I'm agreeing with a Wigan fan. I've been to them all and Cardiff is the better option of the two. I would play it on the late May BH and have a league match between the two Championship 1 Welsh teams on the Friday night at the Arms Park, tickets for that being £5 each.

this is a very good shout!!

Toulouse and Perpignan splitting it between them.

How about Blackpool? Plenty of places to stay if you wanted, lots of diverse entertainment 24 hours a day & Bloomfield road wouldn't look half empty on the telly like Cardiff! Would have to be in the summer of course.
I like the French option too, although that would be a issue with some due to the cost.

Edinburgh isnt great.

Having been and stayed there, And been to Cardiff. The ground at Edinburgh is just too far from the city. Our B & B owner, Had no idea there was anything on at Murrayfield, So it wasnt well advertised

Cardiff, All the bars etc are within short walking distance, The stadium is great. But, The RFL have to work at getting it Full.


I would love it to be in Dublin, But thats so expensive when there, And, So is Paris, Having just got back there too.

Blackpool as a host town would be fantastic but Bloomfield road has only got a capacity of about 16k or so (off the top of my head, I could be wrong) which is no where near big enough

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And of course is a soccer ground. You have no chance.

It would only work in either Cardiff or Edinburgh.

We already have a london jolly up.

Dublin is too expensive.

The one factor for me would be how to keep the folks in the ground rather than them turning up and the buggering off after their team has played.

Armed guards, razor wire and attack dogs?

If they played it in the may bank hol, would the football season be over! Newcastle, liverpool and sheffield would sound good to me!

On the football ground i agree, never going to happen, no club will want 7 games of rugby on their ground

Dublin agree, plus any Magic weekend off the main land will see tiny crowds no matter what we like to think and dream.

I disagree with your London jolly up point though, that is only in the main for the 2 clubs in the final, i know some people go no matter who is playing but it isn't strictly for everyone.

Trouble with Cardiff for me is the plus point for everyone else, too many pubs too close to the ground, it's always get in the pub until 10 mins before your team starts then back in the pub when they finish.

The stadium needs to stop selling beer at stadium prices and keep everyone in, i think the Olympic Stadium in 2013 is a must for Magic. You know as well as me that a few people play and watch RL in London, far more than Cardiff and Edinburgh plus the heartland supporters will stay over which is good for the hotel/tourist trade. Only problem i forsee is that West Ham/Tottenham may have moved in and it could be a non starter, Twickers is an option too, but some people won't be too impressed with that.

Amsterdam please.