether they make the GF on account of finishing second in the table.

Hull finished third aitch.

 

[roughyedspud]

Might as well go back to the two champions and just the one WCC game cos the other games are pointless..

They should have expanded it to top 2 from each comp,whether it be the 4 grand finalists or minor premiers & GF winners from each comp..whatever..

Play two semi finals, ESLwinner v NRLrunner up & NRLwinner v ESLrunner up in week one then a WCC final in week two..

Id hold it in perth..

 

[The Partisan]

Might as well go back to the two champions and just the one WCC game cos the other games are pointless..

They should have expanded it to top 2 from each comp,whether it be the 4 grand finalists or minor premiers & GF winners from each comp..whatever..

Play two semi finals, ESLwinner v NRLrunner up & NRLwinner v ESLrunner up in week one then a WCC final in week two..

Id hold it in perth..

Do you actually mean semi finals ? As in loser drops out ?

Could have the two NRL or ESL teams playing for the WCC Crown if so ?

Personally I'd like to see the NRL Premiers v ESL Premiers with the ARL State Champions (Qld Cup v NSW Cup winner) taking on the 2nd tier premiers in England as a double header.

 

[roughyedspud]

Yep,proper semi finals..


And nah to state champs v championship...another pointless game

 

[Pommy]

I wouldn't say they are pointless it helps NRL teams sell their brand in what should be the NRLs second biggest market.
Premier league sides seem to think playing games around the world is meaningful and that's against teams like Sydney FC where the divide in quality is much wider than NRL to ESL.

 

[roughyedspud]

If they wanna build their brand then they should pay...the last two 3v3 wcc games have cost the ESL teams $500,000 each,per game,to host the NRL team

 

[adamkungl]

I thought the SL clubs wanted to host it because it was valuable to them?

 

[roughyedspud]

We host it cos australia doesn't want too..theres no way aussie clubs would shell out the money to host a super league club..im sure i read that it cost wigan half a million quid to go down under to play the roosters!

Huddersfield ducked out of playing in it cos they could jusitfy paying the NRL club £300,000..thats why the 2nd & 3rd uk teams will always be wigan,warrington,st helens,hull fc or leeds cos they could make money on the game.

 

[adamkungl]

So do the SL teams make money on it or not?
If it's not profitable then why bother?

 

[Evil Homer]

So do the SL teams make money on it or not?
If it's not profitable then why bother?

Teams like Wigan who sell out the stadium do. Huddersfield wouldn't because they would probably get about 5-6k max.

 

[jim_57]

I wouldn't mind one day seeing every country with a pro club represented, provided that pro club is no lower than 2nd division. Sort of like a World Challenge Cup. Would want a few things before it is looked at though

• NZ2 NRL side
• Fiji NSW Cup Side
• Welsh team promoted to Championship
• Toronto in Championship or higher
• Toulouse challenging Catalans as France's best club.
• Talked about US Pro comp getting underway.

Then you could have some sort of short/sharp tournament with the best clubs from:
Australia
NZ
PNG
Fiji
England
France
Wales
Canada
USA

Just an idea.

 

[WireMan]

We host it cos australia doesn't want too..theres no way aussie clubs would shell out the money to host a super league club..im sure i read that it cost wigan half a million quid to go down under to play the roosters!

Huddersfield ducked out of playing in it cos they could jusitfy paying the NRL club £300,000..thats why the 2nd & 3rd uk teams will always be wigan,warrington,st helens,hull fc or leeds cos they could make money on the game.

Huddersfield never qualified for the game anyway.

 

[WireMan]

So do the SL teams make money on it or not?
If it's not profitable then why bother?

Promote the club.


It could be in Australia next year. Warrington will do there warm weather training in Australia if it is. We will see though.

 

[adamkungl]

Why does it cost so much to host? Does the home team pay travel costs?

 

[deluded pom?]

Huddersfield never qualified for the game anyway.

They won the LLS and would have been one of the teams if they were willing to stump up the cash.

 

[WireMan]

They won the LLS and would have been one of the teams if they were willing to stump up the cash.

Ah I see, I was thinking the first year it was expanded and wire played saints etc.

Lack of foresight by the giants. Small time plans not competing.

 

[adamkungl]

They won the LLS and would have been one of the teams if they were willing to stump up the cash.

Huddersfield won the LLS in 2013, the 2014 WCC wasn't expanded

 

[Frank Discussion]

Sharks fan here.

When are the venues sorted?