Wigan Warriors Chief Executive Kris Radlinski expressed elation upon hearing the news that the World Club Challenge is a sell-out, highlighting the overwhelming support and enthusiasm from fans for this prestigious rugby event.
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00:00 Magic, four weeks out from the game to be able to announce sellout is huge for us, the club, also huge for Super League and Rugby League.
00:10 I think, as you know, I've been involved in the sport and the club for many, many years but I've never known excitement like this.
00:17 When we announced we were doing it, I had a conversation with Matt Peat and I said, we are going to push the fact that Penrith are one of the best NRL teams ever.
00:27 We are one of the best players in there for Clareau, we need to market it that way.
00:31 He said, 100% you have to because we want a full stadium.
00:35 But I've never known an atmosphere like it for 30 years.
00:39 I was at the Wigan Manly game in '87 and I think it's feeling that kind of sentiment around the place and it's up to our job to deliver now.
00:49 It's going to be magic.
00:50 About two weeks after the grand final I started conversations with the Chief Exec at Penrith and right from that very first meeting I knew that it was something they wanted to win.
01:03 I think I found them to be a very slick organisation and they are coming fully prepared and someone is going to actually arrive tomorrow doing recces on certain places etc and planning the week.
01:15 So the noises that have come out of there have just been hugely positive.
01:20 One thing that winds us up in the past as Super League is they always refer to it as a trial game.
01:27 That word has never been mentioned this year.
01:29 It's something that they failed last year with St Helens.
01:33 I think St Helens did an incredible job for Super League last year in what they did and it's led to this great feel for the game.
01:42 We've just got to maximise it. It's a really positive story for Super League.
01:47 When something is on like that and you see the game being played outstanding and you see the grounds full I think everybody wins.
01:55 So we'll find out in the next couple of days when that will happen.
01:58 I know my team, Matt's team will turn up and they'll put a performance on but it's up to us as a club as well to create an event that people will be proud of.
02:10 In the week leading up we've obviously got a night with Fran Obotica here at the training facility.
02:16 An iconic Wigan player and again that's sold out within a couple of hours.
02:21 We've got lots of community activity around the place involving the Panthers as well who have committed to doing some activity there.
02:29 It promises to be a nervous four weeks while we wait for the game and then it's going to be a wonderful occasion.