Who?

Can see where you are coming from. The transport structure isn't up to much. Not a horse and cart to be found anywhere.

I'm sure they will one day advance to the point where they have horse and carts, maybe even electricity.

Same here. Took me weeks to wash it off.

Because let's be fair, Leeds should be able to sell out Elland Road on their own for a game against Bradford.

I'm hoping that this Magic Weekend is a success attendance wise, and we see it spread to more grounds than just one over two days, i.e. Etihad Stadium for Wigan vs Saints and Warrington vs Widnes, Elland Road for Leeds vs Bradford and Huddersfield vs Salford, Bramall Lane for Hull FC vs Hull KR and Castleford vs Wakefield, and Paris for Catalans vs London.

If Harlequins and Saracens can get huge crowds for one off games at Twickenham and Wembley, then these should all be possibilities.

Newcastle, Birmingham and Coventry would be my preferences. Newcastle is ripe for it- thousands of RL fans in colours wandering around Newcastle would probably pique people's curiosity, and the city is hardly likely to be full of top-class sporting events in summer. Hold it in mid summer at St. James Park/Mike Ashley's Sporting Jumble Sale@St.James Park Arena, and (as well as all the usual teams), encourage the locals into the game by sticking Gateshead v Workington or Whitehaven in there too. Local element plus inclusion for Cumbria. In time, Bristol City's new ground would be a good venue when it is built, again with Bristol Sonics as a curtain raiser versus another southern team. Any takers?

Newcastle, Birmingham and Coventry would be my preferences. Newcastle is ripe for it- thousands of RL fans in colours wandering around Newcastle would probably pique people's curiosity, and the city is hardly likely to be full of top-class sporting events in summer. Hold it in mid summer at St. James Park/Mike Ashley's Sporting Jumble Sale@St.James Park Arena, and (as well as all the usual teams), encourage the locals into the game by sticking Gateshead v Workington or Whitehaven in there too. Local element plus inclusion for Cumbria. In time, Bristol City's new ground would be a good venue when it is built, again with Bristol Sonics as a curtain raiser versus another southern team. Any takers?

Birmingham? Coventry? People are complaining about going to Manchester, why on earth would anyone want a weekend away in Birmingham or Coventry?

Some people on here are utterly bananas.

I've always thought it would be a good idea to take the Leeds-Bradford and possibly the Wakey-Cas derby to Elland Rd. You say Hudds-Salford at Elland Rd, but surely it'd make more sense to take Salford to City's stadium seen as they're the nearest SL club to it? I'd have thought Barca would be a better option for Catalans-London and Anfield/Goodison an option for matches involving Widnes/Warrington/Saints.

I've always thought a good idea would be to have a festival of RL in Sheffield. Magic weekend wouldn't just involve SL, it would involve all Championship clubs as well. Matches would take place on Friday evening, and all day Saturday, Sunday and (Bank Holiday) Monday. Bramall, Hillsborough, and the Don Valley could all be hired for matches, with a fan zone in the centre. Championship and SL matches would take place in the same stadium on same day and you'd try and relate the fixtures. So, you'd have, say, Dewsbury-Batley before Wakey-Cas. Fans can buy different tickets for different things; one day pass - one stadium, one day - pass all stadiums, All days - pass all stadiums.

I suppose you could grow this sort of idea in Manchester if you use CoMS, the Regional Athletics stadium next door (6.5k with room for temporary stands) and the 7K stadium City are planning on building in their new training complex across the road. Buy a day/weekend pass and it gives you acces to all stadiums. SL matches take place in CoMS, while Championship takes place in the other two. Have temporary bars onsite, outside the stadiums, so you move around and have the bar-experience. Also, if you don't want to watch a SL, you can always pop into one of the other stadiums and watch some Championship Rugby.

It's taken you over 18,000 posts to discover that?

RL fans will moan about anything mate, its been holding the game back for years.

As Manchester is the rlthird most visited city in the UKrl, I think you might be wrong on that.