Fired-up Wigan beat Cronulla to win WCC
A Joe Burgess hat-trick has helped Wigan claim a first World Club Challenge success since 1994 with a 22-6 win over Cronulla at the DW Stadium.
A Joe Burgess hat-trick has helped Wigan claim a first World Club Challenge success since 1994 with a 22-6 win over Cronulla at the DW Stadium.
Cronulla forward Sam Tagataese will return to Sydney this week without a world championship medal - but with Faith.
Warrington have upset Brisbane 27-18 to become the first Super League team to win a World Club Series match since the competition was expanded in 2015.
An impassioned team address from Clive Churchill Medallist Luke Lewis has put paid to any fears of complacency for Cronulla going into the World Club Challenge.
The 22-year-old Wigan winger's stint with Sydney Roosters last year went so poorly that it cost him his England spot, with a mid-season switch to neighbours South Sydney at least salvaging some of his reputation.
Andrew Fifita's demeanour has not changed as a result of his recent travails, which include being stood down from the Four Nations over his support of killer Kieran Loveridge.
Wigan coach Shaun Wane still has a scar on a hand where it was trodden on during the 1987 World Club Challenge. Cronulla's Chad Townsend will play in Sunday's clash against Wane's men with a hand that is already broken.
Super League wants Australian officials to commit to the 2018 World Club Series before the start of the coming NRL season.
Wigan's Sean O'Loughlin says he would happily relinquish the England captaincy to Sam Burgess at the World Cup.
The less often Super League and the NRL play on the field, the more they will butt heads off it.
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