2013 Super League Fixtures

Quote: Bulls Boy 2011 "What is the point having random draws? It would be crap. It's called the MAGIC weekend. Look what happened when we didn't do derbies? It was a crap 2 weekends. Honestly except Sykes scoring 3 tries against Wakefield in 2009 what else happened in those 2 weekends? Nothing. We got nilled by Crusaders and Sammut took the mick out of us. Playing Leeds on the Magic Weekend's is a great thing. Yeah we haven't been as good but we always step up against them. Dodgy decisions is what has decided some of the games in the past. It's a great weekend with the derbies and even if you don't go there are usually 4 really good intense derbies and another 3 pretty decent games mixed inbetween them Think your missing problem people have with the derby fixtures. If it was a standalone weekend that didn't count for league points then no problem with the derbies. Agree that the derbies create a better spectacle.
But as it stands it counts for league points and as such it isn't fair that some clubs have to play a team who finished in opposite half of table to them perfect examples are us v Leeds and wire v widnes. Gives Leeds and wire a advantage at top half of table over sts and Wigan who play each other and puts us and widnes at a disadvantage against teams at our end of table egg wakes and cas. If difference between us making playoffs or not came down to 2 pts dropped at magic then you can see how it skews table. Either make it some sort of seeded draw based on previous years finishing positions or make it a random draw so everyone has an equal chance of getting an easier/ tougher game each year.