I went to the one in 2008 and loved it, May bank holiday, sun was shining and had a great weekend. Not been back since tho, was gonna go last year but hotel prices were stupid, add in cost of petrol and it gets very expensive, especially when it was early in Feb. I am happy in a sense it is in Manchester although Cardiff lends itself to the event much much better.

As for the fixtures, it is unfair but you are always going to get more interest and higher attendances with the Derby matches. It didnt affect the league last season and i doubt it will this time. If more emphasis was placed on who finished top then i think the fixtures would be changed (as they were for Murrayfield). Just hope we dont play Saints 65 times again this season1

I would imasgine like last year they will have 4 games on Sat and 3 on sunday so to maximise the attandance would think they will go for something like this.

SAT
Catalan Dragons v London Broncos
Huddersfield Giants v Salford City Reds
Hull FC v Hull KR
Warrington Wolves v Widnes Vikings

SUN
Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Wildcats
Bradford Bulls v Leeds Rhinos
St Helens v Wigan Warriors

Surprise, surprise, Whinos & W@nky Wire get easy fixtures again!

The Magic Weekend fixtures haven't been announced yet. No-one knows who plays who in those games. Those were just somebody's opinion of what will be picked. We may get a random draw again for the games.

Quote: wiganermike "The Magic Weekend fixtures haven't been announced yet. No-one knows who plays who in those games. Those were just somebody's opinion of what will be picked. We may get a random draw again for the games.'" Not true. The fixtures are published, but not on which day. www.superleague.co.uk/article/20 ... ures/24015

Quote: wiganermike "The Magic Weekend fixtures haven't been announced yet. No-one knows who plays who in those games. Those were just somebody's opinion of what will be picked. We may get a random draw again for the games.'" Not true. The fixtures are published, but not on which day. www.superleague.co.uk/article/20 ... ures/24015

The fixtures have been announced, its only the scheduling that hasnt been sorted, ie which days the games are on.

If the games are ranked in order of how big they are then you go with 1 being top ranked 7 being the worst

Start off with 2
then 6
then 5
4

sun
3
7
1

Has anyone got an idea when the tickets go on general sale for this and how much they're likely to be? I haven't got a season ticket so won't qualify for a discount. Cheers

What a f**king surprise!!!

Maybe a way of making it fairer and still offering derby matches

Have 2 matches as a given, FC v KR & London v Catalans

I'll use the 2011 finishing to illustrate my next point.

first 2 pools a West Pennines pool(including Hudds) and an East Pennine pool.

The team that finished top then plays the next team down the league that is in the same pool

Wire v Wigan
Saints v Hudds
Catalans v London
Leeds v Castleford
FC v KR
Bradford v Wakefield
Salford v Widnes

Its a joke when you consider there is nothing to do around the ground and its a good trek outside of the city centre, with poor transport links. Cardiff was great as the City Centre is on the doorstep of the ground and you can really make a weekend of it, rather than it being just ANOther game. At least if they'd had it at Old Trafford there are transport links to and from the ground and a number of pubs/restaurnats where fans could gather and make an atmosphere and weekend of it. Why do we always have to play St Helens? It's not really fair as we are just penalised year after year, while Warrington get an easy game. This extra game last Year (it could be argued) cost us the title!!!!!Would it not be a better idea for the RFL to move the Challenge Cup Final to say Old Trafford or Etihad to save the trip to Wembley and make the Magic Weekend.....well Magic again?

You mean the extra game you got 1 point in whereas we were beaten by Huddersfield.........yes i see your point.