No home matches from 22nd may to 5th july. !!

Is it just me who gets the feeling we've been shafted by the 'randomiser'?

Strikes me as being a bit of the RFL saying too the Doc this is what happens when you can't keep it shut.

I always struggle too understand why is isn't one home one away for every team all season.

Interesting breakdown of home games. 8 Sundays. 2 Thurs. 1 Friday and 1 Easter Monday.

As Antwerp Red says. A gap that long and people forget all about us and find something else to do. That is too long without a home game.

Warrington away as i did say earlier in my post. Very tough start for us if we win 2 out of the first 4 games i will be happy with that.

February

8 Warrington Wolves (A) 3pm

12 St Helens (H) 8pm

March

1 Hull (H) 3pm

7 Catalans Dragons (A) 6pm

15 Wakefield Wildcats (H) 3pm

22 Castleford Tigers (A) 3.30pm

26 Widnes Vikings (H) 8pm

APRIL

3 Huddersfield Giants (A) 6pm

6 Wigan Warriors (H) TBC

12 Leeds Rhinos (H) 3pm

19 Hull KR (A) 3pm

26 Castleford Tigers (H) 3pm

MAY

1 Hull FC (A) 8pm

10 Huddersfield Giants (H) 3pm

22 Warrington Wolves (A) 8pm

JUNE

5 St Helens (A) 8pm

14 Wakefield Wildcats (A) 3pm

19 Wigan Warriors (A) 8pm

JULY

5 Catalan Dragons (H) 3pm

12 Hull KR (A) 3pm

17 Leeds Rhinos (A) 8pm

26 Widnes Vikings (A) 3pm

Strikes me as being a bit of the RFL saying toooooo the Doc this is what happens when your pitch needs reseeding.

As for one home one away, that just isn't possible if you think about it. If the same teams are playing at home every other week - which is what that system would require - then those teams will never be able to play each other. That's one reason why teams will always have consecutive home games and away games.

Is that right ?
I've never heard it explained like that before.
Cant you just have fixtures in the second half of the season,being a mirror image of the first half ?

my guess is the SMC will be digging up the pitch after the Yawnion season.
their last home game is 9th may , then we have Huddersfield at home the day after, then no games until July 5th.

Imagine a four team league. Here are your first four rounds of fixtures:

1st round
A v C
B v D

2nd round
C v A
D v B

3rd round
A v D
B v C

4th round
D v A
C v B

Where do you go now? A and B have fulfilled their fixtures against C and D, and C and D have fulfilled their fixtures against A and B. A haven't played B yet, and C haven't played D. In order to do that, one of A and B must play away in round 5 having already been away in round 4, and one of C and D must play at home in round 5 having already played at home in round 4.

In order for every team to have alternating home and away fixtures, you inevitably create two groups of teams based on where they play on the first day of the season. A and B are both at home on the first day and, thanks to alternating fixtures, away for their next matches, then home, then away...... Same with C and D. Teams in the same group can never meet because they will always be at home or away at the same time, so A can never play B, nor C play D. One way around it is to break the groups by switching teams between them, and doing that means they end up playing consecutive home and/or away games. (e.g., team A are in group 1, and group 1 are at home this week. Now we move them to group 2. Group 2 must have been away this week and therefore must be at home next week. As a new member of group 2, team A are now at home for the second week, their second home game in a row.) You could do it with partial midseason breaks too, but I think that would be less popular.

Glad you clarified it for me !
Seriously,I'm sure you must be right so thanks

I don't think it's a bad thing having 5 of our last 7 games away. Lets get the points on the board early doors.

Can't believe A have got to play C twice in the first two weeks! Total conspiracy that.