Sound logic

Hull FC in Scotland-one of many underwhelming games for us to sit in the cold and watch!!

Speaking about the process to select when to hold home matches, Harlequins Rugby League General Manager, Paul Blanchard, explained:

“The process is much more complicated than most people realise. We have looked at a balance of 3pm Saturday and 2pm Sunday kick offs with a game on Easter Monday and the experiment of a Friday evening fixture in the summer. We have worked closely with the RFL to produce the most effective series of fixtures for us that balance the needs of existing supporters and the community game whilst accommodating the practicalities of sharing a stadium and avoiding clashes with events at Twickenham and other major London sporting events where we can.

“The schedule also takes into account the travel needs of the team, trying wherever possible to give them as much recuperation and preparation time between fixtures

2pm kick offs are a joke, hate them.

Why-Does it mean getting up early

1 less hour in the pub. Plus it can take bloody ages to get there if the engineering works are bad.

Which statements below are true and which statements are false?

We don't get the attendances we would like to our games because The product isn't good enough
[B] The match day facilities aren't good enough
[C] The kick off time is 3pm, not 2pm on a Sunday
[D] The club don't market themselves well enough

Moving away from traditional times without good reason has traditionally not worked. I'm sure Bradford or Huddersfield (or maybe both) had Sunday evening games once. I don't think our 2pm on a Sunday date it going to appeal any more or less.

Extremely is the answer.

We have many clubs sharing grounds so they have to be flexible, it is normally a rule that the team at the business end of their season gets first dibs on the use of the stadium.

Also derby games are set in stone as to when they are, add in to that mix that clubs can ask (as we did not long ago) to have a plum fixture to kick off the season.

Other stuff that gets mapped in are Soccer games (remember next year is world cup year), any big gigs booked or about to be announced, big RU games and all the other stuff that can needlessly reduce a crowd.

Anything announced after the fixtures go live can't be helped though.

One hour longer in the pub afterwards. Plus more time to get home if the engineering works are bad.

I've never had any issues getting home but I've nearly missed kick off on several occasions because of an unpredictable succession of cockups. Thanks for trying to put it in a positive light for me though

My thoughts on this topic are well known I expect, stupid idea putting games on a Sunday and as people have mentioned, even more stupid that we cannot get any consistency going. I doubt I will bother with some of the Sunday matches, especially if we are playing as badly as we were last season. Maybe if McDermott gets the sack I will be more inclined to watch.

It seems as if hell will have to freeze over before this ever happens

Wouldn't global warming trigger an ice age causing hell to freeze over?

You profile picture must be a Photoshop/ancient relic.

The wind blew and changed the 0 to a 9

Blew the other 0 of the end of the 10