EDIT: THIS GAME HAS NOW BEEN MOVED FOR SKY COVERAGE. 6:45pm Kick Off on Sunday 15th August

I reckon it's between Wigan v Huddersfield & Wakefield v Warrington for Sky coverage. I think they'll see how Wakefield do tomorrow and see if they remain within two points of the top 8.

If our game does move v Hudds it'll be a 6:45pm kick off on the Sunday.

Hmm if that happens i wont be able to make it

It will be a joke if the game is moved for a 2nd time, there are big posters in wigan advertising the game as a 3pm kick off.

I think our last game v bulls should be on tv to allow the shield to be presented. There are no guarantee's we will have iot mathematically wrapped up by the hudds game.

No one should be surprised. Sky are down to two weeks notice now for the rest of the season and actually released dates for when they would decide by. For this round its August 2nd.



Well I don't. I think they'll hope we'll win it next weekend and present it then. Depends though if they have two games to show in the last weekend with play off spots up for grabs. Pretty likely Hull v Leeds will be one game. If Sky pick us that game we'll move to Saturday, they don't have a Friday match that weekend.

Why dont they show the saints v bradford game, bradford loose and its their season gone

Who wants to see Bradford get stuffed by 50 or more,

I Bilko will be correct on the Hudd game, still on the Sunday OK with me

But the kick off will put off some fans from attending sunday evening kick offs dont work in wigan as we have tried it back at CP.

Because they'd have to shift it to Sunday and having already shifted Cas v Leeds from Sunday to Friday that suggests to me they will be choosing one of the other original sunday games to show on the Sunday. So us v Hudds or Wakey v Wire. Can't see them picking Salford v Hull KR.

It could be a nothing game if wire slip up at wakey after they beat catalan next week which could well happen, but from skys point of view i can see where they are coming from they want to show the league leaders getting the hup cap

I hope they don't move it to Saturday 'cos I'll be at Ewood.

I doubt they'd bother showing the whole of our game (whether it's the Hudds or the Bulls one), they'll just televise the award celebration and show that after whatever game they do televise.

Now the World Cup's over and Sky have gone back to Friday/Saturday games would they really change their schedule to include our game as we can only play on the Sunday?

Will be very short notice I know, but if we where to be awarded the shield after the match it could be marketed as such. We should get a good home following for that. Shudersfield never bring bring many so we should not worry about loosing their support.

No thank you if that happens i will NOT be attending any home play off games! the game as been switched from Friday 8pm to Sunday 3pm so if sky came in and decided to to show a dead rubber match it wuls wreck my sunday routine p.s. the league leaders sheild will be presented on the Bradford.

The schedule for that weekend is for a Sunday Game, thier isn't a Saturday game. Round 27 (the last round) sees a Saturday Double Header.

Surely they wouldn't want our last game on TV as it will be meaningless by then? Bradford won't be able to get in the playoffs, and we'll have finished top.

Surely they'd want us vs hudds, then put a couple of playoff contenders for the last 2.


Surely Hull vs Leeds is one of the last two?

Do the players get medals for finishing top?
Do we get a firework display?
Will O'Loughlin pick it up?

Should we pick up the Shield versus Hudds we should get a marketing campaign going showing us picking up the Shield to advertise the playoff games.

Seeing as its not possible to contact every supporter and ask what time works best for them i hope we just stick to what has worked well for over a century...
Once you have a winner ~ present the prize!

i know some will miss the game ~ it happened to me once in the past due to my brother getting engaged. Its just unfortunate.

If we have won it at the Huddersfield match thats when it should be presented.

But what if we dont beat Hudds? They are in great form at the moment absolutely smashed Wakefield today - its by no means a certainty that we will beat them, we will look like right twáts if we advertise that game as us picking up the shield when its not even guaranteed.

Hmm if that happens i will be able to go

Correct. That's the reason why it should be presented at the end of the Bradford game.

I don't feel we should make a massive song and dance about it though (ie fireworks...etc). Just let the captains raise it after the Bradford game then allow the players to perform a lap of honour with it.

Then disappear and get ready for playoff time.

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They do love to mess us about!

So that's a second change to the date/time of the fixture now. Bit messy, and someone's going to need to do the rounds changing all the posters advertising the last couple of games we've got up around town now! Last time we had a Sunday evening kick-off was the play-off game against Cas last season, IIRC - it's not an ideal time by any means, though at least it's school holidays this time so the impact on the gate may be less.