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Quote FredParky="FredParky"thats the 22nd April www.therfl.co.uk/clientdocs/The% ... xtures.pdf'" www.rugbyleagueontv.co.uk/ Says 22nd is NRC on here

Wouldn't you think that when there are two games in four days that the RFL would bring the French clubs over here for both of them. It would benefit their fans too. They could have a bit of a jolly up. Who do Widnes, Fax, Fetherstone and Barrow have over the Easter weekend?

believe what you will

Widnes and don't play on Good Friday, not sure on the rest of their fixtures though.

Another masterstroke from the RFL, last year we played Widnes away, Barrow at home and Toulouse away in the space of 9/10 days and this year we have Halifax away, Toulouse Away and Batley at home. Surely thats the thoughest Easter period over the two years?

I know it's hard for them to schedule fixtures around other things but why no traditional game with Widnes on Good Friday? Or even the Thursday?

barrow have haven away on good friday now thursday night as it on sky

widnes have no game on GF and play haven at home on EM

NRC 5th/6th June for quarter finals. 19th/20th for semi finals

That was my error, corrected it now.

40 odd years old, and still never learned not to trust a bl00dy pie eater

***cough cough***

With the greatest respect to whoever did the fixture list (and being totally ignorant to any other reasons why Widnes have no game on the busiest day fanwise in our RL season) wouldn't it have made good sense from a 'raise the leagues profile' , 'fan attendance' and 'financial sense' to have Widnes v Leigh on Good Friday and leave Toulouse with no Good Friday fixture.
I suppose it comes down to SKY wanting to show it later in the year and the RFL wanting to maximise support in France for the Good Friday fixture.
I knew that when I read that we had took more fans that most clubs to Toulouse would come back & bite us on the backside at some point



As Snowy rightly points out though, the fact we are discussing Championship fixtures (and not complaining about having to play London Skolars away Good Friday) is a [ihuge[/i bonus , Looking forward to it

Think it's as simple as our fixtures being a straight replacement for Gateshead's. If that's the price we have to pay for staying up, then so be it.

Do each club get a bye weekend ?
Surely would be better switching our weekend off to the Monday, and Batley playing the club that is off Monday at mo - if this makes sense.