I notice Wigan are promoting this Friday's game against Leeds as another one of those 'Big Ones' they seem to do once each season against a fellow top 6 side. The 'Big One 5' I believe it's being branded

Is this a desperate way of getting fans in the ground in what usually looks on tv a pretty empty stadium every time I see the Pies at home?

When you listen to Wigan fans,players and officials from the club over the years they will tell anyone their game with St Helens is THE biggest fixture/game/derby in English RL and nothing comes close to it....yet they are now bigging up games against the likes of Leeds.Wire and Huddersfield as the 'Big One'??

I expect Salford to come good next season. No doubt their game at the DW will become the 'Big One 6' and promoted as the huge 'Greater Manchester derby'.

Club's marketing their fixtures. Can't be having that. This is rugby league after all.

You've answered your question in your first sentence.

Troll Alert

Its outrageous!

How very dare Wigan promote a game! This is outrageous. Where will it all end?

Marketing int'it.

Just hope it's a good game, good game.

Team does nothing to promote a fixture -> This is awful, they're not being run properly and it's an outrage

Team promotes a fixture -> It's a desperate way to get more fans in through the gates, it's an outrage

I'm not surprised the OP used their trolling account to post this pish.

Terrible troll, awful post, the whole things just bad.

Put this one to sleep.

I'm as happy as anyone to take a pop at Wigan (in light-hearted banter) but why is a club marketing a game a bad thing?

I wish every club did something similar to Wigan's "Big One" efforts.

its called marketing - what do you want them top do? give away loads of free tickets like hull kr did in their 'big one' opener against leeds. now that was a desperate way of getting fans into the ground (op is a rovers supporter)