We had this conversation last night ... The Magic Weekend is the extra game, therefore do you want to influence the outcome of the league by "fixing" the games. It's be lovely to have all derbies (provided we get Salford) but it's influencing the table and better left to drawing from a hat.

As to the location, there's several reasons as to why it was moved, but my preference would be either Amsterdam or Faliraki please !!

I don't want the derbies back unless widnes are in super league when they do, salford is a rubbish derby I'd rather play Wigan even though there's more chance of us losing

no to cardiff,long and tedious journey
no to london, go there already in the fixtures.
no to edinburgh.
no to dublin , far to expensive
so that leaves only the other suggestion of newcastle which everyone seems to pick.

Murrayfield stadium I was impressed with, but its in the middle of nowhere, I mean pubs, resteraunts etc and also as much as Edinburgh is a nice city it lacks decent places where you can get a meal.

Another reason why they pulled out of Cardiff was they were ripping people off with accomodation, maybe Newcastle next but is there much around the ground?

This for me is a key point that shouldn't be overlooked. A quick scan on this website alone (avatars, signatures, usernames etc) reveals that plenty of RL fans support a football club as well and personally I've never been to a Magic Weekend because I'm not missing a Liverpool game at the business end of the season. A similar scenario will arise with the locals in the respective cities, especially if you play it somewhere like Manchester or Newcastle in future, who will be more focussed on their football club than another sporting event turning up which is a novelty to them.

The Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May would make far more sense I reckon as well as making it easier to potentially book somewhere like Eastlands or St. James' Park as they may appreciate a decent pay day a couple of weeks after their season ends when they've got plenty of time to then re-lay the pitch.

Glasgow

The atmosphere would be brilliant at Hampden.

The hoteliers can hike the prices as there's only 7,500 hotel rooms in Cardiff (plus its their livelyhood).

It's ok peple being fo the opinion that they don't want to go back to Edinburgh, but to claim there aren't any decent places to eat is going too far.

The city has more decent bars and restaurants than anywhere else I know (outside London).

Personally I'd be over the moon if it were to be at Murrayfield again, but I expect the whole concept will be shelved.

Eastlands is about 5 miles out of the city centre ........ give or take 3 1/2 miles or so. Doh.

Thing is there's no football club with an ounce of sense that will let us play 7 games on their pitch. Plus the venue has to have a roof. Plus someone has to fund the cost of the hire of the ground & staff. Now who apart from Murrayfield would accept those conditions.

Cardiff is only about half an hour further by car. Unless you go via A49, which is long but has the undoubted pleasure of the Ludlow Food Centre (and some beautiful scenery).

Steve. Nobody at Newcastle United has an ounce of sense. They've proved it year after year. If we could play it there it would be great. There's plenty of pubs around the ground and an additional plus would be for Gatehead to play a\game on the Friday night to give them a bit of a lift.

Now that Newcastle will be in the Premiership next season i'd be very suprised if they agreed to letting us stage the Magic weekend there.

As said before Elland Road could be a good shout.

I also think places like Portman or Carrow Road could be a good shout, a nice weekend in East Anglia.

Elland Road is a tired stadium. Have you ever been to Norwich ior Ipswich?