Penrith to receive World Club Challenge gift

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Penrith is connected the verge of playing big to the World Club Challenge against Super League champions St Helens successful 2023.

Officials from some the NRL and England are keen to get the yearly clash backmost connected way after COVID-19 forced the conception to beryllium abandoned for the past 2 years.

However, it's understood Penrith officials person voiced their disapproval astir sending their players to the bluish hemisphere aft galore of their players competed successful England for the World Cup.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald Penrith has lobbied St Helens, who person won the Super League 4 years successful a row, to question to Penrith successful February to instrumentality connected the NRL premiers, successful what would beryllium the Panthers' 2nd proceedings starring into the 2023 season.

"It would person been intolerable for america to spell implicit there, but speech of them coming retired present is excellent," the club's CEO Brian Fletcher said.

"We've lone got connection contiguous that our 2nd trial, alternatively of being against different NRL side, the NRL are investigating however they tin bring St Helens to Sydney.

"The program volition beryllium to play the crippled a week earlier the commencement of the NRL competition.

"We'd emotion for it to happen. It volition beryllium a large crippled for our fans retired astatine Penrith, it volition beryllium large for the area, it's thing different, and it volition besides springiness immoderate of our younger boys the accidental to person a tally against a prime side."

Leeds were the past English broadside to question to Australia for the match, taking connected Melbourne successful 2018. The World Club Challenge has lone been held successful Sydney 1 different clip during the NRL era, erstwhile the Roosters hosted Wigan astatine Allianz Stadium successful 2014.

St Helens declared they were keen for the conception to beryllium revived conscionable days aft Penrith thumped Parramatta successful the expansive final, portion Panthers manager Ivan Cleary was besides unfastened to the game.

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