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Apparently the clubs voted against derbies.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Weekend
Apparently the clubs voted against derbies.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Weekend


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The Magic weekend should be scrapped and 1 extra team should be added to super league.
A heartland team not a part of the country that has no interest like London or wales or Scotland or Ireland and not another froggie team either

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Quote: PADDERS "The Magic weekend should be scrapped and 1 extra team should be added to super league.
A heartland team not a part of the country that has no interest like London or wales or Scotland or Ireland and not another froggie team either'"


Noo,
the magic weekend should be kept as the last 16 of the cup, THEN add one more team, probably from the heartlands i.e. Widnes

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Either sign him or get rid of him before he does too much damage - Warrington coach Alex Murphy on Mike Nicholas after Mike had turned up for a trial:



Well I shall be going this weekend and am really looking forward to it. I've never been to a magic weekend before so fortunately will not have anything to compare it with. For me its not just about the rugby it's the banter with the other fans and having the opportunity of watching the teams we love to hate but that we secretly admire too.

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The Original [b:1cc9zdce][size=200:1cc9zdce]LOWES OUT[/size:1cc9zdce][/b:1cc9zdce] Since 2007:



Im extremely happy playing Salford, much better chance of getting the two points and moving top, rather than playing, say, Wigan and losing and them increasing the lead. Go back to derbys. Wigan Vs Sts, Wire Vs Salford

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Possible places to play

Newcastle
(good night out)
Emirates (Islington Angel decent night out, good stadium helps bring it to Landon and the media types)
Millennium Stadium (Cardiff and Wales like their rugby, plus bad weather aversion with the roof)
Dublin (personally don't see the point)
Twickenham (waits for abuse) could help out Quins
Edinburgh (nice city but no one seems to be interested)
Not Wembley or Old Trafford for obvious reasons
Villa Park (whose to say the midlands wouldn't be a good idea)
Paris (If Ireland is being talked about why not the capital of a country that actually have teams playing in our comp)

Thoughts ?

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If the Welsh tourist board/RFU wouldn't advertise/support it then why keep it there. 90% of locals had no idea what was going on, that's why it was moved.


Derbies would be good for supporters but in fairness of the game/league, seeded games are to be preferred (indeed by clubs).

Don't think Edinburgh is the right place for it, unfortunately. I would suggest (in this order):

Newcastle (representatives were there last year, but as Newcastle United are back in Premier league I doubt it'll happen).
Villa Park (unexplored territory which should be looked into. Big city so plenty of accommodation).
City of Man.. (heartland, good way to open season, begin and end in cosmopolitan manchester. However if Oasis couldn't get to play there, 7 game of Rugby league...).

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[url:15kig0eg]http://www.traditionalteacompany.co.uk/[/url:15kig0eg] [quote="Saddened":15kig0eg]Pat Richards is poop. A typical, average, run of the mill NRL outside back. Nothing special at all. Like Barrett he is a myth. He is solid enough, he can catch, he can kick goals.[/quote:15kig0eg]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_7958.jpg



Quote: Wire_Yed "Possible places to play

Newcastle
(good night out)
Emirates (Islington Angel decent night out, good stadium helps bring it to Landon and the media types)
Millennium Stadium (Cardiff and Wales like their rugby, plus bad weather aversion with the roof)
Dublin (personally don't see the point)
Twickenham (waits for abuse) could help out Quins
Edinburgh (nice city but no one seems to be interested)
Not Wembley or Old Trafford for obvious reasons
Villa Park (whose to say the midlands wouldn't be a good idea)
Paris (If Ireland is being talked about why not the capital of a country that actually have teams playing in our comp)

Thoughts ?'"


No to Newcastle, Emirates, Dublin, Twickenham, Villa Park (Birmingham is a horrible place), Paris (what a disaster that would be.

Just scrap it, this season we are getting an average of 65,000 per Superleague round, so if we cant even match that over two days then whats the point. If they do persist with it, it needs to be somewhere where its easy to get to and has plenty of bars around (so both rule out Leeds). Cardiff is the obvious choice but i can see why they left.

As fans we have our Wembley weekend away, Grand final night and a possible trip to Perpignan, so why question why fans dont want to turn up to a place like Edinburgh?

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would go with
Sat
Sts V Leeds
Quins v Catal
Wigan V Warrington
Castl V Wake

Sunday
Salford V Crusa
Bradf V Hudds
Hull fc V Hull kr
not bothered in what order
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Clubs voted against the Derbies when the league consisted of the "additional" fixtures and there tended to be three Derbies already in the fixtures. The fourth at the Millenium Madness was considered to be over the top.

Now that the extra fixtures have gone I see no reason why they shouldn't return for the "Madness" weekend. If the fixtures were Hull v Hull KR, Wigan v Saints, Leeds v Bradford, Wakey v Cas, Wire v Crusaders, Salford v Hudds and Harlequins v Catalans I would be going this weekend for at least one day. As it is I will not be in Edinburgh and will pick and choose games on the tv (alright probably watch them all).

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Quote: Paul Youane "Clubs voted against the Derbies when the league consisted of the "additional" fixtures and there tended to be three Derbies already in the fixtures. The fourth at the Millenium Madness was considered to be over the top.

Now that the extra fixtures have gone I see no reason why they shouldn't return for the "Madness" weekend. If the fixtures were Hull v Hull KR, Wigan v Saints, Leeds v Bradford, Wakey v Cas, Wire v Crusaders, Salford v Hudds and Harlequins v Catalans I would be going this weekend for at least one day. As it is I will not be in Edinburgh and will pick and choose games on the tv (alright probably watch them all).'"


How would that be fair if our extra game was against Saints, yet you seem happy to play Crusaders??? Thats the reason why i dont like the derbies, Its not a fair concept.

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Quote: Bondi_Warrior "How would that be fair if our extra game was against Saints, yet you seem happy to play Crusaders??? Thats the reason why i dont like the derbies, Its not a fair concept.'"


Suprised at your "avatar" as you surely think the NRL is an un-fair competition considering how the fixtures are done.

However you have the fixtures somebody is going to have to play Warrington and claim its un-fair on them.

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Definitely could be a shout for somewhere like City of Manc (wasn't there once talk of Sale Sharks potentially ground sharing a few years back?) As a good a day out Edinburgh is really seems strange that we are playing rugby league in a country which you sense just isn't that interested. Also agree we should have a return to derbys, if your spending your money to get up there and accomodation etc you want to seem some decent matches.

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Lets travel with it every year, people go once then get a little bored after that when the novelty has worn off.
Move it around and keep it fresh

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