FORUMS FORUMS



  
FORUMS > The Virtual Terrace > Magic weekend
82 posts in 6 pages 
<<   PREV  NEXT   >>
Subscribe | Moderators: Admin, Durham Giant , TimperleySaint
RankPostsTeam
Club Coach4142No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Oct 200420 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
May 2017May 2017LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: Steve Fox "I always thought of balmy as meaning pleasantly cool.

Like a light breeze on a fine evening.

Or a soothing ointment on a nasty case of athletes foot.'"


Mild and pleasant icon_wink.gif

RankPostsTeam
International Chairman1169
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 200223 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jun 2017Dec 2015LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: Laughing Gravy "Typical glass half empty RL fans - not sold out so let's move to a smaller stadium, 200 miles is too far to travel? good job we're not in North America - it's a fantastic idea that the RFU would copy in an instant if we dropped it so let's look at this another way, how do attract another 15 - 20 thousand fans to go? that's what we should be looking at.
If some people on this site had been round in 1895 the Northern Union would probably have been doomed after 2-3 years!!'"

It's a fair point, but back to my earlier post, later in the year is the key. It's just too cold in Edinburgh at the beginning of May to be sat there for 4 games.
We did, because we're die hards, but even learning from last year and taking loads of extra layers we were still frozen stiff by the end of Saturday.

Loads of people we spoke to came to their team's game and watched the rest in the pub where it was warm. So at any one time there were probably only half of the ticket holders in the ground. 13000 in a ground that size will always struggle to generate atmosphere.

RankPostsTeam
International Chairman26578
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 200223 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jul 2017Apr 2017LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: Perry "It's a fair point, but back to my earlier post, later in the year is the key. It's just too cold in Edinburgh at the beginning of May to be sat there for 4 games.
We did, because we're die hards, but even learning from last year and taking loads of extra layers we were still frozen stiff by the end of Saturday.'"


There were folks here last year complaining of getting sunburn icon_lol.gif
A few years of "summer" rugby has turned us soft, layer up and you are fine, wander round in shirt sleeves and you be cold no matter where you are in the country at this time of year and as tb posted on another thread they compared well with Barca.

RankPostsTeam
Player Coach442No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Feb 200817 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jan 2017Jan 2017LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Personally Im not fussed if it's scraped or not.

RankPostsTeam
International Chairman1169
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 200223 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jun 2017Dec 2015LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: Big Graeme "There were folks here last year complaining of getting sunburn I can guarantee that anyone complaining of sunburn wasn't in the west stand in the shade all day. We were layered up. Point is, Edinburgh has a markedly low mean temperature at this time of year compared to other places. I certainly don't remember the Millenium stadium being that cold.

RankPostsTeam
Player Coach2112No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Jun 200618 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Feb 2014Feb 2014LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Apologies if someone has suggested similar but...........

Take it down to London (i know, i know), maybe Emirates/Upton Park, and give the myriad of schools that play RL in the London area and the amateur clubs some cut-price tickets, and the chance to see the top players up close. The main concentration of the London amateur scene seems to be north/east of the London area, so take it there for a year at least, and see what happens.

RankPostsTeam
International Chairman26578
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 200223 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jul 2017Apr 2017LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: Perry "I can guarantee that anyone complaining of sunburn wasn't in the west stand in the shade all day. We were layered up. Point is, Edinburgh has a markedly low mean temperature at this time of year compared to other places.'"


It has a lower mean temperature most of the year mate


Cause the roof was shut?

RankPostsTeam
International Board Member1210No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Aug 200222 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jan 2015Feb 2013LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Wembley.

And have a Sevens comp for the 11 Championship + 5 Championship 1 teams to fill in gaps between SL games and also tempt a few thousand more fans to the event.

I'd love to see Oldham and Swinton play there at long last and I can't imagine there'd be any problem with the pitch holding up...

RankPostsTeam
Player Coach633No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Apr 201015 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jan 2016Apr 2015LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Southampton - St Mary's - 32,000
Newcastle - St James Park - 52,000
Sheffield - Bramall Lane - 32,00

Now all three of these grounds should be fine with RL playing in them. With the eagles playing at bramall lane and St Marys and James both being grounds for the RU world cup in 2015 I don't see a problem with any. All great cities with loads to do, loads of places to stop & drink but also there grounds are slap bang in the city centres!

Also Bristol Football club are opening there brand new 30,000 seater next year too... Could be a possibilty?
Hillsborough also holds around 39,000 but is about 5-10 mins drive out the city centre.

Also plaing say 3 games at one ground and four at another at 2 grounds in london... West Ham and Chelsea maybe...?

RankPostsTeam
Club Coach4142No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Oct 200420 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
May 2017May 2017LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Come on people. It has to take place in a tourist city. I ain't bloody going to Southampton! It has to be far enough away for people to stay the 2 days. No point having it in Sheffield people will travel for their teams game and then go home.

RankPostsTeam
Club Coach1812No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Oct 200420 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jun 2016Jun 2016LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Southampton? d040.gif

tb
RankPostsTeam
International Chairman48326
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 200223 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Sep 2023Oct 2022LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



however many football grounds people suggest, it's unlikely to happen, tf. But why do some people keep suggesting the Boleyn? It's a dive. And an unwelcoming dive at that.

RankPostsTeam
Player Coach1100No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 200619 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Apr 2016Apr 2016LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



travel seems to be the main issue for alot of fans, especially those that dont want to do the whole weekend. didnt the RFL charter a train to Cardiff a few years back? if this could be done again then the RFL could sell tickets at a flat rate, rather than the organised few buying tickets 3 months in advance and everyone else having to pay higher prices. if two trains ran, one from leeds or doncaster etc and one from manchester or somewhere similar then surely that would be a big help. if the trains ran both days ensuring people got their for the whole day of rugby, they could then use their own discretion as to how many matches they saw, but it would be at least 1.

RankPostsTeam
Player Coach442No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Feb 200817 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jan 2017Jan 2017LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Alot of people on here are saying have it in Sheffield Leeds Manchester etc but I can't see the point that, the whole idea of the Magic Weekend is to have it outside the heartlands like Lancashire and Yorkshire having it in the cities as mentioned above would just be a compromise.

RankPostsTeam
Player Coach12099No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Jan 200619 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Nov 2024Nov 2024LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Keep it but take it to a better venue, either back to Cardiff or elsewhere.

The crowds don't matter, it's on the pitch where the game is sold to new fans, and a festival of rugby league with 7 games shown on Sky over the weekend can't be a bad thing.

82 posts in 6 pages 
<<   PREV  NEXT   >>
Subscribe | Moderators: Admin, Durham Giant , TimperleySaint
82 posts in 6 pages 
<<   PREV  NEXT   >>
Subscribe | Moderators: Admin, Durham Giant , TimperleySaint



All views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the RLFANS.COM or its subsites.

Whilst every effort is made to ensure that news stories, articles and images are correct, we cannot be held responsible for errors. However, if you feel any material on this website is copyrighted or incorrect in any way please contact us using the link at the top of the page so we can remove it or negotiate copyright permission.

RLFANS.COM, the owners of this website, is not responsible for the content of its sub-sites or posts, please email the author of this sub-site or post if you feel you find an article offensive or of a choice nature that you disagree with.

Copyright 1999 - 2024 RLFANS.COM

You must be 18+ to gamble, for more information and for help with gambling issues see https://www.begambleaware.org/.



Please Support RLFANS.COM


3.18212890625:10
RLFANS Recent Posts
FORUM
LAST
POST
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
0m
Ground Improvements
vastman
230
3m
Pre Season - 2025
The games af
206
10m
Film game
Boss Hog
5852
13m
2025 Shirt
--[ WW ]--
27
15m
Transfer Talk V5
Manheim
545
33m
2025 Squad Numbers
mwindass
2
Recent
2025 Kit
dddooommm
16
Recent
How many games will we win
Wollo-Wollo-
54
Recent
Super League
FIL
25
Recent
ALL NEW 49ERS ERA LEEDS UTD THREAD
Trebor1
2628
FORUM
LAST
VIEW
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
53s
2025 Shirt
--[ WW ]--
27
1m
Game - Song Titles
Boss Hog
40832
1m
ALL NEW 49ERS ERA LEEDS UTD THREAD
Trebor1
2628
2m
Super League
FIL
25
3m
Salford placed in special measures
FIL
112
3m
Realistic targets for 2025
Jake the Peg
139
3m
BORED The Band Name Game
Boss Hog
63297
4m
Salary Cap Changes Blocked - 11 votes to 1
Father Ted
18
6m
Season pass roll call
Armavinit
38
7m
Fixtures
northernblok
17
FORUM
NEW
TOPICS
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
TODAY
2025 Squad Numbers
mwindass
2
TODAY
England Women Las Vegas train-on squad
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
Quiz night
H.G.S.A
1
TODAY
Co-Captains for 2025
MjM
15
TODAY
Cornwall has a new owner
CM Punk
2
TODAY
Callum Shaw
Wanderer
1
TODAY
Squad Numbers
phe13
4
TODAY
Rhinos squad numbers
Rixy
1
TODAY
Squad numbers
Warrior Wing
8
TODAY
Mat Crowther pre season update
Dunkirk Spir
1
TODAY
Mike Cooper podcast
Wires71
10
TODAY
Shirt reveal coming soon
vastman
48
TODAY
Opening Championship and League One Fixtures for 2025 Released
RLFANS News
1
NEWS ITEMS
VIEWS
POSTSONLINEREGISTRATIONSRECORD
19.65M +22,094 ↓-780,15614,103
LOGIN HERE
or REGISTER for more features!.

When you register you get access to the live match scores, live match chat and you can post in the discussions on the forums.
RLFANS Match Centre
 Thu 13th Feb 2025
     Mens Super League XXX-R1
20:00
Wigan
v
Leigh
 Fri 14th Feb 2025
     Mens Super League XXX-R1
20:00
Hull KR
v
Castleford
20:00
Catalans
v
Hull FC
 Sat 15th Feb 2025
     Mens Super League XXX-R1
15:00
Leeds
v
Wakefield
17:30
St.Helens
v
Salford
       Championship 2025-R1
18:00
Toulouse
v
Widnes
 Sun 16th Feb 2025
     Mens Super League XXX-R1
15:00
Huddersfield
v
Warrington
       Championship 2025-R1
15:00
Bradford
v
LondonB
15:00
Featherstone
v
Doncaster
15:00
Oldham
v
York
15:00
Sheffield
v
Halifax
15:00
Barrow
v
Hunslet
 Thu 20th Feb 2025
     Mens Super League XXX-R2
20:00
Wakefield
v
Hull KR
 Fri 21st Feb 2025
     Mens Super League XXX-R2
20:00
Warrington
v
Catalans
20:00
Hull FC
v
Wigan
 Sat 22nd Feb 2025
     Mens Super League XXX-R2
15:00
Salford
v
Leeds
20:00
Castleford
v
St.Helens
 Sun 23rd Feb 2025
     Mens Super League XXX-R2
14:30
Leigh
v
Huddersfield
       League One 2025-R1
15:00
Cornwall
v
Workington
15:00
Dewsbury
v
Crusaders
ALL SCORES PROVIDED BY RLFANS.COM (SETTINGS)
Matches on TV
Thu 13th Feb
SL
20:00
Wigan-Leigh
Fri 14th Feb
SL
20:00
Hull KR-Castleford
SL
20:00
Catalans-Hull FC
Sat 15th Feb
SL
15:00
Leeds-Wakefield
SL
17:30
St.Helens-Salford
Sun 16th Feb
SL
15:00
Huddersfield-Warrington
Thu 20th Feb
SL
20:00
Wakefield-Hull KR
Fri 21st Feb
SL
20:00
Warrington-Catalans
SL
20:00
Hull FC-Wigan
Sat 22nd Feb
SL
15:00
Salford-Leeds
SL
20:00
Castleford-St.Helens
Sun 23rd Feb
SL
14:30
Leigh-Huddersfield
Fri 28th Feb
SL
20:00
Huddersfield-Hull FC
SL
20:00
Hull KR-Salford
SL
20:00
Leigh-Catalans
Sat 1st Mar
SL
14:30
Wakefield-St.Helens
SL
21:30
Wigan-Warrington
Sun 2nd Mar
SL
15:00
Leeds-Castleford
Thu 6th Mar
SL
20:00
Hull FC-Leigh
Fri 7th Mar
SL
20:00
Castleford-Salford
This is an inplay table and live positions can change.
Mens Betfred Super League XXVIII ROUND : 1
 PLDFADIFFPTS
Wigan 29 768 338 430 48
Hull KR 29 731 344 387 44
Warrington 29 769 351 418 42
Leigh 29 580 442 138 33
Salford 28 556 561 -5 32
St.Helens 28 618 411 207 30
 
Catalans 27 475 427 48 30
Leeds 27 530 488 42 28
Huddersfield 27 468 658 -190 20
Castleford 27 425 735 -310 15
Hull FC 27 328 894 -566 6
LondonB 27 317 916 -599 6
This is an inplay table and live positions can change.
Betfred Championship 2024 ROUND : 1
 PLDFADIFFPTS
Wakefield 27 1032 275 757 52
Toulouse 26 765 388 377 37
Bradford 28 723 420 303 36
York 29 695 501 194 32
Widnes 27 561 502 59 29
Featherstone 27 634 525 109 28
 
Sheffield 26 626 526 100 28
Doncaster 26 498 619 -121 25
Halifax 26 509 650 -141 22
Batley 26 422 591 -169 22
Swinton 28 484 676 -192 20
Barrow 25 442 720 -278 19
Whitehaven 25 437 826 -389 18
Dewsbury 27 348 879 -531 4
Hunslet 1 6 10 -4 0
RLFANS Recent Posts
FORUM
LAST
POST
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
0m
Ground Improvements
vastman
230
3m
Pre Season - 2025
The games af
206
10m
Film game
Boss Hog
5852
13m
2025 Shirt
--[ WW ]--
27
15m
Transfer Talk V5
Manheim
545
33m
2025 Squad Numbers
mwindass
2
Recent
2025 Kit
dddooommm
16
Recent
How many games will we win
Wollo-Wollo-
54
Recent
Super League
FIL
25
Recent
ALL NEW 49ERS ERA LEEDS UTD THREAD
Trebor1
2628
FORUM
LAST
VIEW
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
53s
2025 Shirt
--[ WW ]--
27
1m
Game - Song Titles
Boss Hog
40832
1m
ALL NEW 49ERS ERA LEEDS UTD THREAD
Trebor1
2628
2m
Super League
FIL
25
3m
Salford placed in special measures
FIL
112
3m
Realistic targets for 2025
Jake the Peg
139
3m
BORED The Band Name Game
Boss Hog
63297
4m
Salary Cap Changes Blocked - 11 votes to 1
Father Ted
18
6m
Season pass roll call
Armavinit
38
7m
Fixtures
northernblok
17
FORUM
NEW
TOPICS
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
TODAY
2025 Squad Numbers
mwindass
2
TODAY
England Women Las Vegas train-on squad
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
Quiz night
H.G.S.A
1
TODAY
Co-Captains for 2025
MjM
15
TODAY
Cornwall has a new owner
CM Punk
2
TODAY
Callum Shaw
Wanderer
1
TODAY
Squad Numbers
phe13
4
TODAY
Rhinos squad numbers
Rixy
1
TODAY
Squad numbers
Warrior Wing
8
TODAY
Mat Crowther pre season update
Dunkirk Spir
1
TODAY
Mike Cooper podcast
Wires71
10
TODAY
Shirt reveal coming soon
vastman
48
TODAY
Opening Championship and League One Fixtures for 2025 Released
RLFANS News
1
NEWS ITEMS
VIEWS


Visit the RLFANS.COM SHOP
for more merchandise!