Over 15,000 tickets now sold according to the clubs official site. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news

Over 15,000 tickets now sold according to the clubs official site. www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news

Ted is right - I think the WCC game will give us an advantage against Hull KR - a break at this point in the season will do teams no good at all.

Certainly will be our strongest side. I'm hoping we'll soon be moving away from using Crosby and Sutton as starting props. Sutton barely has any 1st team experience so should be phased in from the bench for me whilst Crosby simply isn't playing well enough. Hoping to see Clubb, Mossop and Tautai carry more of the workload in the weeks to come.

I really hope we can step it up on Friday - if we play like we have we'll be embarrassed.

This talk of Brisbane bringing over a weakened side is rubbish, they haven't brought an extended squad but they don't need more than their match day squad. They've brought Hodges, Thaiday, Parker and Ben Hunt, all Aus internationals the first 3 shoe ins for the Aus test team and Queensland over the last few years. Add to that Josh Maguire and Anthony Millford Samoan internationals plus Blair and Glenn NZ internationals.

This should be a seen as a prestigious game IMO and as such we should play our strongest team without playing someone injured.

O'Loughlin looks to be missing whilst Tautai, Sarginson and Williams should be back. I'd go...

Bowen
Charnley
Gelling
Sarginson
Burgess
Williams
Smith
Clubb
McLlorum
Sutton
Farrell (Bateman)
Tomkins
Bateman (O'Loughlin)

Tomkins
Crosby
Tautai
Patrick (L.Farrell)

Patrick and Crosby very lucky that Flower and Mossop are unavailable/returning from injury as both have been extremely poor so far this year.

Yeah all this talk about Brisbane bringing a weak team and Wigan being favourites is bull. They've got plenty of internationals, a Wigan win would be a very good result, looking forward to it!

Wigan are favourites. There's nothing "bull" about it. Brisbane haven't brought a full team. Nothing "bull" about that either.

I don't get why Wigan fans are going all out to make themselves out to be underdogs here.

They've brought a full team except injured players.

Are they resting anyone? No.
Could they have brought more fringe players as backups? Yes, but so what?
Do I even care about the game? No, but you're posting garbage again.

If the exact same teams played each other in Brisbane, they would be favourites.

I'm not posting garbage at all. I have stated two facts that's all. Oh but because I'm a Saints fan, the locals are up in arms. Grow up.

I agree with the last bit.

I don't get why you are going all out to make us favourites and why you seemingly spend a worrying amount of your time commenting on us. You might not have realised but the majority of Wigan fans on a Wigan forum don't want to hear your view on every single matter. Getting boring now.

I'm not making you anything pal. It's the bookies who set the handicaps, not me.

7 first team injuries in the BB side

Hope I'm wrong but I have a bad feeling about this game.

Nah, you'll sh-t em

Who they missing mate?

Genuine question. I know Reed and Boyd are two but I don't know a great deal about the rest.

Me too, plenty of quality in the Brisbane team and Wigan have looked very scratchy.

1. Williams
2. Powell
3. Flower
4. Mossop
5. O'Loughlin
6. Tautai?
7. Sarginson?

We might have 7 out ourselves between bans and injuries

We're looking like having Lockers and Thornley injured, Powell and Flower suspended and Mossop not yet ready for selection.

I think three of those would get in our first choice 17.

You're not the only one. Anyone who seriously thinks Brisbane are the underdogs for this match hasn't been following Wigan's form so far this year.

or how we generally get on without Lockers

Gillette
Reed
Boyd
Copeley
Oates
Lowrey
Waddell

Oates is one to watch
Reed everyone knows and Boyd is true quality
Gillette is a SOO player

Really looking forward to this, don't care if it's an 'exibition' it still feels like a big game.

I feel it's important that all 3 English sides play well and hopefully get a couple of wins as well. I'd like to see the concept grow. The World Club Series and Internationals SHOULD be the priority for growing our game. People may say it's only a friendly and the Aussies don't care etc, but a convincing Aussie white wash would be disastrous.

I dont get why you spend so much time on here

For 99% of the time I enjoy it, it's always refreshing to discuss things with fans of other clubs. When the xenophobic locals on here hound me and try and get involved in an argument, it's quite tiresome.

Quote ="Cruncher"You're not the only one. Anyone who seriously thinks Brisbane are the underdogs for this match hasn't been following Wigan's form so far this year.'" The Bookies aren't normally too far off the mark when they select their odds or hand out an handicap start,and as they are giving Brisbane a 4 point start and that they haven't played any meaningful games yet due to the later start of the NRL season,whilst Wigan have had 2 competitive matches in SL, then i would agree with Wigan being slight favorites for this game www.oddschecker.com/rugby-league ... aps-coupon If i was a Wigan fan i wouldn't be too bothered about the kudos of this game TBH as it is only a warm up game in an extended world club series just as Warringtons game is also,After all the only game that carries any bragging rights as being the best club side in the world is Saints v South Sydney Is this game a distraction to Wigan and one that they could do without?

Quote ="Cruncher"You're not the only one. Anyone who seriously thinks Brisbane are the underdogs for this match hasn't been following Wigan's form so far this year.'" The Bookies aren't normally too far off the mark when they select their odds or hand out an handicap start,and as they are giving Brisbane a 4 point start and that they haven't played any meaningful games yet due to the later start of the NRL season,whilst Wigan have had 2 competitive matches in SL, then i would agree with Wigan being slight favorites for this game www.oddschecker.com/rugby-league ... aps-coupon If i was a Wigan fan i wouldn't be too bothered about the kudos of this game TBH as it is only a warm up game in an extended world club series just as Warringtons game is also,After all the only game that carries any bragging rights as being the best club side in the world is Saints v South Sydney Is this game a distraction to Wigan and one that they could do without?

This game isn't a distraction for Wigan, quite the opposite.
Previously the WCC was in the Fixture List with a SL catch up game having to be played mid week due to the WCC being a weekend game when the rest of SL played a round.
Last year Wigan had to play Widnes mid week which was fine as the Vikings had also played the previous weekend. The trouble was the following Sunday game at Wakefield when Wigan had played their mid week game and Wakefield had only played the weekend before.
The loss at Wakefield was a massive blow to Wigan not winning the LLS and that was due IMO to the mid week game.

This year the WCC is on a stand alone weekend with no SL round taking place so no catch up game. Wigan need to play this weekend, with their mediocre form the last thing they need is a week without a game.
I think all three SL WCC clubs will benifit going into the following weekend's games as only two games into the saeason the last thing any club needs is a week with no match.

Got to play for the full eighty and not in patches, but the atmosphere in the ground should ensure that happens. As a neutral I hope Wigan win but I agree with many on this forum that they are underdogs. Brisbane are not an unbeatable outfit but O' Loughlin is a big miss.

Come on Wigan get em stuffed !