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The Brits ALWAYS come early and have warm-up matches. We never do. They know how important that is, including having a couple of weeks here to get past jet-lag. We never do that. I remember when Cronulla went over, they went sightseeing in Paris, and I remember thinking “they’re going to get belted”. They were. The media said “The Sharks are taking this very seriously; they’ve got Steve Rogers talking to them in the dressing room before the game. I thought, “well, that’ll make them match-fit”. ????
A brief history of rugby league's World Club Challenge - and all the fun that's happened along the way
I’m sure of it, Tony. It would be like one of our A league teams against a Premier League team. It would require the same approach
A brief history of rugby league's World Club Challenge - and all the fun that's happened along the way
I only remember seeing one Aus team prepare properly when going over there. It was Ricky Stuart in 2003 or 2004 (I forget which) when he took the Roosters over early. He put them straight into the gym ( no sightseeing) and had a full warm-up match the week before the WCC. They won 38-0. That approach was dropped after that.
A brief history of rugby league's World Club Challenge - and all the fun that's happened along the way
You do realise this is a handicap event, don’t you? The Aus teams are invariably pre-season and the Brit teams a few games in. I remember Peter Sterling saying the games are always skewed heavily to the Brit sides but that he loved the concept and supported it. It’s obviously working because it’s about honours-even between the two countries
A brief history of rugby league's World Club Challenge - and all the fun that's happened along the way
Actually, that’s not quite right. St Helen’s came early, acclimatised, and had a great warm-up against St George the week before the WCC. Penrith stone cold pre-season as our sides always are. Why don’t we do what the Brits do? Is it lack of care or deliberate?
A brief history of rugby league's World Club Challenge - and all the fun that's happened along the way