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By David Craven After all the red card nonsense 24 hours earlier, it was wonderful Wigan’s cherry red that ruled the world. The World Club Challenge threatened to be overshadowed by Friday’s farcical sending-off of Hull’s Nu Brown at Warrington. Frustrated players and fans alike were in uproar that someone could be dismissed for an accidental head clash with such ‘minimal’ contact. However, the RFL’s strict new rulings weren’t in use tonight – and the rugby did the talking. Super League champions Wigan and three-peat NRL premiers Penrith battled it out for global glory. And between them they d…

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