Well I heard that it would be first game home the next three away last three home! where they got that from ? I didn't ask.

Given Halifax and Sheffield share their stadiums there might be some working around availability, but the most sensible arrangement would be as you've described...however we recently went nearly 2 months without a home fixture

There is the footy, that's true, though footy is pretty invariably on the Saturday so Sunday games [or even Friday shouldn't really be a problem. Not sure about the Sky games, though I did hear a rumour they are going to want Saturdays for the middle eights, so we'll have to wait and see what happens on that one.

Nothing would surprise me to be honest.

Sky have said the middle 8's on TV would be shown on Saturdays. Having said that it's unlikely that Halifax FC would have enough home matches for August/Sept to make alternate home/away fixture lists possible.

And if the first game is away, presumably it will be announced on the home club's website this evening?

Seems a bit odd. My guess is that it will be announced this evening that Bulls v Salford or Widnes will be the televised game that will launch the Middle 8s

Nah! We're 'under the radar', it'll be Leigh on Sky....

Wigan and Saints Thursday and Friday , then nip down the Lancs to the LSV for Leigh to take on Wakey on the Saturday , nailed on

Thread on Leigh board saying some fixtures have been leaked. We start with fax at home then Hull KR away. If those are the actual fixtures of course.

There have been so many guesses that one of them is bound to be correct!

If I'm honest, I can't imagine why everyone is sooo het up about hearing immediately. For sure, I want to know too, but it'll do tomorrow......

That would suit me fine #holidays

Exactly. And you would either have all the fixtures, or you wouldn't. I mean, if you had access to the fixtures, it's a sort of either you do got it, or you don't got it kinda piece of paper. So I call bullsh=#FFFFFF[size=5i[/sizeit

You would think that with 4 home fixtures the chances of being at home first week are high, and there are only 3 candidates so even a pick with a pin stands a 3/1 chance of being "correct". Hardly astronomical odds

Looks like Sheffield at home first up then Wakey away on Saturday 15th august. Great opportunity to start with two wins

Leigh have KR at home Widnes away first 2.

Toughest possible start for them IMO.

Wakey Away second game according to their twitter - on Saturday so will be on Sky.

We're not playing any SL sides. We're playing middle 8 sides.

And that's as close to optimism as I'm going to allow myself to get.

[uRound 1[/u

Bulls v Sheffield
Salford v Wakefield
Leigh v HKR
Halifax v Widnes

[uRound 2[/u

Wakefield v Bulls
Widnes v Leigh
HKR v Halifax
Sheffield v Salford?

I'm guessing that last round 2 fixture by process of elimination.

Is it only me that would have preferred Hull KR after their semi-final cup game?? Leigh have a great chance to take that one!

If Rovers get beaten by Warrington then they may take it out on Leigh. If Rovers beat Warrington, their minds might be elsewhere. I'd personally like Rovers to beat Wire and then for us to play them the week before the final, but we'll find out tomorrow.

Must admit I thought that too. That said as opening fixtures go I'd rather take ours as a pair than Leigh's for us. Could work for them though but might have knocked us for six

If the semi had been after the Leigh game it would have been a bonus for Leigh but after I can't see it much of a factor Hull KR know what's at stake.

Possibly but on the other side of the coin, if we get them last game Of the season, they may already be safe and don' have as much to play for.

Apparently that honour will go to us.

I don't think it can be dismissed that easily - a week after Hull KR's biggest and toughest game of the season that will have been taking up a lot of their mental capacity of late facing a team having had a week off. That's before factoring in the fact KR might win the semi and possibly put in an "after the lord mayor's show" performance. It, of course, might have no bearing - but I don't see how it can be dismissed out of hand.

Irrelevant now from our POV, but I'll bet that behind the scenes at Rovers they'll be annoyed they've been given Leigh first up given the timing of the semi. Of course no easy games at this time of year.