#MERGE DRAGONS CHALLENGE 22 FINAL WIN CODE#

'On Saturday, after beating StВ Helens for a Grand Final win that had eluded the club for so long, I don't think the World Club Challenge was in many people's minds,' the Wigan chairman, Ian Lenagan, said.

#MERGE DRAGONS CHALLENGE 22 FINAL WIN CODE#

Now, at last, it will be Wigan who represent the Super League, and even better, they will do so against the Dragons of St George вЂ“ who remain one of the most famous and popular clubs of any code in Australia as a result of the 11 consecutive Premierships they won from 1956 to 66, despite the 31 years since their last title and a merger 11 years ago with the Illawarra Steelers from Wollongong. The fixture became a victim first of the Super League war, and then of British teams' embarrassing inability to compete in a disastrously expanded version in 1997, and since it was revived a decade ago Wigan have watched in growing frustration as Bradford won it in each of three appearances, and StВ Helens and Leeds each won two out of four. A Wigan team without an overseas player won 8-2, and British rugby league's trailblazers beat the Australian champions twice more in the next seven years, against Penrith at Anfield in 1991 and famously against Brisbane Broncos in their own back yard in 1994. The former Wigan chairman Maurice Lindsay pioneered the idea of an international club competition, inviting Manly to Central Park in 1987 for a match and an occasion that none who witnessed it will ever forget. Their triumphant players were grabbing a couple of hours' sleep before resuming their celebrations on a soggy open-top bus tour of the town, but many supporters watched Sky's live coverage of St George Illawarra Dragons beating Sydney Roosters in Australia's National Rugby League Grand Final to set up a mouthwatering World Club Challenge for next February. For Wigan, confirmation that the good times are back after more than a decade in the shadow of StВ Helens came on the Sunday morning after the glorious Saturday night before.

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