Hope they do same again this year, gives me more planning time!!!

Cardiff is my bet, at least for next year. Possibly a change of venue after that though??

Won't be Wales, they haven't even got a RL team!

Apart from the one in NL1 and maybe the Crus in NLC next season.

If its in Feb then Cardiff is the only place in the country able to host it.

Yes, for me, although I love to go to Cardiff, you need to pick a ground that's central to almost everywhere and a ground that you can almost fill, as lets be honest, the Millenium more than half empty doesn't look good.

The ideal venue for me in Manchester City's ground. It holds around 45,000 and has great facilities. There was an attendance of about 32,000 for Cardiff in February I think, so I reckon we could fill that.

Now we have 3 year franchising, make the 3rd year somewhere warm South of France, Northern Spain. Tell people now, book the stadium ready, offer a reduced deal and savings packages. Who can't save up a few quid in 3 years.
Have some long term plans help the game grow.

Quote: dids858 "Apart from the one in NL1 and maybe the Crus in NLC next season. If its in Feb then Cardiff is the only place in the country able to host it.'" And all these teams as well: www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/league-tables?c=38

Quote: dids858 "Apart from the one in NL1 and maybe the Crus in NLC next season. If its in Feb then Cardiff is the only place in the country able to host it.'" And all these teams as well: www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/league-tables?c=38

Nope - 26 rounds, 24 games, 2 byes each. Not a different sport in any case.

Either my maths are turd or 15 cannot go into 24 with no remainder. So your original point of a team could be stuck playing more games against top of the league (Saints this year for example) than anyone else, still stands in the NRL as well.

It will never be played at COM as they have a limit on events. In fact its very doubtful that it would be played at any soccer ground at any time of year.

Cardiff would look ok if people stayed and watched more than 80 mins of Rugby.

What like 15 take that concets??sure if it was played at a football stadium locally there would be a mad rush for tickets!!
Well everyone except wiganers snapping them up!!

My original point was is there a professional league in any other sport in which teams play an odd number of games in a regular season. The NRL fixtures are done by some kind of draw, I believe, which at least seems fairer than the contrived nonsense of the 'extra' MM fixture. In any case, as your maths points out, it's clearly more than one fixture, unlike Super League's bizarre everyone H&A, and some other random team once extra. At a neutral, sply populated ground.

Putting it in Manchester would be a money maker but defeats the original purpose of the event. Plus don't the RFL get money from the Cardiff/Edinburgh for staging it which they wouldn't for Manchester?

Just take 1 of the regular rounds and play them it in Cardiff (Letting the RFL pick 1 of the better rounds). April'ish so there's a better chance of warmer weather too. Play the Exiles game in the spare weekend. Sorted.

Ah right, I get you. I watch all the games at the Magic Weekend, as for me, it was £30 for the two days to watch 7 games. Why not! Enjoyed them all, apart from the Catalans-Quins game. That was a shocker!



I'm 100% for expansion, both because I'm a Crusaders supporters, but also because the game needs it, but by holding a Magic Weekend event without marketing it as well as it could be, isn't going to make a difference. I spoke to quite a few locals in Cardiff and they didn't know about it. Plus, I think Wales Rugby Union were playing on the same day, so people in South Wales are going to be out watching that on the Saturday. For me, a Magic Weekend should be played much closer to the heartlands area.