Why does it need to be a season opener? I seriously doubt the crowd will be any higher than before. We may have had no rugby for 4 months but if we wait one more week we can watch our teams without having to pay for hotels, travel to Cardiff etc. I dont want to miss a derby game but more than likely I will do, but its poor choice of location for that weekend and time of year. Like a previous post stated if you team is the last one on sunday, you then have a long drive home and maybe work the next day.

You could take that attitude for any of the Magic Weekends though and is probably one of the main reasons a lot have been a lot lower supported than they could have been.

How can you say it is a poor location for that weekend and time of year? Which other stadium could stage this successfully in February, for example if it is raining all weekend?

No offence to crusaders or leeds but i'd rather the magic weekend be the start of the season than their match which kicked off this years season. It's all about promoting and making people aware of the game which i'm sure will give the start of the season the big kickstart it deserves.

6 weeks after Christmas, Valentines Day weekend, well done RFL.

Even though I do love our Super League's traditional annual curtain raiser of us v. Leeds I much prefer Super League starting with a bang and maximum media exposure as opposed to a frosty whimper.

My point was that you think there would be a good crowd just because we havent had rugby for 4 months, and all im saying is that I dont think it will because we can all go the week after for alot less money.

Its a poor location mainly because of the time of year. Its not a long weekend, its long way to in cold weather to watch rugby and as stated before if your game is the last on sunday its a hell of long way back on a sunday evening. Coming up to summer I would deffinately go. I just dont like the idea in feb, everyones entitled to their opinions.

It's 6 months away, not really an issue to book the Monday off work now is it?

Lots of supporters currently watch games on a sunday then have a long journey back home...........sorry, meant to say lots of supporters of the 3 non heartlands clubs have to do this, as well as having to takes days leave on Fridays in order to support their teams.

I do however agree with traces point about the camping sites, although it could be worth looking for deals from the caravan/chalet camp sites around the Cardiff area as i doubt they would be too heavily booked at that time of year.

Stop being positive and making realistic suggestions, this is Rlfans after all.

As this thread is proving, if there's an excuse not to attend a game, a rugby league fan will find it.

Bejezzus no. Its bad enough that we have to put up with that auwful stadium for the occasional international.

another plus side - there is a chance that I might actually get to see the first game of the season this year, as anyone who was at the first game in the fog between Saints and Hull this year would agree with im sure.