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

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

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.

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).

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

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.

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!

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

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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.

MANCHESTER

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In my opinion the games should be as follows:

Wigan v Saints
Leeds v Bradford
Catalans v Crusaders
Castleford v Wakefield
Hull FC v Hull KR
Harlequins v Huddersfield
Salford v Warrington

BUT one thing I would change is just to make the weekend part of the normal fixtures and not create an extra game during the season.

But of course the clubs won't like that but I bet the players and coaches would.

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St James Park at Newcastle would be a great venue.
A great stadium which would not look stupidly empty because it only holds 51k, plus the town of Newcastle is a great place to visit.
Manchester would not be good the City of Manchester stadium is about five miles out so getting 20,000 people from the centre of Manchester to the ground would be a problem.
London, no way keep that for the Challenge cup.
Dublin, would be a great venue but getting there would be a real pain.
Birmingham at Villa Park same problem as Manchester.
Cardiff, a lot of people like Cardiff but it doesn't do it for me.

So a trip to Newcastle would be my choice, it would have to be done on the Bank Holiday at the end of May so it would clash with the football.