I loved everything about Cardiff. I love Edinburgh as well, but I absolutely hate Murrayfield (not because we have beaten Saints twice there..) but because it's always bloody freezing and once you're in, you're in.

The Millennium Stadium was absolutely perfect for the occasion the RFL wanted; Murrayfield isn't.

From the article linked at the top of the thread "A couple of clubs have clocked up ticket sales of, er, nought. "

Dave

Why do we need to drop the 27th game to have a proper trophy with substantial prize money?

Personally I wouldn't even give the hubcap as we have the play-offs to determine who our champion team is. It was only introduced in the first place to stop Bradford whinging.

Well with the game only being less than 2 weeks away.

Just wondering where everyone is staying and where they are meeting up before the game?

Never a truer word spoken.

In my opinion, if you have the playoffs to determine the champions you can't possibly have ANY reward for the 1st placed finish.

*But there is, Highest placed winner in week one have the right to choose their opponent from the two winners in week 2.

not going up this year.will be sat in front of telly, catagory z you see

I remember Bradford whinging when coached by Peter Fox they wanted a play off because they finished on the same points as Wigan but lost the championship on points difference.

So if they whinged they wanted a prize for first place there is some irony there for those who know their RL history.

I always thought the prize for first placed was dropped so as not to detract from the then new playoffs because the RFL knew if there was a prize for finishing top it would be harder to hoodwink people into thinking a few knock out games was the right way to determine who was the best team in the league. There could only be one prize.

If the 27th game is dropped (which IMO it should be in favour of a mid season international v France) then you would get loads of debate as to which team was better, the team finishing top or the GF winners and I don't see any problem in such debates. It's all part of the fun.

Given the latest play off format gives even less advantage to the top two sides and a side can win the GF without beating all others who finished above it (as is needed in a top 5 system) I don't think it would take much to see this devalued version of the play offs supplanted in the majority of supporters minds by the league as the true indicator of which side is better if the league went to 26 games.

Dave

Not going this year.

I'm staying at a Travel Lodge in Livingstone and then getting a bus into Edinburgh.
Did the same thing last year.

10 of us stopping at Morton Hall caravan & camping site just a short bus ride from the city centre. £6 a night, bargain!!

Giving it a miss also, hope that it returns to Cardiff or another more modern Stadium, if you like a drink Murrayfield is a pain in the backside, a real hike to the bars.

It needs to go to a modern facility before I attend again.

Me and t'old man are staying at a brand new travelodge, Edinburgh Cameron toll. Cant wait, its a good lash up if nowt else

I'll be there with 2 others, but we're just going to drive there and back on the day

I agree, But I just snuck in a bottle of Whiskey in a pop bottle last time I went, which went down a treat.