{"id":460575,"date":"2026-03-06T10:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/460575\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:54:10","slug":"matt-peet-reveals-wigan-warriors-route-to-toulouse-after-castleford-tigers-13-hour-travel-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/460575\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Peet reveals Wigan Warriors&#8217; route to Toulouse after Castleford Tigers&#8217; 13-hour travel hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7027.jpeg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"Wigan Warriors\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Matt Peet has confirmed that Wigan Warriors will be flying direct to Toulouse ahead of this weekend\u2019s clash with Toulouse Olympique.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league\/wigan-warriors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warriors<\/a> will be the second team to travel to Stade Ernest Wallon this season and they do so after Castleford Tigers\u2019 nightmare journey a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n<p>With no direct flights to Toulouse from the north of England, Castleford spent 13 hours trying to get the French city, flying from Manchester Aiport to Munich before changing in Bavaria and heading to their final destination.<\/p>\n<p>And, after all that, Castleford were beaten by the newly promoted outfit, with Ryan Carr\u2019s side remaining winless at that point in the season. Carr has criticised the planning of the trip since, while Chester, who booked the travel, has admitted his error.<\/p>\n<p>Wigan won\u2019t be making the same mistake, though, with the Cherry and Whites heading down to London Stansted to fly direct to Toulouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re taking a coach to Stansted before flying to Toulouse tomorrow \u2013 that\u2019s the only direct flight,\u201d Peet told the club\u2019s website. \u201cIt\u2019s been planned for some time and we\u2019ll do the reverse on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the time it\u2019s [planning] that contributes to performance and ensures players have no distractions. There will be no excuses as we have to remember Toulouse do this every other week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the challenge of Toulouse, the Wigan Warriors boss added: \u201cI\u2019ve [been impressed] along with the other promoted teams. Toulouse benefit from being a team that have played together under the same coach. They have good cohesion, they understand the style, and they\u2019ve got some outstanding players. They\u2019ll be very proud welcoming us, I\u2019m sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Peet has confirmed that Wigan Warriors will be flying direct to Toulouse ahead of this weekend\u2019s clash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-460575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}