Sport Today

have been reading in a few news articles that the organisers of the
Twickenham Seven's are keen to get Wigan to participate in this years
competition. Wigan have previously turned down the opportunity along
with Saints . This is not surprising considering this years SL fixtures
and Wigan's desire to reclaim the Championship. Also both teams would
have very little to gain from the event ( except money of course :-) )
So their reasons are quit valid.

However, IMO the one team that could benefit enormously from the
exhibition is the London Bronco's . The fact that the team is local with
local support and the publicity they would receive  could be greatly
beneficial. Who wouldn't have heard of the Bronco's if they got to the
final . The London Standard might even be forced to give them a half
page article or so . Furthermore I don't think that the event would
seriously dent any other ambitions that they might have this year ,
unless they get through to the challenge cup final, and IMO although the
Cup Final would be great for launching the Bronco's the Sevens may gain
them more recognition away from the RL heartlands.

I wonder whether the bronco's and the RLE have considered the huge
marketing opportunity that exists here ?. Not just for London but for Sl
in general we all know that establishing the game in London is vital to
any expansion of the game. Although the Sevens organisers have stated
that they will not be inviting any other RL teams  , with a bit of
persuasion from MO and the boys who knows ? . Well perhaps not !

Gaz

writes:

Wigan are not going this year because of the reasons you state and the
fact that the fixture list just does not allow it.  Last time the RL
fixture list was made to accommodate the sevens (but not the cross code
challenge, I think thats the right way around).  This time there is no
chance.

Maybe Uncle Mo does not want RL and RU "mixing" any more despite him being
often accused of wanting a hybrid game.  

If the Broncos went and failed, who knows how they would report it.  For
that matter if they went and won it I doubt if they would receive a great
deal of positive publicity from this lot.

Dave

Silly person!

Did you not realise that the ONLY reason why Wigan were invited in
the first place was to embarress them!

Sadly for the "establishment" it backfired so  they will not take the
risk again.

Common courtesy was to ask Wigan to defend BUT i doubt very much if
it was sincere!

regards

Keith (Soon to be an ex) Cougar Fan (NO CLUB)

RL may have its weaknesses but Wigan ain't one of them.

--
Steve Morris