and still he manages to convince people.

Dico has just spoiled his little parade in another VT thread.

lol

You serious?

Yes I am mate!

Wigan have certainly been the best of a bad lot this year.

The WCC is just a pointless contractual exercise though.

I wouldnt mind seeing another extended WCC like back in 1997.. there are more Aussies playing in SL now so the standards are higher than they were back then so maybe we would get some closer games

"Leeds, Leeds, Leeds chant for the first time" Eddie Waring, 1978

You're led to believe wrong. The reason it's never played in Os is the Ockers don't want it there and refuse every time they're offered.

They wouldnt want to have their asses handed to them on a plate on their home turf...prefering instead to refer back to 1996.

I dont think the WCC was played in 1996?

strange, i thought Widnes where the 1st team to win it

Widnes won it in 89 versus Canberra at Old Trafford (Another Great game as someone alluded to earlier).

As an aside it was the day I experienced the worst pint of Ale In my life!

And you are correct. Widnes were the 1st official World Club Champions.

easts vs st helens in 1975 was the first ever one wasnt it?

The first ever WCC was between Eastern Suburbs and St Helens I think you will find

The first official one was the Widnes v Canberra one.

Out of all the SL clubs Wigan would be the biggest draw over there and I'm sure that they would love to go over and play St George in Sydney. Maybe one of the reasons that Aussie clubs won't host the game anymore is that they are put off by what happened in 1994.

Nice attempt to convince you aren't reading his posts either.

Where is the emoticon for "as transparent as a pane of glass" when you need it.

1976 according to Wikipedia.

Also the only one every in Sydney, or NSW in general.