Re: 2015 STs : Wed Dec 10, 2014 6:16 pm  

Was a glorified friendly really seen as a 'big game' though ? yes it would be a novelty thing for the fans to see an NRL team but there was nothing at stake ans it was going to cost us ? excellent decision in my view !

Re: 2015 STs : Wed Dec 10, 2014 6:57 pm  

GIANT DAZ wrote:

Was a glorified friendly really seen as a 'big game' though ? yes it would be a novelty thing for the fans to see an NRL team but there was nothing at stake ans it was going to cost us ? excellent decision in my view !

there is cases for being in it and cases for not being in it.. for me id have liked to have been in it, we earned the right with the 3rd place finish, good exposure for the club too..we always need this with our lack of support.

anyway the big clubs are in it apart from leeds, the usual grand final and cup winners are in..we arent. we could have changed that.

Re: 2015 STs : Wed Dec 10, 2014 7:16 pm  

I'm sure if there was a trophy or something to be won the club would have thought differently though, ultimately it is a high profile friendly game with nothing to play for. and one that we would have had to pay for the pleasure of hosting !!

Re: 2015 STs : Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:09 pm  

A real shame we turned down the opportunity to play against a top NRL side. Would loved to have seen that match. Maybe it is a glorified friendly, but the other top English and Australian teams think its worth while. I honestly believe it would have helped with the players gaining a bit more big match experience too as well as raising the clubs profile.

Re: 2015 STs : Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:38 pm  

1 of the top teams has the chance to be crowned World Club champions !!!!! the other 2 are rich enough to be able to fork out the money for this without it affecting their budget, at a guess i'd say it would be a chunk out of ours ..or were people expecting Ken Davy to simply pay for it himself.

And as for the Aussies thinking it's worthwhile....well they can only be bothered to send their 8th and 11th placed teams so hardly their 'top' ones.

Re: 2015 STs : Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:36 pm  

Thing is in the "other code" when the European Cup started non of the big English clubs wanted to know - all giving the same reasons, but it made a lot of money

Now it's a massive comp that has European wide coverage (and of truly dire games)

The world club champs could be massive - just needs the English clubs to win

Re: 2015 STs : Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:52 pm  

Just to clarify, the article doesn't indicate the giants were ever in a position to turn it down, just that Thewlis wasn't upset to not be involved.

Re: 2015 STs : Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:54 pm  

Still that's Brisbane or St George? Would have loved to see us face them. As for KD footing the bill. Then maybe yes, but he foots the bill for all sorts as it stands and this could have helped in the long term finances if it was well marketed and got some newbies in. Anyway, its all ifs and buts because we are not competing.

Re: 2015 STs : Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:51 am  

Ken Davy spoke to 4Fs about it, coming out soon, and the way he spoke strongly suggested we were offered the chance!

Re: 2015 STs : Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:37 pm  

FeeFiFoFum wrote:

Ken Davy spoke to 4Fs about it, coming out soon, and the way he spoke strongly suggested we were offered the chance!

yes we qualified as to being the 3rd ranked team.

when we turned it down the rfl put the spin on it that warrington were now the 3rd ranked team

like i have said arguments for and against but i feel we are missing out.

would have been great to welcome the likes of Brisbane Broncos to our stadium and a boost, the marketing team could have had lots to work with.. if they got it right! its also backed by sky sports so we will hear lots about it but will be sat at the sidelines when we should have taken what was ours to compete it, small club mentality