Lets face it RL is never going to be bigger than RU or Football. We shouldn't be focusing on expanding the game to places which are dominated by the other code; we should be focusing on giving the fans that we already have a great experience and possibly more growth in the heartlands and I believe that's what having the Magic Weekend in Manchester achieves.

People complain about there not being enough cultural diversity in Super League when in reality I reckon if most of the clubs had a large contingent of Southerners/French at their ground, they wouldn't feel as welcome as your typical supporter (not that any decent supporter would want to make them feel this way).

At the end of the day many people in the heartlands know the we have the greatest game in the world to enjoy week in week out and if people in London for example can't see that then it's their loss IMO.

I'm not forcing anyone to see it the same way as me that's just how I see it. I'd rather see larger crowds at established clubs than at London/Catalan for example.

Why? In what way are Catalan not an 'established club'?

The original idea behind the MW was expansion, I think that aim has now been abandoned, however as an event it works quite well and any ' success ' is vital to the sports continuity and potential growth, so it works so try all you can to make it work better and bigger

Well there are 12 Heartland clubs compared to 2 outside of them and sorry an "Established Top Flight Club".

But success for London and Catalan doesn't come at the expense of 12 other clubs. I want all clubs to have good crowds. Anyway, the Magic weekend was previously held in Wales and Scotland, not London and France so I'm not sure what it has to do with them.

Hire another stadium and make the Quarter finals a day event, let sky and bbc show them at the same time.

Too many events and you'll start to dilute the effectiveness of them

They were just part of the point I put across about Super League not being multicultural enough for them. I would never wish that London and Catalan had bad crowds and Catalan have great crowds at the minute I think. I hope that one day there will be enough teams with good crowds in Europe to form a league similar to the Magners league that Union has.

It's a scrumdiddlyumptious televisual feast that allows one a perfect excuse to veg out on the sofa over the bank holiday eating copious amounts of pistachio nuts and bowls of strawberries drenched in carnation milk with a sprinkling of Tate & Lyle's finest.

It's a bit like watching too much porn though. After the fourth match it gets a "bit samey" and you long for something out of the ordinary to pop up on screen. Move over Sylvia Saint, hello Steve Ganson. What a "cock-up".

For the neutral it's a great weekend. Long may it continue.