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Quote: Paul Youane "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.'"


Hardly as they are not extra games, its because there are 16 teams in the league and they dont want 30 regular games. Nobody has to play anyone 3 times in extra games, so how is that unfair? Typical lack of NRL knowledge.

Suggesting Superleage teams should play an extra game and have derbies is completely unfair, like is said why should Wigan have to play Saints an extra time??? Basically you want all your rivals to play each other and they Wire play a shocker of a team in Salford. If they have the Magic weekend, the only way they should do the fixtures is by a draw like they have done this year.

I'll admit im jelous that you got to play Salford, anyone would have beaten them today, good win though.

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What i can't understand is why the games are played on this particular weekend ( i know it's a long weekend for most people) when the various football leagues are at the business end of the season and are likely to take precedence in the minds of the people we are trying to convert to RL.
As for Cardiff as opposed to Edinburgh i have been to neither but my opinion is that Cardiff being kept for a few years could have helped the concept of the fledgling Crusaders club in its early days. As for Edinburgh ,surely the city is the Scottish equivalent of Twickenham in its love of Union, & League will find it very difficult to find a toehold if ,for that matter,the people have any interest at all in Rugby League.

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I actually enjoyed yesterday (from the armchair). First time I've ever enjoyed the marathon of watching four games back to back. They were all different games, all gave you somebody to cheer for, good stuff.

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Quote: JWP "I actually enjoyed yesterday (from the armchair). First time I've ever enjoyed the marathon of watching four games back to back. They were all different games, all gave you somebody to cheer for, good stuff.'"


Agree with that it was ok watching with a beer in the comfort off your own home.But i think juging by the empty seats i would have been a bit dissapionted with it,if i went to watch it live.

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Quote: Wires71 "

Murrayfield will not be as well attended this year. I predict something between 20-25k maximum despite giving out free tickets (as I received last year). Well below the aggregate for the round.'"



Saturday attendance was 26,642. A bit more than I thought but down by 10% on 2009 (29,627).

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Quote: Bondi_Warrior "Hardly as they are not extra games, its because there are 16 teams in the league and they dont want 30 regular games. Nobody has to play anyone 3 times in extra games, so how is that unfair? Typical lack of NRL knowledge.

Suggesting Superleage teams should play an extra game and have derbies is completely unfair, like is said why should Wigan have to play Saints an extra time??? Basically you want all your rivals to play each other and they Wire play a shocker of a team in Salford. If they have the Magic weekend, the only way they should do the fixtures is by a draw like they have done this year.

I'll admit im jelous that you got to play Salford, anyone would have beaten them today, good win though.'"


The point on the NRL is that some teams will play the bottom club twice whilst some will play the top team twice, so the fixtures are not the same for each club. Lack of NRL knowledge; really? Perhaps if I called by self "Wllabong_Wolf" I'd become an expert - rather than watching and following the competition closely for 25 years.

If it keeps you happy I'd quite happily have Warrington play Saints and Wigan can play Crusaders. At the end of the day the concept of the "Madness" qweekend is to try and generate exposure and revenue for the game as a whole and this would stand the best chance of succeeding, in my view, is to put on "fans' favourite" matches to pull a bigger crowd and give matches with a bit of extra spice.

It comes as no great suprise to find a Wigan fan with an insular viewpoint rather than looking at a bigger picture for the game overall.

Either way I found yesterday very enjoyable from the first to last and hoping for a repeat, including a Huddersfield win, today.

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Quote: Paul Youane "The point on the NRL is that some teams will play the bottom club twice whilst some will play the top team twice, so the fixtures are not the same for each club. Lack of NRL knowledge; really? Perhaps if I called by self "Wllabong_Wolf" I'd become an expert - rather than watching and following the competition closely for 25 years.

If it keeps you happy I'd quite happily have Warrington play Saints and Wigan can play Crusaders. At the end of the day the concept of the "Madness" qweekend is to try and generate exposure and revenue for the game as a whole and this would stand the best chance of succeeding, in my view, is to put on "fans' favourite" matches to pull a bigger crowd and give matches with a bit of extra spice.

It comes as no great suprise to find a Wigan fan with an insular viewpoint rather than looking at a bigger picture for the game overall.

Either way I found yesterday very enjoyable from the first to last and hoping for a repeat, including a Huddersfield win, today.'"


I totaly agree it needs those games to make the magic weekend attractive, but i just dont think that its fair. Ok i get what you mean about the NRL, but the system is there because there are 16 teams and to play each other twice would mean 30 games!!!! I know it can be seen as unfair playing some sides twice and others only once. But the point is that not much can be done about it. Whereas the magic weekend, is an extra game and alot can be done to ensure its fair, ie. draw the fixtures. But as we have seen there hasnt been many attractive fixtures and its a hard sell.

I still think they should scrap it imo, but i did enjoy being an armchair fan yesterday, watching 6 live rugby league games, already off to a good start today aswell with the Roosters beating the tigers icon_biggrin.gif

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The "Magic" weekend should just be moved to the start of the season, in a stadium with a roof in England somewhere.

I love the Magic Weekend, Murrayfield is a nice stadium and Edinbourgh is an awesome place, but it does cost a lot of money to get there, and 26,000 people from atleast 8 different teams? C'mon that's shocking. Not to mention the prices. £4 a pint is dire, if we have it closer to the "Heart" of rugby (Cheshire/Yorkshire) beer will be cheaper too, as well as travel.

Peacocks idea about having it to start the season with a Bang is a good idea, but... It will be COLD. Yesterday I was walking around the ground, popping in on the games for score updates, having general banter with other fans whilst drinking a beer without any discomfort what so ever, whereas if it was in Jan/Febuary... It would be sloppy if not frozen grass, absolutely freezing, people wouldn't be dressed up in Morphsuits or as Umpa Lumpas because it'll be way too cold and when we get into the ground, sitting down would just make things even colder, as you'll be in the shade and we all know from the HJ that on a cold match day, most people in the South squash together and things are a little warmer ('Til half time when everyone goes the bar)

So yeah - The idea of all teams playing on a weekend is an awesome idea that should stay, and at the start of the season would be good too, but it also has its negatives, like the weather. And now im off to remove this headache of mine after a heavy days drinking.

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Quote: Wires71 "Saturday attendance was 26,642. A bit more than I thought but down by 10% on 2009 (29,627).'"



Sunday's attendance was 25,401. Total for Magic Weekend 2010 is 52,043 down 18% on last year's 63,144.

Last weekend's normal SL round attracted 67,818.

Can only be considered a failure. I suggest we play it at Old Trafford or Eastlands next year (if we must persist with it).

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Definately agree Cardiff much better venue go back there, but Edinburgh again never,

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to be honest its more what you make of it as a weekend (presuming your not on a day trip), Cardiff is better location wise but Edinburgh is a quality city.

Anyone wanting it played at a premier league venue is dreaming, sorry.

And £4 a pint is taking the pIss.

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Mummy duck is now thoroughly depressed. SHE was the one that was famous for losing five in a row........until the 2011 GF!!!!!:



No crowds, no atmosphere, no easy way to get there and appearantly no pubs to have a meal with the family .............. hmmmmm...next year..........NO WAY!

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Where is there a stadium in England with a roof? Balls to it lets use the MEN Arena

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[ilets just say the rfl decided to keep the magic weekend .. even though after peoples thoughts from this year i dont know whether they will[/i

where would you have it ?

newcastle, london, manchester, dublin, cardiff again ?
and would you have the derbys or just pick out of a draw random game?


your thoughts please.

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