I second that, had a cracking weekend, hopefully get a few more going next year but I'll definately be there.

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and if you include the rest of the statement from the RFL its not such a gloomy picture - in fact attendance was approximately the same as the first year it was held in Cardiff and as others have mentionned, financial constraints are likely to have impacted more severely on the crowds this year.

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To be honest I reckon that the Millennium is the best stadium I`ve watched rugby at in respect of the atmosphere, but the downside was the slipping and sliding around, apparently caused by condensation,which none of the teams seemed to overcome. Against that Edinburgh is easily the better city in terms of being a visitor attraction, both for accommodation and for things to do in general, so for me, on balance, Murrayfield wins.

As for the food etc being up or down a few steps , unless you`re in a wheel chair or on crutches so what? I went down both at halftimes and between games; queues were minimal and the choice was way above normal, if only it were so easy at normal league matches.

We had a wonderful experience, it held an awesome atmosphere.

The stadium guys really pulled off a great job. There were that many food and drinks bars we never queued for more than a couple of minutes. The Scots playing their bagpipes as each club bus came around the ground was fantastic.

Drinking in and around Edinburgh with like minded supporters just made the whole experience unique. How many other sports can create a weekend like this ? With different supporters all enjoying drinking, chatting and even some good old singing.


I know it's not every-one's cup of tea, but I didn't find a fan all weekend that wished they hadn't turned up

I have some great pics that I will put up later on after me and the legend that is Odsal Oddball went on a stalking spree.

I only made the Saturday and had a great time. Boo shucks to the idiot Wakefield fan who thought it would be a good idea to launch a full pint at us when Bradford scored a try. Bloody idiot.

Another highlight was the food, much better than normal. I lived on chips & curry sauce, it was so cold out of the sun that by the time you got back to your seat it had congealed into a strange gelatinous mass with stone cold chips underneath. Tasted great though.

But there were two extra sets of supporters attending this year. 14 teams as opposed to 12.

That tends to be forgotten, when reading stats for attendances all year. Well that's how I've seen it all season so far

Not exactly.

It is fair to assume that the people who were there following the Celtic Crusaders this year, may have been suitably interested to go and watch the Magic Weekends in the last couple of years when it was on their own doorstep.

nice, did the condensation from the plastic box sit on top of the curry sauce too?

My pics from the weekend on rlfacebookrl.

Bloody loved it!

Going to have to fly up for next year - sounds to have been a right laugh / sad I missed it.

Get the Penzance Edinburgh train you lightweight. It's only about 11 hours.

Looked into that already. Trains range from 9hrs 14 mins to 20hrs 6 mins - and take your pick on the number of changes

. . . . . . although . .. . there would be a bar/drinks