Wigan In Super League's Early Days
Hello and welcome to this extended preview chapter of my upcoming written work BACK ON TOP which details Wigan's glorious 1998 Super League championship winning season which I'm hoping to have out in the new year. I hope you enjoy this chapter and you may consider buying the book when it hits Amazon's virtual shelves. Prologue: Wigan In Super League’s Early Days Super League was just what rugby league in England needed. In a blaze of publicity and promotion, Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation fired a huge shot across the boughs of the Australian Rugby League by signing up the British game for his Super League project as the bitter civil war for broadcasting supremacy raged on down under. The £87million investment was to prove vital to many clubs across England and despite some opposition (mainly with regards to mergers), the much discussed move to summer rugby was on. Despite their position as the undisputed powerhouse of rugby league in England (and arguably th...