I believe it was the club's choice as it would mean no Sunday Thursday turn around. From a performance perspective it is the best way?? From a spectators point of view its not great, rugby for me is Sundays not down to availability just that's how it was play amature Sat am n watch wire on a Sunday pm

We need another TV broadcaster to come in with a better offer than sky who can show Sunday games, it's sky's choice not to due to football commitments I don't think Premier or possibly BT sport would have an issue showing matches on a Sunday,

I agree, but it looks like daytime games are a thing of the past. Would think that will have a big bearing on families with young kids but I guess corporate opportunities are more important.

I prefer Fridays to be honest, my 6yo manages it no problem and it leaves the whole weekend for 'family' stuff.

Thursdays are obviously a pain, but Sky are the paymasters, and we're not the only sport to play midweek for TV.

Absolute disgrace no Sunday home games,not to worry,back to church.

ive never read so much rubbish in my my life haha

I’m not sure I’m convinced it’s any tougher than I’d expect from a random first 7 games from 11 other teams?

League finishing positions (Qualifiers classed as 9,10,11,12)

Leeds 2,
Hudds 9,
Widnes 10
Wigan 6
Hull 3,
Saints 4
Catalan 12

= 46/6 = 7.6666. Statistically a weaker than random set of opening games.

Hudds finished 8th. We finished 9th.

Noticed that within an hour of the fixtures being released, our game V Castleford was moved from Friday night to Saturday afternoon. That's got to be a record for a fixture being changed ?

Also, shouldn't it be divided by 7 if so the average is 6.43? Statistics are funny though as we still appear to be doing quite well with below average opponents. However, are Catalans away fairly ranked as a 12?

Anyone know why the Cas & Salford games easter week haven't been giving kick off times yet, can the dates still be changed or are they just waiting to hear on the KO time

Amended - League finishing positions (Qualifiers classed as 9,10,11,12)

Leeds 2,
Hudds 8,
Widnes 10
Wigan 6
Hull 3,
Saints 4
Catalan 12

6.4333.

Entire Season
(1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12)/12 6.5

Worst case fixtures
(1+2+3+4+5+6+7)/7 4

It's a fair opening sequence.

Always hard to judge difficulty of fixtures, based on finishing positions from the previous season. The teams playing Warrington early in 2017 probably didn’t expect such an easy ride.

Correct, the fans of those teams certainly didn't if you look at the Prediction Thread on the VT where we were consistently near to the top, generally in the top 4.