World Club Series 2016 : Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:18 pm  

St Helens will be in 2016's World Club Series and they will play Sydney Roosters on Friday, February 19.

Re: World Club Series 2016 : Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:30 pm  

Pacific wrote:

St Helens will be in 2016's World Club Series and they will play Sydney Roosters on Friday, February 19.

Excuse my ignorance, but how's that happened?

Re: World Club Series 2016 : Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:39 pm  

Pacific wrote:

St Helens will be in 2016's World Club Series and they will play Sydney Roosters on Friday, February 19.

Surely it should be the goons, Leeds & Hudds?

Re: World Club Series 2016 : Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:58 pm  

saint at wire wrote:

Surely it should be the goons, Leeds & Hudds?

They might be unsure about the support from Huddersfield. If you remember the Blake Solly interview (2015) he mentioned the importance of 3 "full house" stadiums as part of marketing the game.

Re: World Club Series 2016 : Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:39 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

They might be unsure about the support from Huddersfield. If you remember the Blake Solly interview (2015) he mentioned the importance of 3 "full house" stadiums as part of marketing the game.

That would be terribly unfair on Huddersfield. They finished 3rd and deserve to play them. They'd probably make a better fist of it too. I'll never forget the 0-38 tonking they dished out to us in 2003.

Re: World Club Series 2016 : Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:50 pm  

Only a matter of time before this is made official.

Make sure you bookmark this thread.

Re: World Club Series 2016 : Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:20 pm  

Thread on RedVee mentions clubs have to pay to play. Could be Hudds have turned the invite down?

Re: World Club Series 2016 : Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:04 pm  

Twentyman wrote: That would be terribly unfair on Huddersfield. They finished 3rd and deserve to play them. They'd probably make a better fist of it too. I'll never forget the 0-38 tonking they dished out to us in 2003. I know but this is the RL and they could change the criteria, equal on points with the giants but we had more wins in super league than them, also we put up a much better show in the semi final. The RFL announced that they would determine the third participant if there was a certain scenario on a team winning multiple titles. Saints would have a guarantee of over £340k (say 17000) where the Giants might struggle with £180 k (say 9000). http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/j ... ns-dragons

Twentyman wrote: That would be terribly unfair on Huddersfield. They finished 3rd and deserve to play them. They'd probably make a better fist of it too. I'll never forget the 0-38 tonking they dished out to us in 2003. I know but this is the RL and they could change the criteria, equal on points with the giants but we had more wins in super league than them, also we put up a much better show in the semi final. The RFL announced that they would determine the third participant if there was a certain scenario on a team winning multiple titles. Saints would have a guarantee of over £340k (say 17000) where the Giants might struggle with £180 k (say 9000). http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/j ... ns-dragons

Re: World Club Series 2016 : Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:06 pm  

Hudds may have turned it down, again.

Re: World Club Series 2016 : Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:25 pm  

If they have then that shows a lack of ambition to me...surely you'd want to test yourself against the best in the world?

It might just be me, but I don't really like the idea of only getting to play against a Aussie team just because Huddersfield turned them down.