If I was a neutral I'd say it should be binned because its a game between two clubs going nowhere. I personally hate the derbies and canonly really enjoy them after the game if we win.

Personally i would say they should do their best to show all derbies over the weekend, thursday night, 2 on good friday and whatever on monday, annoyingly there's always at least one team that gets shown twice over easter, theres enough teams to spread around

Couldn't care less which game is on I just like to watch rugby league in general and will watch any game. In the end I don't really understand why people are even debating this cos quite frankly it is about the players on the pitch winning 2 points not putting on a play for the cameras.

Just cos wire v Widnes is top 2 doesn't mean it wont be a horse muck of a game, if that finished 6-0 or something then people will complain about what a boring game sky had chosen.

As a hull fan I don't give one whether the derby is on or not, personally think there are too many, it is theoretically possible for us to play 7 derbies in a season; pre-season friendly, 3 regular season, challenge cup, super 8s and play-off/grand final. Just think about that.

Cheshire derby

i must admit that did get me too

& me .....

This ain't the Prestbury/Hale Barns footballers belt & isn't Widnes a Scouser overflow/travellers site ?

2 towns a couple of miles apart, both in Cheshire. Not a Cheshire derby? Ok.

You might like to pretend otherwise but I'd bet in Warrington it's referred to as "the Derby against Widnes/a derogatory name for Widnes" as it is vice versa.

Whats so funny about that? I don't get it?

St Helens v Wigan - 10 miles apart in different counties - derby game

Warrington v Widnes - 7 miles apart in the same county.... Cheshire....derby game

Am I missing something?

It is clearly a derby, its like the same distance as cas-wakey and they are in the same county as well so if Cheshire derby isn't one then neither is the other.

You're right, they're the vermin to me. But to an outsider looking in it's the Cheshire derby. Regardless of title, it's the biggest 'derby' taking place this weekend...

I don't care I'm going to the Wire game!

As a Wire fan I'm glad it's not on the box. All home tickets sold, 1500 tickets left in the away end - possibly wouldn't have been the case had it been on the telly.

Looking like a sell out All home stands officially sold out today, 2k already sold in the away end (leaving 1.5k until Friday) Anyone who still fancies watching 1 v 2...hurry hurry hurry Adult £20 Concession £14 Junior £10 https://shop.warringtonwolves.com/ticke ... 1458389124

Looking like a sell out All home stands officially sold out today, 2k already sold in the away end (leaving 1.5k until Friday) Anyone who still fancies watching 1 v 2...hurry hurry hurry Adult £20 Concession £14 Junior £10 https://shop.warringtonwolves.com/ticke ... 1458389124

I don't understand why people would suggest binning the Hull derby between Hull (5th on 6pts) and Rovers (10th on 3pts) when they could bin the "derby" between Cas (8th on 5pts) and Leeds (9th on 10pts)?

Same amount of points combined. One's actually a derby though. The other one is just "filler" because Bradford aren't around anymore.

If Leeds had 10 points, they wouldn't be 9th

just what i was thinking, what's the joke?

you're gonna get a saints or wigan fan coming on now all butt hurt telling you about the earl of derby allowing only a horse race or something and the battle of billinge lump being the only true 'derby'.

They're very protective over that, despite EVERY sporting match in a geographic close proximity being referred to as this.

It pains me to read fellow Warringtonians state that the town is in Cheshire!

Some of the town has always been in Cheshire. The Mersey was the county boundary of Cheshire and Lancashire until 1974.

painful or not its factually correct. Spiritually incorrect in my mind....I was born in '71

The Hull derby isn't big beyond it's own boundaries,and is never that high on quality, I, and many others I guess would rather have watched Wire v Widnes.

In response to the O.P. as a total neutral I would have preferred to have watched the Warrington v Widnes game.

But when Sky did their scheduling, they didn’t know how the season would pan out. But it’s still a game of R.L. to watch, so I'll take the scraps I’m thrown.

Yeah, this.

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The boundary was always the River Mersey prior to 1974... :353p9dv2but the club was always south of the River (since 1879 anyway) so therefore a Cheshire club.

Now since 2004 it may be located north of the River but both Warrington and Widnes towns in their entirety are officially Cheshire