It is compared to paying over the odds for hotel and still having to catch train/metro etc etc after driving the same amount of time

What would you consider Normal price and 'not over the odds'? Also surely the Train is much quicker than 6 hour coach journey.

Just got my tickets for Magic Weekend. Six games for just £20 if you are a season ticket holder and a tenner for concessions. Practically giving them away. Where else could you get such value?

Personally I'm happy it's Leeds. A clash of the two best supported teams in the league, if the game is as good as the last two at Citeh, then the other games are a bonus.

Can't wait.

Nice to hear somebody not bag the fixture list. I have no issue with any of them. The games on our day this year were all superb and here's hoping for more of the same next time.

If that Leeds game is anywhere near as good as this time we're in for a treat.

Small hotel booked in Whitley Bay Friday and Saturday nights. Metro station just down the road.

Friday and Friday night in Whitley Bay. Saturday and Saturday night in Newcastle.

Job done.

All I could remember from this years game was Gelling's try and the biff just before half time. The rest was just a big blur the morning after.

Whitley Bay is a s--t hole, think Morecambe but 10 times worse. Luckily Tynemouth is just 2 miles down the coast.

Jeeezzz you are havin' a laugh arn't you .


Its not as nice as that .

Regards , EW

booked two nights in westoe village near chichester metro stop, not sure what to expect

Train from Wigan is about 3 1/2hrs including changes (2 min) there and back so would be quicker on coach.

There are no hotels available in Newcastle centre when I checked so its a taxi drive to hotel at end of the night and considering not spending much time in the hotel makes it a costly trip, so I think the coach is the best option for me.

Quote: NickyKiss "Nice to hear somebody not bag the fixture list. I have no issue with any of them. The games on our day this year were all superb and here's hoping for more of the same next time. If that Leeds game is anywhere near as good as this time we're in for a treat.'" Thinking about the fixture list. We do seem hung up on the fairness of it all. In the NRL they play 24 games and in a 16 team league that means they play 9 teams twice and 6 teams just the once. Home advantage seems to count for little. Very few teams play at just the one home ground. I find this odd, but NZW play at about 4 different grounds. The Bulldogs play on the road quite a lot, even playing one home game in Perth. The ANZ stadium seems to be home ground to at least 3 teams. Heaven knows how they sell season passes. Also it's much harder to travel away. I don't expect many Gold Coast fans travel to Melbourne for example. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:NRL_Grounds

Quote: NickyKiss "Nice to hear somebody not bag the fixture list. I have no issue with any of them. The games on our day this year were all superb and here's hoping for more of the same next time. If that Leeds game is anywhere near as good as this time we're in for a treat.'" Thinking about the fixture list. We do seem hung up on the fairness of it all. In the NRL they play 24 games and in a 16 team league that means they play 9 teams twice and 6 teams just the once. Home advantage seems to count for little. Very few teams play at just the one home ground. I find this odd, but NZW play at about 4 different grounds. The Bulldogs play on the road quite a lot, even playing one home game in Perth. The ANZ stadium seems to be home ground to at least 3 teams. Heaven knows how they sell season passes. Also it's much harder to travel away. I don't expect many Gold Coast fans travel to Melbourne for example. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:NRL_Grounds

Yes, I know Tried to get in at the Grand in Tynemouth but was fully booked as were other guest houses there. So Whitley Bay it is.

Hotels in Newcastle suddenly become available if you are willing to stay 3 nights and pay £150 a night for a double . Heading the same way as Cardiff . A competition to see which hotel can rip the fans off the most . Saturday night in the Toon usually is quite expensive but they are having a laugh . Got 3 nights booked in a City Centre Hotel for £234 for a twin . Think i will change to travelling down Saturday morning and home Sunday PM . Been to every Magic Weekend but i think its getting close to its sell by date . Regards , EW www.trivago.co.uk/?aDateRange%5B ... map=false& Friday to Monday www.trivago.co.uk/?aDateRange%5B ... map=false& Saturday to Monday www.trivago.co.uk/?aDateRange%5B ... map=false& Saturday to Sunday

Hotels in Newcastle suddenly become available if you are willing to stay 3 nights and pay £150 a night for a double . Heading the same way as Cardiff . A competition to see which hotel can rip the fans off the most . Saturday night in the Toon usually is quite expensive but they are having a laugh . Got 3 nights booked in a City Centre Hotel for £234 for a twin . Think i will change to travelling down Saturday morning and home Sunday PM . Been to every Magic Weekend but i think its getting close to its sell by date . Regards , EW www.trivago.co.uk/?aDateRange%5B ... map=false& Friday to Monday www.trivago.co.uk/?aDateRange%5B ... map=false& Saturday to Monday www.trivago.co.uk/?aDateRange%5B ... map=false& Saturday to Sunday

I would prefer to see it turned into a 9s comp similar to the Auckland comp.
Play it over a bank holiday 3 days include more teams, you'd attract way more fans and neutrals.

I reckon SL teams would play their reserves if no league points were at stake. Also not sure fans would travel for what would surely be seen as a Mickey Mouse Cup. IMO they have the right idea putting league points on the line and pitching evenly matched teams against each other. The only issues I have with it are:

It makes the league uneven - why not pitch evenly matched teams against each other from the top and middle 8's after the split? That way it's fair and gets rid of the extra home/away fixture issue as well

Some years they have held the events at places where there is no regular professional rugby league to watch - 90 miles to Workington or 96 miles to Leeds if you are from Newcastle and decide you want to start watching Pro RL regularly. Same issue when they have held it in Cardiff and Edinburgh.

When it is in Manchester, why aren't they encouraging clubs to put offers on to encourage new fans to watch a regular season game the week after? I'd give a voucher to each fan who buys a full price weekend ticket entitling them to buy one get one free to their favoured team's next home fixture (or a tenner off the price, whichever). That way there is more of a link between the event and actually getting more fans in regularly