hopefully this is confirmed alot better then taking it to south wales and scotland, great stadium, right size capacity that will look good on tv, played in a big city where media attention could be really good, played in early june so hopefully he weather is good great news for me. in the coming years id also like to see it been taken to places like sheffield and liverpool ect the big cites up here in north

Never been to any of the previous Magic weekends because of costs etc. Seeing as this is so close to home it would be rude not to give it a try. Will only be going on the day Wigan play though.

"Well" I have been to MM in SCOTLAND!!!!!! it was not all i expected, and i was disapointed. People say about traveling 20 mins watching their said team and returning home again. And thats fine. But will you then bring with you the kids, your nan, your mam, and maybe your wife???. Yeah it,s about money, time and having holidays to take (if you work) so do you make it YOUR weekend, or a FAMILY weekend ???? I say "Family" myself. I have yet to go to any Match where one of us in the house did not take a family member or friend with us. Bottoms in seats, means £££££,s on the Gate. And if we are gonna keep it northen, Then whats wrong with going to cumbria ???? they all talk normal, the beer`s cheap, and some of the most hospitable people you will ever met live there. Oh yeah and the mountains "Upps" soz fells are beautiful. And the RFL are now wanting to throw money there. (18 youngsters have signed for SL clubs (scholarships/full time contracts) from cumbria in the last 2 years ) what does that say for a small place wid a big heart xx

What stadium in Cumbria would you play it in?

Thats not Cumbria then though is it?

It's only 200 miles away. Stop splitting hairs

I like the idea of a big event like the magic weekend but it doesn't seem very constructive to unbalance the league structure to broadcast our game with half empty stadia. Not enough people want to watch 3 or 4 games in a day which would keep the stadium full. Small stadiums don't work with the current ticketing system. It's more productive to use this as an international fixture. England vs Exiles is great, but if you push 7 or 8 games down peoples throats over 2 days the boredom factor kicks in. Anything becomes boring if you watch enough of it, no matter how good it is. This makes it impossible to present the games in front of full houses. If this 2 day festival must contnue why not have international fixtures featuring the home nations and others with England v Exiles headlining one day and the world club challenge headlining the other. I realise the world club challenge would dilute the england team by 1 or 2 players but it's a time for trying new players anyway.