Sure I’ve seen a rumor somewhere we have saints, Catalan have wakey and Leeds have London. Not sure how accurate it is.

What do you base that assumption on?

Have the RFL said anything about when fixtures will be released?

Fixtures have been delayed because Magic weekend isn't sorted yet. Liverpool have put in a very late bid to host it.

Does that area get preferential treatment given where Elstone has spent the last few years? Has he exceeded his business miles. Surely the process had a cut of date to tie in with fixture announcements!

Elstone has been at Everton and if Magic Weekend is in Liverpool it will be at Anfield, so I doubt it's him doing favours for mates. Unlike Newcastle though, there's four Super League teams within 30 miles of Liverpool, and other towns (Widnes, Leigh) whose team won't be playing but people living there do like the game so might go within close proximity as well. It's a good location.

and then there is Mathew Street

Manchester (Etihad) is closer to the Heartlands than either Newcastle or Liverpool ?
Whatever happened to "spreading the game"and breaking new ground, Liverpool is not exactly new territory but, Anfield is still a decent ground.
Again, Mickey poor not to have these things nailed down just as early as possible and promote them to the point of selling out, rather than have a scramble with ever cheaper offers.

Previous fixtures at magic where our first 3 visits and last 3 visits saw us meet our local rivals.....

It's a few years now since you were in SL and things have changed slightly, do you expect the RFL to revert back to those days where they played their so called local rivals to accommodate your team when your stay in SL is likely to be a short one.

Fixtures released Tuesday . Strong possibility Anfield will host the 2019 Magic Weekend .