It’s now two years since the worst, yet in many ways most rewarding, story of my journalism career.
Widnes Vikings
Forty-20 Magazine: Wolves take Cheshire derby
As a sell out 15,008 crowd settled in to watch Super League’s top two battle it out on Good Friday, it was hard to believe that this derby has been missing from more than half of Super League’s 21 seasons to date.
Widnes’ lengthy stints in the second tier, from 1996 to 2001 and more recently 2006 to 2011, has meant Warrington’s local rivalry focus has shifted towards St Helens and Wigan, particularly in the last five years or so as they’ve fought for honours at the top table.
But this year, the “Cheshire derby” was arguably the most hotly anticipated of the whole weekend.
Vikings to open 2016 season with Wakefield trip
Widnes will open up the 2016 Super League season with a trip to Wakefield on Sunday February 7, a venue where Denis Betts side won twice in 2015.
