Crowd expected to be over 18,000, over 10,000 sold so far

20,000 not great? I think that would be a very good crowd indeed for your game to be honest.

Brisbane only bringing 18 players over.

I'll be amazed and delighted if we get 20K on for this game considering away support will be single figures.

And it is nowt more than an overblown friendly at the end of the day. I'd originally thought that this would be some sort of round-robin affair, 2 friendlies & a game I really couldn't give a monkey's about hardly gets me juices flowing.
Despite what Blake Solly thinks that this is the "Ryder Cup of Rugby League" - what's he been smoking?

It'd be a good crowd no doubt but I think you'd have to be looking at a sell out to think it was amazing.

Hopefully we'll get somewhere around that figure and with sell outs at Saints and Warrington (surely it will) then I think they can call the series a success. It's set up doesn't make it the easiest sell IMO with one 'proper' games following two friendlies.

Just bought three tickets for the missus and kids, I'll be watching the game from some bar in Benidorm next Saturday

Yorkshire Pride 2 in Calle Londres, Near Indoor market, Rugby mad bar Mainly Castleford fans.

Only 4 quadrants in the North stand are £45, most of which are sold. The other areas in the North stand are normal matchday prices.

The South stand is £22.50 for an adult and even cheaper in the West stand.

Before I get jumped on I would say anything over 15,000 would be good.

But to say there will be no "away" fans is a bit disingenuous. All three games will benefit from neutrals using the RL 3 game ticket.

I don't see the big fuss sky, Wigan and Warrington are making of these games. They are notning more than friendly games in reality.

Could be bad game if pick up injuries for a friendly game. I just don't see the point in them tbh.

If I was smith or wane Id rather not play the game.

Agreed, I just really can't get into it. Probably won't even watch it on TV.

It's a good warm-up for Brisbane but that's about it.

That's my point. It's just a disruption Imo for Wigan and wolves that could prove costly if any players pick up injuries.

I don't even think the Aussies want to come over to be honest. Brisbane only bringing 18 over proves that.

You can bet that Wane will be giving one of his famous motivational speeches,

he will probably show the video of the Wigan v Manley WCC challenge of 1988.
This was the match when Wane got the MOM for charging about dishing it out to the Manley forwards, he was ably assisted in this by Nicky Kiss.

It's always great to get one over on the Aussies and with the players the Broncos have out and the fact they only bringing 18 I think you'll beat them but what do you get for it ? Notning.

Just a notning game in my eyes.

I thought the reason we are playing Brisbane and St George was that they wanted to come over, no?

Doesn't look like the Broncos want to only bringing 18 players.

That's not really my point tho. Its just a game that means notning but could prove costly.

Anthony Milford and Kodi Nikorima are two of the most talented young players in the Australian Rugby League. It'll be worth the admission money just to watch them play.

Should be a terrific game,with the biggest crowd of the weekend.

The Troll goes on various sites to spread his negativity - clearly a sad,lonely individual.Shame Admin don't monitor and ban him.

18 players or not, looking at the team Brisbane have names and the fact they stumped up the money to be part of this format shows that they do want to be here.

I don't buy into that. They have flown their best available players around the world to come to Wigan and turn us over in their own back yard. If I finally get to see us beat an NRL side it will mean more to me than any league game, regardless of whether we get a trophy for it or not

So winning a friendly against a team who finished 8th in the NRL last season would mean more to you than beating Saints on Good Friday for example?

Yep, to me it would. I've seen us beat Saints on Good Friday plenty times, unless it's a classic I'll struggle to distinguish it from quite a few other games once a few years have passed. Being there to see us upset the odds to beat an NRL side I would remember forever, particularly as I've never seen us do it before despite flying around the world to see us try

Upset the odds? Wigan are favourites to win the game.

I think you are hugely over-playing the stature of this game.

I can identify with this.

One of my best RL memories is GB winning in Sydney in what was effectively a dead rubber game for Australia and which ultimately counted for nothing as we didn't progress.

But I hadn't seen it before, so it remains a precious memory.