its not compulsory to attend you know

at the end of the day, they have put some great deals on tickets so they have made it as accessible as possible. 7 games for £20 for me, cant really complain about that - bearing in mind that a normal game costs around £20 these days.

Personally Im against the MW for a couple of reasons

Due to the fact and like others its the credit crunch and I seriously cant afford to go to Scotland for what only is when it comes down to it another Super League game.

Secondly the amount of games over Easter is unfair on all the players in Super League. If we were to scrap the extra game over the Easter period and the Magic Weekend maybe this could help England in the long run by not having to play two extra matches. The players are knackered and they should be the ones that the RFL listen to along with the coaches of all 14 clubs. Is it any bloody wonder we can never compete with Australia and New Zealand when we run our best players into the ground.

So we'd still be left with only playing one side once? How's this for a radical suggestion?

We play each team, home and away, twice. The team at the top, wins the league.

As soon as the season is over, the best players go and train for a few weeks to get into the England spirit. Hell, without the extra few weeks at the end we could even have a couple of internationals mid season.

Bring the sparkle back into the CC by making it rugby league's weekend away again.

Regression for progression...

all these are wonderful and delightful ideas....but who is going to pay for it?

- SKY want Playoffs and a Grand Final;
- SKY want the Magic weekend;
- All the clubs want the revenue from a bank holiday home game at Easter;
- The public has shown thier lack of interest in the Challenge Cup with rubbish attendances for years;
- International RL is not attractive to sponsors or broadcasters, therefore it is relegated in importance.

In the real world...he who pays the piper, picks the tune. SKY are holding the game up, paying wages and bringing in sponsorhip.

The players need to be careful what they wish for, or else they may just find themselves playing as part timers again.

Went to Cardiff last year and must agree that it was a great weekend. I only managed to watch a game and a half of rugby, but i probably spent half my monthly wage on ale. There is so much going on immediately around the ground that the whole weekend felt like a carnival.

So then it moves to Murrayfield.

I've never been to a rugby game up there, but i have been to an ice hockey game, and the ice rink is basically attached to the main stadium.

Murrayfield's surrounding area isn't a patch on downtown Cardiff. I just can't really get my head around how the fans are all going to fit in the 4-5 pubs near the ground.

I realise that the event goes where the big money offers come from, but moving away from a bustling Cardiff centre to the outskirts of Edinburgh seems ludicrous.

I'd rather save my money for a long weekend in Catalonia than go up there. But whatever floats your boat I suppose.

I tend to agree, Southern France or Edinburgh
obviously not everyone has to make the choice, some of us are lucky enough to be able to go to both, but some people can't afford both or any, for financial or work or Family reasons.

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Couldnt agree more but so is SW France - stunning that is - and for RL purposes and i am an expansionist Perpignan is the business over Edinburgh at the moment.

and you commented on Graham " shooting his mouth off" - he's entitled to- just as though who are 100 percent in favour of the concept are - he doesnt deserve to be bagged for telling it how he sees it .

Graham is probably thinking when Hull was the furthest Saints ever went too [3 - 4 hours depending on traffic] now its, London, Hull, Cardiff, France and Scotland all take time to travel and i doubt any team go executive class like in football

We've been going to London and france since '96 when he was 10 so he should be used to it

Its too much of a gimmick for me, which the RFL are very good at, similarly to the play off now top 8.
Can,t see any benefits to Rugby League, what happens if it rains all weekend those last 2 games are going to be a farce.
Graham does have a point about too many games and a longer off season, this a fixture we could do without.