Could not agree more with this. I have been travelling over from Manchester leaving at between 5.30 and 6.00 for most Leeds home games for nearly 10 years and I have never missed kick off or been close to missing kick off. Traffic on a Friday generally seems to be quieter plus it is School holidays so there is less rush hour traffic.

People always moan that the sport is not marketed properly. We then get an opportunity to play on terrestrial TV at prime time on a Friday night and guess what..... people moan!

I had a right old moan when the fixture date and venue was announced but in reality it is not that bad, if you really wanted to go then most people can make it possible.
A couple of weeks ago when we played Wigan I actually decided to go to the game at 6:15pm on the day of the game, I made it...
We need to make that Warrington South Stand like our HQ South Stand tonight. the lads need us.

Can't agree more with this.
Seems the Seats have sold reasonable well so we might be even more spread out in that Stand.

Lets get behind the lads tonight from the minute they step foot on that Pitch...I want another day out at Wembley!!

Where does this assumption come from that Friday night is "prime time TV"?

Look at the ratings that anything other than the big soaps (Emmerdale, Corrie, Eastenders) gets on a Friday night. They're down around the 1 million mark, for established shows that are on every week and have a regular audience.

Saturday and Sunday afternoons - when generally there's sod all else on particularly in summer - are your best chance of picking up casual viewers who aren't already fans of the sport. Isn't that what TV coverage is supposed to be about, attracting new fans to the game?

RL fans are used to watching it on TV on a friday night. ON a saturday / sunday afternoon there is a large proportion of people interested in RL who get involved with an amateur team, and would therefore not be watching

Hoping that Leeds can get the win and make it to Wembley for the final! Good luck lads www.nothingbutleague.com/2015/07 ... st-helens/

Hoping that Leeds can get the win and make it to Wembley for the final! Good luck lads www.nothingbutleague.com/2015/07 ... st-helens/

Every person involved in television, ever?

Maybe you should get in touch with the organisers of Children in Need and Red Nose Day and inform them that they're onto a loser having it in the graveyard slot of Friday night. Tell them to get it switched to Saturday afternoon at 3pm and I'm sure they'll make a ton more money.

As stated elsewhere, the assumption that Friday night TV is prime time comes from everyone involved in television ever, and is backed up by about 60 years worth of data.

The fact that there's "nothing on" on weekend afternoons is neither here nor there. Unlike Friday nights, there's no-one in either.

Then again, they wouldn't have to put up with Lenny Henry whining about driving up the M6 on a Friday.

Saturday & Sunday afternoons when people are generally out doing things they can't do during the working week - Shopping, hobbies, visiting family, family days out etc. Personally I hate been sat in on a weekend afternoon, watching tv is the last thing I'd like to do as myself along with 90% of Britains population spend their week nights doing just that.

Summary: A pretty daft pov.