www.illawarramercury.com.au/stor ... of-europe/ Regards . EW

www.illawarramercury.com.au/stor ... of-europe/ Regards . EW

Who looses out in a Home season ticket game ?

Regards , EW

It's a home game for us.

I've just seen this,good to see season ticket holders being treated poorly again,as this surely will mean one less game at the DW,still solves the "february pitch" problem i suppose.

Knowing our "luck" by the time we line up for the league game against Hull, 60% of our starting line-up will be crocked!

Surprised it took a whole minute before we had a season ticket whinge. Need to see how the club price season tickets before the Wigan whinging can officially commence.

Warriors and Hull to Play Super League Opener on Oz In a groundbreaking initiative it has just been announced that Wigan Warriors will face Hull FC in Australia for the opening Super League 2018 fixture. RLFANS.COM understand that the two sides will each play a pre-season friendly against NRL opposition following the meeting at the WIN Stadium in Wollongong on Saturday 10th February in a Super League fixture. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Warriors and Hull to Play Super League Opener on Oz In a groundbreaking initiative it has just been announced that Wigan Warriors will face Hull FC in Australia for the opening Super League 2018 fixture. RLFANS.COM understand that the two sides will each play a pre-season friendly against NRL opposition following the meeting at the WIN Stadium in Wollongong on Saturday 10th February in a Super League fixture. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

What he said.

"We firmly believe that the Wigan and Hull fans will be as excited about this venture as we are and we have announced early to allow fans the chance to plan their trip to Australia," Warriors chairman Ian Lenagan said.

Hull chairman Adam Pearson added: "There will be a great deal of excitement from fans of both clubs and we're sure many will want to travel to New South Wales for such an historic occasion, support their team and help showcase all that is good about rugby league in the UK."


Who, in their right mind, believes 6mths is enough for a rugby league fan, or anyone for that matter to plan or afford a trip to Oz? I certainly couldnt.

It's not as expensive as you may think, just got to keep an eye on the flight prices, and Air BnB is very well priced

I see absolutely no point in doing this.

At least it's not in Millwall.

I put this almost word for word on the Hull board.

I'd love to know Rhinoshaund's method on booking a trip, 6 months to do some Googling & research is plenty of time, and stick a chunk on the credit card if needs be. I can't go to see FC play as I'm going to the WC in November. We're doing Melbourne, Auckland, Cairns & Brisbane over three weeks - all flights, both longhaul and internal, plus staying in AirBnb's as a party of four, is costing us c£1,500 each. If fans really wanted to, I'm sure they could manage to squirrel away £250 a month for what is a trip of a lifetime.

Just because a London "home" game has not been announced doesn't mean that it is not being planned.
Every year the benefits of having a season ticket get eroded. This year I gained no financial benefit, because of work commitments, and next season I probably will not bother. Our home gates are going down so I cannot for the life of me see the benefit for the club of reducing the number of games that we can go to. If we had held this game in Japan , for example, as part of an attempt to expand the game I could understand but RL in Australia doesn't need it. Perhaps if two big Australian teams came and played in London, like the NFL do, we could kick start interest down there.

What do you mean?

What's the betting season tickets will still get a 10-20% hike.
Why does it have to be a regular season game? We've already got the joke of the club challenge (and is that happening next year or are we just assuming 'Ull & us won't be in it?). Building links & promotion is all well & good (albeit the colonials won't pay 5 seconds of interest to it, I'll wager), but why is it a home game for either side at all?
If Red Hall are trying to out-do Fifa & "promote" the game, then take it to a town on the UAE border & broadcast it to the sporting bigots that ban the game for not being Union.

I got the impression that this has been driven by the Illawarra local authority and probably Wigan, rather than anything the RFL have come up with.

Sorry to shock you. Just being sarcastic, I have no knowledge of any plan.

£584, Manchester to Sydney with Etihad (7th Feb)

Seriously considering this!

is that return flights for a week or ?

Not very well thought out this . If they had played the games two weeks earlier we could all have stopped over after the World Cup Final .

Regards , EW

Yeah return flight, think it was 2 weeks that I put in

One question: WHY?

To promote tourism in New South Wales of course!

From the official statement on the club web site:

New South Wales Minister for Tourism and Major Events, Adam Marshall, said:

“Australia is mad for rugby league and I am thrilled the NSW Government has secured these exclusive matches for Sydney and Wollongong which will drive visitors to both areas.

“The two Super League sides will spend two weeks in the State with the three-match tour expected to attract close to 5,000 interstate and overseas visitors to NSW, injecting more than $7 million into the local visitor economy.

“We have a stellar line-up of rugby league events already scheduled in NSW, with this tour following the 2017 NRL Grand Final in October and Women’s Rugby League World Cup in November and joining Game II of the State of Origin series in the 2018 major events calendar.”


Read more at [urlhttp://www.wiganwarriors.com/news/2017-07-26-wigan-head-to-nsw#p4YpFfuBi5Uexclu.99[/url


As far as what Wigan expect to get out of it, it's Millwall MkII.


Wigan Warriors Chairman, Ian Lenagan, commented:

“This announcement is one of the most innovative and exciting in the history of Wigan Rugby League Club. Director, Kris Radlinski, together with Commercial Sales Manager, Dan Burton, has been in negotiations with key stakeholders both in Australia and the UK over the last 12 months, delicately pulling together this complex agreement.

“The opportunities to create new and increased core business from sponsorships and partnerships together with Wigan brand development, the increased profile with NRL players and opportunity for our fans makes this the biggest single commercial contract in the history of the Club.

“The Wigan fans are famed for their loyal support as shown when a huge army of supporters travelled to Sydney for the World Club Challenge game with Sydney Roosters in 2014. We firmly believe that the Wigan and Hull fans will be as excited about this venture as we are and we have announced early to allow fans the chance to plan their trip to Australia and, at the same time, to provide clarity on the number of home games for the 2018 season before Season Ticket packages are launched later this year.”

Why not have Hull's home fixture with Wigan the week after - or is it just our club that seems to continually want to shoot itself in the foot, make the competition harder for themselves, or generally treat their fans with disdain?

I have no objections to Wigan playing Hull in a SL fixture halfway across the world, but why not in lieu of the Newcastle weekend?

My method on booking a trip includes a missus and 2 kids. £6000? Yeah, ill just stick a chunk on the credit card or squirrel away £250 a month.