Fixture wise it really should've been Saints vs Hull and HKR vs Widnes. Make those changes with the former being the closing game on Sunday then it's a good even lineup with all 6 games tricky to call.

Get back to the derbies

38,881 in attendance today, 3k more than last year and back on a par with 2016 levels...but I really can't see tomorrow doing big numbers so at best its holding its own crowd wise but not progressing.

would be interesting if they could bring an nrl game over for this weekend similar to hull and wigan in wollongong. might help swell the crowd a bit for the sunday

I’ve been to every single magic weekend. Both days for each.
I can honestly say this year has been totally pants. There is no magic anymore.
No crowd interaction -We got a few girls dancing about, some little kids playing, some crap with spacehoppers, And a live band you couldn’t see so Might as well put on a CD. One Screen too tiny to see owt. Kids bored stupid.
Please let’s go back to etihad- at least we got some entertainment for our money! Atmosphere was flat as a pancake because They couldn’t be bothered to try and generate one.

Magic needs to be on a bank holiday

Boys and girls. Fancy a trip to New York https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/44191402

Boys and girls. Fancy a trip to New York https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/44191402

64,319 over the weekend with the second lowest 2nd day turn out in the history of the event. 1,000 down, 2nd Lowest 2nd day and the spin-masters at the RFL are claiming that it was a GREAT SUCCESS....a year on year decrease of 6% over the 4 years isn't a success....unless you compare it to the 28% drop in season attendances for the same years.....
68,276
67,841
65,407
64,319

...no doubt, the RFL are busy patting themselves on the back because they received a bumper fiscal income, but the reality is that fewer fans bather each year. Talk of NYC is frightening......you only have to look at the ticket sales for Denver to see the potential disaster that Magic in NYC would be.

Definitely is time for a change.

Change of city and change of ideas. Seems like the powers at the top have no genuine interest to attract the host population into the stadiums that the Magic Weekend goes to.

What is most frustrating is i've spoke to at least 20 locals in bars, working in shops etc this weekend who have had at least some knowledge that the weekend was on. You say 'im here for the Rugby' and they dont assume you are there for Newcastle Falcons, or look blankly at you, they know RL hosts an event here annually..so it surely wouldent take much marketing spend and effort to lure a few in.

But instead we just rely on the clubs selling discount tickets to season ticket holders.

All the top clubs played on Saturday, because of this, Sunday was a drab affair because there was none of the big clubs on show.

Need to have better fixtures too. Based on league positions. Advertise it better and generate some interest. Only advertising to rl fans isn't going to work

Exactly. First time we’ve done just the one day instead of both, simply because the Sunday fixtures were so unappetising. Clearly from the attendances we were far from the only ones.