Shaun Wane happy with Wigan's London fixture at Millwall
Friday 4 September 2015 15:03, UK
Wigan coach Shaun Wane has backed his club's controversial decision to take a Super League home game to London.
The Warriors have chosen The Den at Millwall to host their fourth round Super 8s fixture with Catalans Dragons on Saturday afternoon in order to raise the profile of both the club and rugby league in the capital following London Broncos' relegation from Super League.
Wane's team have not lost at the DW Stadium for more than a year, and although the decision has upset many of their fans, the coach is happy to concede home advantage for the overall good of the game.
"I'm very happy about it," he said. "There's a lot of positives that far outweigh the negatives.
"I genuinely believe we've got the best game in the world and to take it to our capital with all the blue-chip companies there, we have to do it.
"And we're doing it with an international-type game against the Catalans. There's lots of French people in London.
"We took 5,000 fans to Sydney so London is an easy trip compared to that. I'm looking forward to it. It's fantastic that we can spread the word in our capital.
"Our home form is fantastic but the most important thing for me is rugby league. I'm passionate about that."
