Wigan just because it seems to produce the best game?

Widnes the new boys?

Saints and Salford new stadiums?

what's the exact definition of a derby? it's always puzzled me a little!
i was always under the impression it was the game v your closest rivals (geographical)

Huddersfield

Widnes without a doubt.

There is gonna be even more spice now, especially when their new no 7 has the ball.

Cant wait.

Weirdness for sure, great to have our proper derby back!

Great to have the Wierdness game back, but even going back to the cold days I always prefered New Years Day/East Monday games to Boxing Day/Good Friday so wigan is the game I'm looking forward to most.

Looking forward to widnes but not enjoying the idea of thursday night rugby

Until Widnes get established in SL i think the games with them in the short term will be more about curiosity value for a while, its mainly to see how far away they are from being a competetive SL side. The Widnes fans will know this, for them its all about rebuilding over the next few years, the first year will be a big fact finding mission to see where they need to strengthen and then gradually get stronger like Hull KR did. You'd expect us to pick up the 4pts against them this year from both games until they get a lot stronger.

To answer the original question from a competetive, quality game point of view you would have to say either the Wigan or Saints games, i voted for the saints game. Their is just something about our games with saints that make them a great spectacle, they are very open, great flowing RL games where both sides look to play the game the right way unlike the WWF tag team from down the road with their spoiling tactics and slowing the game down.

for a new stadium experience, as well as an always competetive entertaining game, i've gone for stains.

Hull.

Local derby; wigan.actually the new sts stadium getting christened right.

A derby is an important sporting event, nothing to do with location.

A local derby is an important sporting event contested by teams from the same area.

That's according to the Oxford dictionary. Loads of people get it wrong.

We should pan all of them again. Only Salford got the better of us in the league.

Widnes, i'm taking my doctors mask this time too.

My 1st has to be Wigan
2nd Saints, due to the sell out crowd
3rd & 4th are more difficult to choose, Widnes is closer but I always enjoy our games with Salford.

If it WAS geography, it's Widnes as i'll illustrate

shortest route (walking)

Widnes 6.9 miles
Leigh 8.3 miles
St Helens 8.5 miles
Wigan 11.8 miles
Salford 13.6 miles

How do you define closest rival though? if you're in a relegation/league winners battle with any of the above then that game becomes more important, so then derby games are transient.

I'd just go with what Mark says.

There's only one derby in RL an that's the Hull FC vs KR derby. You have rivals and that's that, end of!

Friday 3rd August. Saints v Wire

Nah. You're wrong. There's loads more derbies. End of.

cas v wakey is bigger.

Saints away. Wigan as a close second.

New stadium, big crowd, Saints wanting to get back to winning ways against Warrington and then we beat them.

Think all eight games should be good, but I'm looking forward to Saints away the most out of them all.

Lord Derby gave his name to only two sporting events. The Horse race we know as 'The derby' and also 'Wigan v Saints'. They were the original sporting Derby games. Research it if you don't believe me.

Widnes..To see if we can beat the score we put on Swinton last season..

i've just googled "what is a derby match"

you know what came up?
=#FF0000OI LESS OF IT

hth

The reason we know it as such is because that's it's name, wally. (Or more correctly Derby Stakes)

I can see you making the inverted commas sign with your fingers as you typed that. What is this? Your second year of university now? You truly are a walking justification for tuition fees.

'Wigan v Saints' WTF.

So that's not it's name then? It's name is the Derby Stakes, and it is known as 'The Derby'... Wally.


How can someone make a sign with their fingers and type at the same time? Are they typing with their face or something?!

If you're going to try and be patronising, at least say something that makes sense and refrain from contradicting yourself in your first sentence!

I take it you got turned down from university then...