Gary Hetherington and the Manly chief ex ,put forward an idea on the SL show that our 2nd and 3rd place teams in SL would play the 2nd and 3rd in the NRL in a mini tournement ,one played on friday night one on sat ,with the last been the two champion sides on the sunday ,in a mini challenge type thing

thoughts, would this be another meaningless fixture which any team could pick up injuries or is it somthing worth while ,i doubt the idea would take off tbh its taken the aussys years to take the club challenge seriously

Yes.

There is a prestige in a match between the best SL team and the best NRL team, lets not go all Champions League on it.

When I first saw the title of this I thought it was about the FC Irregulars winning the World Club Challenge Tournament held at the Leeds Rugby Academy yesterday!!



Well we did win it!!

As for the "champions league" style club challenge, totally pointless IMO

I think its a great idea.

I quite like the idea, its better than just a one off game and not as long winded as the previous attempt we had at this a few years back.

not sure if the aussies would be keen on flying 3 teams out, thats over 100 people (including coaches, physios etc) to fly over.

I would love to see more english teams play NRL teams. I would like to see this happen.

i think it would be a good idea

but if were in it will duffen allow it in his stadium

I think it would be a good idea if it could be made meaningful, but sadly I don't think it can.

Undefeated aswel might i add!!

www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 47,00.html the plot thickens ,seems they want us to go to some middle east country now ,to watch our teams where do they think we get the cash from

www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 47,00.html the plot thickens ,seems they want us to go to some middle east country now ,to watch our teams where do they think we get the cash from

Never heard anything of it before S/L show..............daft idea...could finish 3rd and be crowned champs....barmy.

One 400+ seat jumbo, then they could bring some fans too!

Happens in the Champions League all the time.

I know mate and thats wrong as well...i mean Chelsea could have won it but wasnt champs...totally wrong....and Man utd won it in 99 as runners up.

The World Club Champions would still be the winner of the 1st v 1st match.

I think if it was done well it could be a good competition.

Say on Saturday have NRL 1st v SL 2nd. Then on Sunday SL 1st v NRL 2nd. With a Grand Final the following Saturday.

See what you mean but think it would dilute it a bit.

I don't think there is room in the busy fixture schedule to have a more than one game tournament, so they'll have to stick with GF winner vs GF winner.

However, I don't see the harm in an Intercontinental Cup as another trophy for the CC winners and minor premiers of the NRL.
So we could have had St Helens vs Melbourne as well this weekend.

Have the losing finalists of the CC play the minor premiers in a warm-up game the week before ala Quins (so we'd get to play Storm) and the losing GFists to play a warm-up game against the NRLGF winners (if that team is already involved, then the next team along in the POs, so Wigan).

That's 4 SL clubs that get to play against 4 NRL sides. The more exposure our teams can get against these sides the better our standards may get.

i would love too see this happen

I thought Catalans was an expensive weekend!!



I'd rather go to Oz than a middle eastern country though!

With that game scheduled to be NRL 1st v NRL 2nd

A game against the Aussie champs for the title World Club Champs is fair enough but to play the runners up in a meaningless game does not interest me I would rather stay away from injuries and battle for 2 league points in SL

That wouldn't happen. SL champs vs NRL champs would still see the winner crowned World Club Champions. The other two games added to this one would contribute to a series type comp as well, whoever wins the most games wins a seperate title for their comp.
Personally I'm for it in some sort of form. The idea I had was:

Friday: SL 3rd vs NRL 3rd at the home ground of the SL team or a close by all seater stadium (so for example, the JJB, KC, Huddersfield, Elland Road, Bolton etc etc
Saturday: NRL 2nd vs SL 2nd at larger venue (so if a NSW team wins: Syndey football stadium, Queensland: Suncorp, Melbourne: Dome, NZ Warriors: dunno

)
Sunday: SL 1st vs NRL 1st in the Middle East or Far East

i like the idea