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| Incidentally, the sides for the SCG match 1962, St George v Great Britain, were:-
St George (5)
Graham, Lumsden, Brown, Gasnier, King, Clay, O'Bryan, Raper, Provan (c), Ryan, Porter, Walsh, Wilson.
Res...Riley and Armstrong.
Great Britain (33)
Round, Boston, Ashton (c), Fox, Southward, Bolton, Murphy, Turner, Huddart, Edgar, Herbert, Sayer, McTigue. Res...Carlton and Gilfedder.
I've got to say...any of us will be lucky to see a Great Britain or England side as good as that one ever again.
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| If the DW is deemed big enough for Ashes Test matches then that'll do for me. I'd much rather see Wigan's ground packed out than 35k at Anfield, Eastlands or wherever else.
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| More of the small time thinking that needs to change.
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| Quote ="Old Darlin"So was I actually.
More evidence in favour of my argument.
If Leeds could get not far off 40,000 to Elland Road against Canterbury for the WCC 2005, Wigan - as a traditionally better supported club (before the Leeds fans jump in I am talking over a sample say the size of the 20th Century and a bit of this one) - should be aiming for 45,000 min for this game.'"
One thing to remember.
Leeds = Huge city
Wigan = Small backstreet town.
Wigan could probably get 45k like i said. 60k+ not. a. chance.
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| Quote ="Dico"Nope. Ill be there, i've always gone for St George in the NRL but i'll be supporting British on the day. Anfield definately, OT is far, far too big'"
impeccable choice of nrl club mate.
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| if its at a ground of 25,000 then id go Wigan over Bolton.
reward the warriors fans for the season wigan have had
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| Quote ="Dico"One thing to remember.
Leeds = Huge city
Wigan = Small backstreet town.
Wigan could probably get 45k like i said. 60k+ not. a. chance.'"
I'll comment on this type of thinking again elsewhere.
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| I get where you're coming from I really do, and certainly in other areas I'd much rather see bigger thinking. However as it stands the WCC makes a lot of money.
If you take the recent RU examples of club games at Wembley, sure they got some great crowds, some decent press but they lost a lot of money due to the cost involved. The RFL simply doesn't have this sort of money to gamble with.
If they could fill Anfield at 45,000 then tbh, I dont see how anyone couldnt see that as a resounding success, what was last years? 28k or something? (i actually dont know)
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| I acknowledged Anfield as a good plan B a while back.
I would still be disappointed if you guys took it.
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| It is THEE best call.
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| Take it to Wembley and announce it ASAP. Take advantage of the ex-pats down there, and the fact that Wigan haven't been to Wembley in over a decade (which before then seemed like they were there every year). Could work really well, and would be a great chance to boost interest in not only this game but the sport down south.
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| Quote ="dally messenger"yeah true
even manly have 2 illawarra juniors in their team too.
they produce lots of juniors.'"
Manly have everyones juniors in their side
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| Quote ="richardviking"If the DW is deemed big enough for Ashes Test matches then that'll do for me. I'd much rather see Wigan's ground packed out than 35k at Anfield, Eastlands or wherever else.'"
Let me tell you, it would mean more to most rugby supporting Wiganers to have a capacity 25k crowd in our home town than 35k at Anfield due to the barrage of 'The town has turned blue' comments we've had thrown at us over the last five years. This would finally put that one to rest.
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| Quote ="MattyB"eusa_clap.gif
Let me tell you, it would mean more to most rugby supporting Wiganers to have a capacity 25k crowd in our home town than 35k at Anfield due to the barrage of 'The town has turned blue' comments we've had thrown at us over the last five years. This would finally put that one to rest.'"
The Warriors actually have a higher average attendance for this season than the Latics do so far this season. 15,723 vs 15,207.
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| Quote ="Wellsy13"The Warriors actually have a higher average attendance for this season than the Latics do so far this season. 15,723 vs 15,207.'"
I know, I've been checking.
They do still get to play Man U and Liverpool yet though.
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| Quote ="Wellsy13"The Warriors actually have a higher average attendance for this season than the Latics do so far this season. 15,723 vs 15,207.'"
On a tangent...
Whenever I see the "Latics", sorry, I remember that line "He was obsessed with lactating women. He's better now, although he still eats a lot of cheese..."
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| They should play at the DW stadium.
I know if I was a Wigan fan(God forbid ) I would want to play on my home turf if possible.
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| Soccer always has big away travellings though. FA cup games are always stinking attendances too, what did they get last year? 5k?
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| Quote ="MattyB"eusa_clap.gif
Let me tell you, it would mean more to most rugby supporting Wiganers to have a capacity 25k crowd in our home town than 35k at Anfield due to the barrage of 'The town has turned blue' comments we've had thrown at us over the last five years. This would finally put that one to rest.'"
dont worry theyll get relegated eventually.
wigan will always be a RL town.
wheelans millions cant change history or tradition.
all the more why the wcc should be held in wigan
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| Quote ="Old Darlin"On a tangent...
Whenever I see the "Latics", sorry, I remember that line "He was obsessed with lactating women. He's better now, although he still eats a lot of cheese..."'"
the worst was i was wearing a wigan warriors cap whilst catching a train in london and some train guy was asking me about emil heskey.
shook my head at that one.
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| No. Seeing Wigan get 54,000 plus would send a far bigger message.
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| Quote ="dally messenger"impeccable choice of nrl club mate.'"
Until next year when you change teams or maybe sports again.
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| Quote ="Dico"One thing to remember.
Leeds = Huge city
Wigan = Small backstreet town.
Wigan could probably get 45k like i said. 60k+ not. a. chance.'"
Wigan's population is around 300,000
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| Plan A - OT
Plan B - Anfield
Get to it RFL...
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| No its not
That would make it nearly the size of Manchester! Wigans smaller than Warrington and the only way you could say its anywhere near that figure is if you started including borough places like Skelmersdale which are about as 'Wigan' as Warrington is Chester. If we're talking boroughs and outskirts then Leeds is still about 6 times bigger anyway. Now lets not get daft.
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