1. cloughie09 TJ Clough

    With the news that next season the WCC will be held in australia( 1. I'm hoping bulls win the league so I get to go haha and 2. Its been a long time coming) do you think this will help the aussie public get behind the idea before they go for the 6 team format in a few years time?
     
  2. Frizzed WC Welker

    Nope.
     
  3. Cribbage RG Cribb

    No-one's ever really going to care about this while it's still played as a pre-season game. I personally find it absurd that teams aren't able to use players from the squad they won the grand final with if they're not contracted the following season - or indeed that they're able to use newly signed players; it just makes a mockery of it.

    The Broncos squad that was used for the 2006-07 WCC was the same squad that finished 8th. How is that a Club Champion squad?
     
  4. Colesy BL Hornby

    Going to this game was one of the best sporting experiences of my life. Would definitely go to England again when Saints win their next GF.
     
  5. cloughie09 TJ Clough

    I have thought the same it should be after the grand finals but they seem to have more focus on internationals and trying to compete with RU in that respect
     
  6. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Yeah this, it's very strange.

    What's this about a 6 team concept though?
     
  7. Jazz NC Smith

    They lost Webcke. Apart from that they had Stagg out and Michaels in and Ennis instead of McGuire.

    The Broncos finished 8th in 2007 largely because they lost Hunt, Lockyer and Tate for close to half the season. Not to mention having some forwards like Thaiday and Hannant out for extended periods. The Broncos finish in 2007 has little to do with whether they were a "Club Champion squad" when they turned up to the WCC. With the exception of Webcke they were essentially the same.
     
  8. cloughie09 TJ Clough

    changes to the tournament were formalised with the NRL and Super League agreeing to begin alternating the World Club Challenge tournament between UK and Australia. The 2014 World Club Challenge will be the first held in Australia since 1994. In addition, commencing in 2015, the tournament will also be expanded to six teams. Details of exactly how and when this tournament will be staged and what format it will take are yet to be decided
     
  9. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    The squad they did the 2000-2001 game with was even stranger IMO, I know what you're saying though.
     
  10. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Yes I'm aware of that but what if they lost the entire 25 man roster and finished with the spoon? It's ridiculous to just assume that because it's the same club it's still a champion team or we might as well just give Melbourne the premiership for this year as well.

    It's just something that really, really irks me.
     
  11. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    Will be interesting to see how they decide on who plays in the 6 team comp.
     
  12. cloughie09 TJ Clough

    I think from ourside I think it should be Minor Premiers, Grand Final winners and Challenge Cup Winners, would be same for NRL but no third trophy
     
  13. Cribbage RG Cribb

    What if the same team wins all three of those though? That's where it gets complicated.

    Grand finalists from both comps should be automatic entry IMO, which takes you to four. And you can't play yourself in the grand final so that's definitely four as such. The other two spots.. hmm.
     
    Last edited: Feb 18, 2013
  14. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Indigenous allstars
     
  15. cloughie09 TJ Clough

    Just been going on recent seasons they have been mostly different in SL and CC. But I see your point both grand finalists would be a good one


    That would make it a mockary of the whole idea of it then
     
  16. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Then I've done my job
     
  17. Hunter AD Hunt

    The grand finalists + the highest placed side that didn't make the GF.
     
  18. cloughie09 TJ Clough

    Probably what they will do
     
  19. jazman84 JM Eightyfour

    There would be 2 teams vying for that spot though, unless you were to refer back to where they finished on the ladder.
     
  20. Hunter AD Hunt

    Yeah meant the ladder.

    So the three NRL sides would be:

    Grand Final Winner: Melbourne (1)
    Grand Final Loser: Canterbury (2)
    Highest Placed Side: Souths (3)


    Three SL sides:

    Grand Final Cheat: Leeds (5)
    Grand Final Loser: Warrington (2)
    Highest Placed Side: Wigan (1)


    Brackets being where they finished during the regular season.
     

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