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<\/p>\nInside Super League\u2019s global gamble: Paris showpiece, Dublin confirmation nears<\/p>\n
The Super League trophy at Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, where Catalans Dragons will host Wigan Warriors.<\/p>\n
Wigan Warriors are among the driving forces behind Super League\u2019s bold push onto the world stage – with Paris next on the agenda.<\/p>\n
Two of the clubs leading that global charge – Wigan and Catalans Dragons – will meet in the French capital on June 6 at Stade Jean-Bouin, with around 15,000 expected to attend, including a staggering 5,000 travelling Wigan fans.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the latest chapter in a growing partnership between the two clubs, who previously took Super League to Barcelona’s Camp Nou in 2019, drawing a record 31,555 crowd for a regular-season game.<\/p>\n
Wigan also spearheaded Super League\u2019s Las Vegas partnership with the NRL, joining the landmark showcase for the first time in 2024 alongside Warrington Wolves. More recently, Hull KR and Leeds Rhinos represented the northern hemisphere in the United States earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Now there\u2019s less than 60 days to go until Super League\u2019s return to Paris, with the bold new era having kicked-off in the iconic city when Paris St Germain took on Sheffield Eagles in March 1996.<\/p>\n
Wigan CEO Kris Radlinski believes the sport must continue to evolve.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to sell better stories, now more than ever. I get asked questions from our players about the direction of the sport and we can\u2019t keep expecting to turn up every season and thinking it\u2019s just the same. Every other sport is doing things differently and we\u2019re no different to that,\u201d Wigan CEO Radlinski said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI get asked more questions about where to go next – so there\u2019s an appetite for our fans to travel and it\u2019s about growing our brand as well, and promoting the great game of rugby league.<\/p>\n
\u201cA June weekend in Paris provides loads of great moments for Wigan fans to travel and memories with their friends and families. They always do us proud on those occasions. I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
An email exchange between Radlinski and NRL officials helped spark Super League\u2019s involvement in Las Vegas, with Australian bosses impressed by the travelling English support. Talks between the two competitions over a future partnership remain ongoing, with NRL CEO Andrew Abdo set to fly out to England in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
Radlinski continued: \u201cAt the start when you have those ideas but you\u2019re not quite sure how they\u2019re going to land, but you explain what you\u2019re trying to do and why you have to try to do it – new eyeballs on the club et cetera, then people come with you on a journey.<\/p>\n
\u201cVegas opened a lot of people\u2019s eyes. Barcelona was a memory – 30,000 people was just insane. Hopefully we\u2019ll get some really good numbers in Paris, too.”<\/p>\n
Wigan\u2019s vision is set to continue into 2027, with Warrington planning to take a home fixture to Dublin – a return of the favour following their Vegas partnership.<\/p>\n
Confirmation is expected soon, with the game likely to take place at RDS Arena, home to Irish rugby union giants Leinster.<\/p>\n
Radlinski explained: \u201cWhen we went to Las Vegas, we agreed on a joint venture with Warrington. It was our home game in Vegas, so we talked with Karl Fitzpatrick and Simon Moran and they agreed to take one of their home games on the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve always wanted to have a game in Dublin, and we\u2019re getting close to finalising that. Hopefully in the next few weeks we can get the date nailed down, and then start planning more for that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inside Super League\u2019s global gamble: Paris showpiece, Dublin confirmation nears The Super League trophy at Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-521960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521960","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=521960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}