i like the idea, theres nothing on tv on a monday, this'll do for me!

I think the idea here is to raise the profile of the sport as apparently Monday night football went down well.

Not in favour myself ..... but for those that are too young ...
When do you think the BBC had their floodlite comp .........tuesday nights and folks still went to watch from both side

As a saints fan working about a mile from Headingley it'll suit me just fine. Before I get the 'I'm alright Jack' replies, bear in mind my Friday night trek to games which involves leaving work and heading 40 miles in the wrong direction to collect my little girl before the 90-odd mile journey to the game starts.

From a personal point, i'm up at 4.45am for work Mon-Sat so it's a NO for me....and the amount of children that will miss out too because of school. I'd prefare Sat or Sun TBH...In reply to "diehardofowld" in fairness to your comment about the "Floodlit Trophy" that was a cup comp from what i recall so it was separate from the league...

Love the idea of MNSL, myself. I'm pretty sure in other countries like Australia and USA, Monday nights are considered prime time and great slots for TV viewing figures. Sure, the attendances may suffer at first, but I think the idea will catch on and expose RL to a greater audience. Long term thinking, people.

I'm up for it especially during the summer when it's light nights, school holidays and stuff. There's no other sport during that time which is on a Monday night so there's a good opportunity for decent exposure with the game because let's face it, whilst I quite like Saturday night games it can be difficult to attend or watch if you have domestic commitments especially during the summer e.g. weddings, days out, weekends away. Also Saturday night games tend to get half a column centimetre in the Sunday papers.

The two concerns I have are first the frequency at which teams get picked for this game should not be that high to safeguard against attendances i.e. no more than one home game televised during that ten week period on a Monday. Away games should be the same although perhaps allowed for two games. The second concern is the turnaround for the following weekend.

All that said, like the trucks idea, it's an attempt to improve the profile of the sport which is what RL fans constantly complain about. The national media, tabliods/broadsheets aren't going to do it and SKY do a better job of promoting our sport. If we're going to attract new fans it's more likely to come from local promotions and SKY than, say, a national newspaper report about Warrington putting 60 on Wakefield. Our problem is not how the game is reported its getting people to see it. Once they see it they like it. I'm liking the RL's ambition.

I think if you looked back at the records the crowds were pretty dire.

We also play wire at home on Monday 6th August so we have two Monday night games altogether will the wire game sell out now it's on a Monday night

Monday Games - Full List
21st May Leeds v Saints
4th June Bradford v Cas
11th June Huddersfield v Hull KR
2nd Jul Widnes v Castleford
9 Jul Warrington v Catalan
23 Jul Hull FC v Hull KR
30 Jul Wakefield v Leeds
6 Aug Saints v Warrington


How come Wigan dont feature ?

25th June is Wigan v Widnes

phew the home game is one i couldn't get to anyway.

I now think its a great idea!

My point was not that it was a cup comp or that it was poorly attended, but that it wasnt new.
I suspect that it will lead to more than a few arguments in households, when the partner wishes to watch constipation drivel and that "nights " game is turned on instead. Oh those rows ....not again!!!

One other point ....twix saturday and friday is a fair recovery time ...twix monday to friday mmmmm Also the cry of too many games and no recovery time will be muted more than once, come the end of the season, of that I am sure.

double corrie!

aaarrrggghhh!

Our back up games for these are Wigan (H) on the Sunday (Magic weekend) after the game at the champions and Wakey (A) on the Sunday after we play Wire.