{"id":775042,"date":"2026-09-18T20:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775042\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T20:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:02:15","slug":"wigan-warriors-issue-statement-on-semi-final-away-allocation-in-midst-of-2025-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775042\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan Warriors issue statement on semi-final away allocation in midst of 2025 debacle"},"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\/09\/OH901040.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" 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>Ahead of the Super League play-off eliminators, Wigan Warriors have released a statement announcing exactly how many seats they will allocate to the away team at next week\u2019s play-off semi-final, in what is an apparent attempt to get ahead of any possible issues that occurred in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The lowest-ranked winner from the play-off eliminators will travel to the Brick Community Stadium a week on Saturday, meaning either Wakefield Trinity, Leigh Leopards, or Hull KR will take on Wigan.<\/p>\n<p>Wigan have confirmed in their statement that the away team will be allocated 5,000 fans, more than double the 10% minimum that Rugby League Commercial (who oversee play-off games) dictates they must allow.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the Warriors\u2019 statement does not make any reference to it, it is believed that the statement has been released after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/play-off-semi-final-in-doubt-as-wigan-warriors-receive-derek-beaumont-refusal-to-play-letter-108958\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wigan last year received a letter from Leigh Leopards\u2019 owner Derek Beaumont<\/a> threatening to withdraw from the play-off semi-final over their allocation.<\/p>\n<p>Per Wigan, Beaumont informed them that Leigh would not fulfil the fixture in protest at the ticket allocation, which was set at 4,600 unreserved seats or 5,400 reserved seats in the North Stand \u2013 an allocation that the Warriors claimed was determined by the \u2018independent Safety Advisory Group and our Ground Safety Officer, following consultation with the police\u2019, whilst also being endorsed by Super League.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/leigh-leopards-derek-beaumont-releases-4465-word-response-to-wigan-warriors-statement-108987\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beaumont would respond via a 4,465-word statement<\/a> and ultimately the game would go ahead, with Wigan winning and progressing to the Grand Final, and now the Warriors have set their stall out for this year\u2019s play-off semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>Super League Dream Team reaction, England selection debate, and are Wigan Warriors unstoppable? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FvHvwDgv2mE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u2013 Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    Most Read on Serious About Rugby League<\/p>\n<p>Wigan Warriors confirm semi-final away allocation<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still to be seen if Leigh will be the team visiting them but Wigan have confirmed that they have set the away allocation at just 5,000 seats in the North Stand, 400 less than last year\u2019s offer to the Leopards.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors\u2019 statement can be read here in full or seen in the embedded tweet at the foot of the article.<\/p>\n<p>It read: \u201cWigan Warriors looks forward to welcoming whichever Club is successful in this weekend\u2019s fixtures to The Brick Community Stadium for our Betfred Super League Play-Off Semi-Final on Saturday 26 September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we prepare for another thrilling contest at The Brick,,our priority is to provide a fantastic atmosphere in a safe environment for supporters of both Clubs. We have therefore made the entire North Stand \u2013 approximately 5,000 seats \u2013 available to supporters of the visiting Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis represents more than twice the number of tickets required to be made available under Rugby League Commercial\u2019s 10% allocation rule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat allocation has been determined following professional advice from our Ground Safety Officer and the relevant safety authorities. We hope and expect Rugby League Commercial to support our Club in following the professional safety advice and in putting the safety of supporters first.<\/p>\n<p>Whichever team earns its place this weekend, its supporters will receive a warm welcome to The Brick and we look forward to a full stadium, a brilliant atmosphere and a semi-final that showcases the very best of Rugby League.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wigan Warriors would like to issue the following statement ahead of the Betfred Super League Play-Offs.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/WWRL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#WWRL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8P8gfhF9so\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8P8gfhF9so<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wigan Warriors \ud83c\udf52\u26aa\ufe0f (@WiganWarriorsRL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WiganWarriorsRL\/status\/2100948129927340436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 18, 2026<\/a><\/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\/09\/1789761735_980_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of the Super League play-off eliminators, Wigan Warriors have released a statement announcing exactly how many seats&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-775042","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\/775042","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=775042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}