I like the idea of having a round of games outside the parameters; it was a fantastic idea and grew to a good stage in Cardiff until the RFL pulled out.

Edinburgh on the contrary has been perplexingly bad for RL. Poor attendances, poor rugby in some games and just a general distaste for going to Scotland. If the Magic weekend stays then its all well and good but please to god not in Scotland!!

Take it to Paris? Dublin? Barcelona?

Take it to Paris? Dublin? Barcelona?'"

scrap it for me, give players a week off after easter

If it was scrapped then we would only have to play one game over Easter as we'd be a fixture down.

can play 2 like we always have done or play 1 over easter. Either was magic weekend is daft and doesnt work

Can someone explain what on earth this comment means, coz it doesn't work for me

it makes sense if you read the comment above

I did, and it doesn't, but thanks for the effort

"Either was magic weekend is daft and doesnt work"

must be youth speak

aahhhh,

put my full stop in the wrong place sorry there. Meant either 2 over eater or spread out and scrap the weekend. The magic weekedn was ok in the first year but since had died down due to the lack of the novelty.

Wish it was "youth speak" as I dont think im "down" with the young uns

EDIT - was early so have an excuse

The attendance was better than I expected.

I think we have a unique event for our sport but it does need tweaking.

Personally I have championed the idea of having it as the venue for last 16 of the challenge cup but setting that aside if it is an extra fixture the RFL need to come up with something different.

Perhaps instead of the derbies we should instead introduce an element of the club call concept. Starting with the bottom club they pick who they want to play until all teams are allocated a fixture. You could even draw it on the same day as the club call as the SL placings would be known.

Perhaps 3 points for a win could be introduced.

Whatever they come up with I would like them to stage a magic weekend in the heartlands next time and see if it is a goer as a concept.

Build the attendance, cheaper for the fans and give the fans and games a better atmosphere.

city of manchester stadium or Elland road would be ideal.

One other thought instead of having 4 on one day and 3 on the other why not have a nl1 rep team v nL2 rep team game as well.

thing is would you spend the weekend in Leeds or Manchester? When your team plays you would go home thus leaving potentially 2-3k crowds for some games.

I'd go with that.Also,while we're at it,get rid of the crazy "pick your opponents" play-off option.
As for using it for the Challenge Cup quarter-finals,leave the Challenge Cup alone please.

Enough of the RFL's crazy gimmicks.

We've got a reporter from Hull slamming the idea in Scotland, the overall figure was down 7000 on last years weekend, but 10000 down on cardiff weekend; yet the RFL claim it a success?
I went last year and it was "ok" at best. And wouldnt waste my money this time round. Derbys in Cardiff i thought were great.

We enjoyed it. We met up with a few nice people, had some good food, and a few beers. It's good to meet up with fans from other clubs and talk about "the game" in general.
The beer is expensive inside the stadium, but you can get a pass out and go into the Murrayfied Ice rink bar which is outside the gates on the North West corner, less than a minute from the Stadium.
Tickets were cheap especially if you are a season ticket holder.

As Div says above, it was cold, but that could happen anywhere, and maybe the last weekend in May would be a better option, although that is normally the play off football weekend.

What I find really funny is that the people who complain most are the ones that didn't attend.

What a weird question. We don't need rugby league. It exists because we want to spend our leisure time doing something enjoyable, that's players and fans. Exactly the same reason the magic weekend exists.

not weird at all as its a new concept which isnt working so the question of do we need it is a very fair question.

Derby games, first weekend of the season, at Cardiff and keep all the regular fixtures? Three games on Sunday, last one kicking off at 4pm.

I also think the World Club Challenge should be at the end of the season when both clubs still have the players that won their respective leagues. So, if I think that, then I must be mad so please ignore this post about the Magic Weekend.

Saints got to play HKR and got 2 easy points so what are you complaining about?

That was posted before the game and everyone expected Hull KR to play better than that, as we often struggle when playing Hull KR, they are arguably our bogey team. On paper, Hull KR is a much tougher prospect than playing Salford.

Or why not play one game at home, then the next away, then home, then away and so on and the team who wins the league are the English champions and not adding all these gimmics to fleece more money of the fans....

I think we should wait to anounce the games till we see the league table the week before MM. Then 1st v 2nd and 3rd v 4th etc. all the way down.

That way you are playing for two points and the possiblity of moving up the league. It'll make the games more interesting and add a bit of excitment.

I know let's penalise 'em for improving.

Or, lets punish them for mediocre last season?

This gives them an easy 2 points this season, compared to other top teams, due to them playing rubbish [ilast[/i season, that doesn't make sense.

Lets face it, there is never going to be a solution to this fixture, there will always be an unbalance some where.

The RFL need to assess what they are doing, promoting Superleague or promoting Rugby League. We will probably getting more empty seats next year.................maybe they should look at a tournament like a super 10's or something.

If we'd scrapped it I'd rather we jibbed off the SL fixtures when the mid-season international against France is being played. It's unfair to ask players to back-up with a Super League game a couple of days after representing yourcountry, especially seeing as some teams will have more players in the England squad than others