Has anyone noticed there are an awful lot of friday and saturday night games this season?

I was under the impression that SL was moved to the summer to make the game more family-friendly. What could be further from that than having games on a friday and saturday night?

Great for young (or old) fans going out and getting hammered afterwards but not if you've got children wo are big fans, especially when games have an 8pm kick off.

This weekend there are only 2 games on sunday.

Ignoring round 3 as Leeds play in the WCC on sunday.

Round 4 has two games on sunday.
Round 5 has three.
Round 6 has two.
And so it goes on.

Does anyone else feel we are moving away from the more family friendly fixtures?

You've changed you tune after popping one out !

Unfortunately its called supply and demand, rugby league is not mainstream enough to get a saturday or sunday afternoon slot on Sky when its competing aginst the likes of football, rugby union and cricket etc.

Sky have won an awful lot of major sporting events in recent times and rugby league basically has to fit into the schedule, we are still a minority sport in Sky`s eyes and are basically just a schedule filler hence the friday night and saturday night slots where little else is going on.

Oi cheek! I've been saying it for ages, just not on the forum!

But that is part of it


How am I supposed to make Bethany a Wire when she's in bed for most of the games???

I totally agree about having to fit in with Sky but that's only one match on friday and one on saturday. Why does that explain there being 3 other fixtures organised for a friday night?

It's not just about being family-friendly either. How are fans supposed to travel any great distance on a friday night and make kick off and then have to travel all the way home?

Must admit, I am still working out how I am going to get to Wakefield next Friday night for 8pm KO when I am working til 5.00...its all rush rush rush..

Is it not the clubs that say to the RFL what their preferred day and kick off times are for non sky games ? I`m sure i read somewhere that Quins chose saturday afternoons and wasn`t it Salford or someone else that chose friday nights not long ago as a preferred day for games ?

Looking at our fixtures 10/13 home games are scheduled for sundays, obviously a few of these will be moved for sky and I see your point. Unfortuantly sky tv dictates a lot of sport due to the money it pays for the rights. I don't see why a game that is not on sky has to be played on Friday/Saturday night, I quite enjoy Sunday afternoon games, especially when the sun is out.

i reckon we should stick all our home games in the early saturday evening slot, defo my favourite time for a game these days

Rule 1 - Sky game on a Friday, Sky game on a Saturday

Rule 2 - Celtic, Quins, Catalans home games on a Saturday

Rule 3 - All games not in rule 1 or 2 should be played on a Sunday

Finish at 4

Some clubs moved to a Friday because they wanted consistency. Some also feel they can sell more corporate hospitality on a Friday evening straight from work than they can on a Sunday afternoon. I'd love to see some proper figures to back that up though, compared to how many "normal" fans may be lost in the short and long term from not being able to go.

Going to be a watch on TV job I think, not going to lose much sleep about missing a trip to Wakefield!

Your possibly correct....not the same atmosphere though is it...

I've booked the afternoon off. It's one of those mad ones. Leave at 5 or 6 and you might/would hit bad traffic at M60 and Leeds. Leave at 4 and you might be there by 5.30. So, have to find a nice quiet pub somewhere for a non-alcoholic cocktail and something to eat.

No you are right, watching at home provides a much better atmosphere than at Wakefield.

It probably is since it is Wakefield...

I can't make this weekends game due to it being on a Saturday, so I've spent the £19 that I won't be spending on an East Stand ticket on adding Sky Sports to my Virgin Media for a month. As a result I get all the other games, including Wakey and the WCC, plus the footie for 'free'. After the month is up I can drop Sky Sports.

I can make arrangements for the odd Friday or Saturday game (such as Saints last week, or wigan in a few months), but otherwise I may well be picking up then dropping Sky Sports several times over the course of the season.

I personally cant wait for the mad dash from Stoke to Bank Quay (quick kiss on the way out for the woman in the shop) and then meeting my Dad at B&Q in Winwick who is going from work in Widnes straight to the match in Wakefield.

What are you doing in Stoke?