2011 World Club Challenge

Intercontinental rugby league match October 2019 2011 World Club Challenge Wigan athletics dw stadium.jpg 250px The DW Stadium hosted the match WiganWarriors St. George IllawarraDragons Super League National Rugby League WIG Wigan Warriors 16 STG St George Illawarra 16 15 0 15 14 7 21 27 February 2011 DW Stadium Wigan, England Man of the Match Brett Morris St George 16 FRA Thierry Alibert 24,268 Great Britain Sky Sports (Live) Australia Fox Sports (Live) Australia Channel 9 (Delay) World Club Challenge 2010 2012 The 2011 World Club Challenge (known as the Probiz World Club Challenge due to sponsorshipPROBIZ sponsor 2011 World Club Challenge http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/probiz-sponsor-2011-world-club Rugby Football League 18 January 2011 RFL Rugby Football League https://web.archive.org/web/20110120160724/http://therfl.co.uk/news/article/probiz-sponsor-2011-world-club 20 January 2011 17 January 2011 dead ) was contested by Super League XV champions, Wigan Warriors, and 2010 NRL Premiers, the St. George Illawarra Dragons, at Wigan's home ground, DW Stadium. The match was won by St George-Illawarra. Qualification Wigan Warriors 2010 Super League Grand Final 2010 Wigan Warriors season The Wigan Warriors qualified for what was their fifth World Club Challenge by defeating St. Helens 22–10 in the 2010 Super League Grand Final. For Wigan, the World Club Challenge was played in place of their 2011 Super League season Round 3 match, which was rescheduled. St. George Illawarra Dragons 2010 NRL Grand Final 2010 St. George Illawarra Dragons season St. George Illawarra qualified for what was their first World Club Challenge by defeating the Sydney Roosters 32–8 in the 2010 NRL Grand Final. Rather than play a warm-up match in England as other visiting NRL teams had done, after two pre-season trial match victories in Sydney, the Dragons travelled to London, trained, then moved on to Manchester for the World Club Challenge. Match details The Wigan side was without their grand final players Pat Richards (wing) and Stuart Fielden (forward) due to injury. Mark Riddell (hooker) was also absent, having moved to another club. The St. George Illawarra side was without their grand final players Neville Costigan (forward), Jeremy Smith (forward) and Jarrod Saffy (forward) who had moved to other clubs. Dean Young (hooker) was also absent due to injury. The match was broadcast by Sky Sports with commentary from Eddie Hemmings, Mike Stephenson, Phil Clarke, Brian Carney, Bill Arthur. #eeeeee 19:15 GMT 27 February Wigan Warriors Wigan 16 15 – 21 Report St George 16 St George Illawarra Dragons Tries:George Carmont (2)Goals:Paul Deacon (3)Drop Goal:Sam Tomkins Tries: Brett Morris (2) Matt Cooper Cameron King Goals: Jamie Soward (2) Field Goal: Jamie Soward DW Stadium, Wigan 24,268England set to keep Challenge http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_6786220,00.html 26 June 2011 Sky Sports 28 February 2011 Thierry Alibert FRA Brett Morris St George 16 AAP Bennett talk won't muddle us: Gasnier http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/28/3150877.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110303073726/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/28/3150877.htm dead 3 March 2011 26 June 2011 ABC News 28 February 2011 Wigan WarriorsPos.St. George Illawarra DragonsSam Tomkins 1FB1 Darius BoydDarrell Goulding 2WG2 Brett MorrisMartin Gleeson 3CE3 Mark GasnierGeorge Carmont 4CE4 Matt CooperAmos Roberts 19WG5 Jason NightingalePaul Deacon 6SO/FE6 Jamie SowardThomas Leuluai 7SH/HB7 Ben Hornby (c)Paul Prescott 14PR8 Dan HuntMichael McIlorum 9HK9 Nathan FienAndy Coley 10PR10 Michael WeymanHarrison Hansen 11SR11 Beau ScottRyan Hoffman 16SR12 Ben Creagh(c) Sean O'Loughlin 13LF13 Matt PriorJoel Tomkins 12Int.14 Michael GreenfieldLee Mossop 21Int.15 Trent Merrin Liam Farrell 22Int.16 Jon GreenChris Tuson 23Int.19 Cameron KingMichael MaguireCoachSteve Price1 For this match against the Dragons, whose colours are also red and white, Wigan wore mostly black jerseys. A minute's silence was observed for the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake at the near capacity stadium before Wigan kicked off. By the end of the home side's very first set of six they had worked their way down to within ten metres of the opposition's try-line. Wigan stand-off half Paul Deacon then got the ball at first receiver and sent a kick up and over to the left part of the line where leaping centre George Carmont snatched it from the air and scored.Wilson Andy Wigan Warriors make brave attempt but Dragons are still worlds apart https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/feb/27/wigan-st-george-illawarra-world-club-challenge 26 June 2011 The Guardian 27 February 2011 The conversion was successful, so the Super League champions led 6-0 after only two minutes. Just over a minute later Dragons hooker Nathan Fein conceded a penalty for a high tackle. Wigan took the kick, the boot of Deacon extending their lead to 8-0.Telegraph staff and agencies Wigan 15 St George Illawarra 21: match report https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/8351072/Wigan-15-St-George-Illawarra-21-match-report.html 26 June 2011 The Telegraph 27 February 2011 By the tenth minute The visitors had some ball in an attacking position and managed to move it through the hands out to Brett Morris on the wing who dived over for a try in the corner.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/clinical-dragons-rein-in-wigan-to-claim-global-bragging-rights-2227668.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/clinical-dragons-rein-in-wigan-to-claim-global-bragging-rights-2227668.html 1 May 2022 subscription Clinical Dragons rein in Wigan to claim global bragging rights 27 February 2011 The Independent 28 February 2011 Jamie Soward's conversion attempt missed so the score remained 8-4 in favour of Wigan. St. George Illawarra had again made their way past their opponents' ten-metre line and in the seventeenth minute passed the ball out to the right once again, where centre Matt Cooper crashed over the try-line. Soward's kick got his team another two points and now the visitors were leading 8-10.Wald Tom Dragons show ruthless streak http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/887079?cc=3436 https://web.archive.org/web/20121026091111/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/887079?cc=3436 dead 26 October 2012 26 June 2011 ESPN 28 February 2011 Just before the twenty-one-minute mark the Dragons were penalised in their own half when Beau Scott took too long to get off a tackled player. The home side decided to take the kick at goal but Deacon missed. However immediately upon receiving St. George Illawarra's kick off, George Carmont made a break inside his own half and raced sixty metres to score untouched under the posts, putting Wigan in front once more.AAP Dragons claim Club Challenge crown http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/28/3150335.htm https://archive.today/20120716154629/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/28/3150335.htm dead 16 July 2012 26 June 2011 ABC News 28 February 2011 Deacon added the extras so the score was 14-10. In the twenty-ninth minute The Dragons had almost reached the opposition's twenty-metre line when they once more strung passes together over to their left wing where Brett Morris crashed over near the corner.Wigan 15-21 St George/Illawarra http://www.skysports.com/rugbyleague/match_commentary/0,19936,11070_3341132,00.html 26 June 2011 Sky Sports 27 February 2011 Soward missed the conversion attempt so the NRL and Super League champions were level at 14-14. In the final seconds of the first half, Wigan were down close to the visitors' try-line and the ball went to Sam Tomkins who kicked a drop-goal.Mascord Steve Try hero King injured as Dragons keep winning http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/try-hero-king-injured-as-dragons-keep-winning-20110228-1bacp.html?skin=text-only 26 June 2011 The Sydney Morning Herald 1 March 2011 The home side thus went into the break leading 15-14. The first fifteen minutes of the second half were played across the field from end-to-end, with neither side able to convert their scoring opportunities into points until St. George Illawarra bench player Cameron King at close range forced his way over the try-line from dummy-half.AAP King's big moment tarnished by injury http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/kings-big-moment-tarnished-by-injury-20110228-1bawg.html?skin=text-only 26 June 2011 The Sydney Morning Herald 28 February 2011 Jamie Soward converted and the Australian club re-gained the lead at 15-20. The attacking raids from both sides continued without points until the seventieth minute when Soward opted for a drop-goal from twenty metres out and got it. The Dragons were now leading by a converted try at 15-21.Warriors 15 Dragons 21 http://www.wigantoday.net/sport/wigan-warriors/warriors_15_dragons_21_1_3126195?commentssort=1 26 June 2011 wigantoday.net 28 February 2011 Despite good attacking opportunities in the remaining ten minutes of the match, Wigan were unable to score, so St. George Illawarra had claimed their first World Club Challenge.AAP St George Illawarra Dragons beat Wigan Warriors to win World Club Challenge http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/st-george-illawarra-dragons-beat-wigan-warriors-to-win-world-club-challenge/story-e6frexnr-1226013251611 26 June 2011 The Daily Telegraph 28 February 2011 It was the third year in a row that the NRL had won the World Club Championship match; although in the case of 2010, the title was later stripped from the Melbourne Storm and withheld after the club was found guilty of breaching the NRL's salary cap, more than one year since the initial penalties were announced. 1 Wayne Bennett was not present with the Dragons squad; he was forced to return to Australia to be by his ill mother-in-law's side. Steve Price stepped in as caretaker coach. References 40em External links 2011 Category:St. George Illawarra Dragons matches Category:Wigan Warriors matches Category:2011 in English rugby league Category:2011 in Australian rugby league