That will surely mean missing a game on the weekend of the 14th and one on the weekend of the 22nd so Wigan will already be two games behind. The fixture on the weekend of the 29th may also be a bit of a trouble for the pies

This article suggests it was agreed in february

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That's all Gary Hetherington saying it. Same sort of article that appeared several times in previous years.

Accepted, that one has a little more conviction behind it with a bit of commitment like.

I wouldn't have been surprised to see it at Headingley again though had Leeds won the GF.

Back when the Watkins review happened the Club chairmen were all sent away in working parties to look at different areas of the game. GH and Simon Moran led the working party for the WCC and what could be done about it. They agreed for it to alternate hemispheres.

What will also alternate will be the structure in the uk we will see 3rd SL play 3rd NRL on a friday, 2nd SL play 2nd NRL on Saturday and 1st SL play 1st NRL on the Sunday in an ‘SL v NRL league’ comp. Before going back to 1st v 1st in 2016 in Aus and the 6 team league again in the uk in 2017. Apparently this has been agreed up to 2018.

In which case I appear to have given Wigan too much credit, which should have eben reserved for Hetherington.

Still, I for one hope Wigan pull off another shock like 1994.

Playing at Headingley is always more lucrative all round than at places like the DW. Financially there is less revenue drop off by playing it in Aus when Leeds aren't playing.