who do we have?

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... Wakefield/ Wakey at home, then Hull FC away according to the T&A

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... Wakefield/ Wakey at home, then Hull FC away according to the T&A

Opening round:

Bradford v Wakefield
Leeds v Hull FC
Hull KR v Catalans
Warrington v Castleford
St Helens v Huddersfield
Salford v Wigan
London v Widnes

I think you have got your list wrong it's Castleford versus Leeds in the first round

2nd

If these fixtures are going to count towards league standings then they should be based on exactly that - the league standings. Having 1st v 2nd, 3rd v 4th etc would make for close games that actually meant something right across the board of fixtures.
Basing the games on 'derbies' doesn't work because not every team has a derby fixture in the true sense. In my opinion there are really only 4 true derbies in our league and the rest just end up playing who is left.
Having wigan playing saints and wire playing widnes is nothing short of an absolute farce.

"Super League Round One (1-3 Feb): Leeds v Hull, Bradford v Wakefield, Warrington v Castleford, St Helens v Huddersfield, London Broncos v Widnes, Hull KR v Catalan Dragons, Salford v Wigan.

Super League Round Two (8-10 Feb): Wigan v Warrington, Widnes v St Helens, Castleford v Leeds, Wakefield v Hull KR, Huddersfield v London Broncos, Catalan Dragons v Salford, Hull v Bradford."

From Wigan forum.

Also Hull FC forum says their first fixture is Leeds away.

The list in the T&A are not in any particular order. First game could be either Wakey at home or Hull FC away.

My guess would be:

Round 1
Bradford Bulls v Wakefield Wildcats
Hull KR v Catalan Dragons
Salford City Reds v Wigan Warriors
Warrington Wolves v Castleford Tigers
Leeds Rhinos v Hull FC (Sky Opening Game)
Huddersfield Giants v London Broncos
Widnes Vikings v St Helens

Round 2
Wakefield Wildcats v Hull KR
Catalan Dragons v Salford City Reds
Wigan Warriors v Warrington Wolves (Sky)
Castleford Tigers v Leeds Rhinos
Hull FC v Bradford Bulls
London Broncos v Widnes Vikings
St Helens v Huddersfield Giants (Sky)

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... -1-5139197

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... -1-5139197

Huddersfield at MM for Bradford.

Wonder where you heard that

How do you know we have Hudds at MM??

And 5 and a half hours to go until we know the fixtures

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... _fixtures/ 3 out of first 4 games at Odsal = good from a playing pov 3 home games at Odsal in Feb = not so good from a money pov? Calalans away in March again

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... _fixtures/ 3 out of first 4 games at Odsal = good from a playing pov 3 home games at Odsal in Feb = not so good from a money pov? Calalans away in March again

It appears that we are not playing Warrington at the HJ this season.

Well done the RFL.

Yes we are April 28th. T&a cockup.

So no Summer visit to Catalan. Again? And at a time even before most of the flights are running. Great. Again.

How come we have the Giants at MM? How has that been worked out?

MM does seem more balanced now to be fair:
Round 16 (Magic Weekend)
Saturday May 25
Salford City Reds v Widnes Vikings (12:00pm SKY)
Bradford Bulls v Huddersfield Giants (2:15pm SKY)
Hull FC v Hull KR (4:30pm SKY)
St Helens v Warrington Wolves (6:45pm SKY)
Sunday May 26
Catalan Dragons v London Broncos (3:00pm SKY)
Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (5:15pm SKY)
Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors (7:30pm SKY)

Huddersfield at MM works for me - a nice grudge match for us, and seems more winnable than another game against Leeds.

In fact, it looks like a decent set of fixtures all round. At this stage it looks like I'll be able to make all 13 home games next season

Was thinking the same about magic w/e alot more balanced, apart from catalan v london.

Also looks possible that leeds may lose the first game of the season and also at magic, dont think that has ever happened has it?

Yeah, yet [ianother[/i trip in March - to quote Ian Fleming, "once is happenstance, twice is coincidence and three times is enemy action", well this must be the fifth time we've had March or early April, so I guess someone, somewhere doesn't like us!!

seems to be a lot of double fixtures for some reason, giving a lop sided effect. I know we all end up playing the same amount but we have consecutive home or away games 4 times over the season, and if you count the magic weekend as an away fixture we have 4 of those on the trot across the end of may/early june

It surely cant harm the team to not be playing Catalan at the height of summer when temperatures can be incredibly high. I can understand fans want a bit of a jolly but Spring in the South of France might be gorgeous.

Hudds website says that our MM fixture has changed to the Sun @ 17:15 ?? Seems strange that fixtures would get changed about less than 12 hours after release !!?! Anyone any wiser ?

Quote ="staffbull1973"Hudds website says that our MM fixture has changed to the Sun @ 17:15 ?? Seems strange that fixtures would get changed about less than 12 hours after release !!?! Anyone any wiser ?'" Its changed on the RFL website fixture list as well. This has been altered since 10am this morning when I first checked. Round 16 (Magic Weekend) Saturday May 25 Catalans Dragons v London Broncos 12pm - SKY Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Wildcats 2.15pm - SKY Hull FC v Hull Kingston Rovers 4.30pm - SKY St Helens v Warrington Wolves 6.45pm - SKY Sunday May 26 Salford City Reds v Widnes Vikings 3pm - SKY Bradford Bulls v Huddersfield Giants 5.15pm - SKY Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors 7.30pm - SKY www.therfl.co.uk//~rflmedia/docs ... xtures.pdf

Quote ="staffbull1973"Hudds website says that our MM fixture has changed to the Sun @ 17:15 ?? Seems strange that fixtures would get changed about less than 12 hours after release !!?! Anyone any wiser ?'" Its changed on the RFL website fixture list as well. This has been altered since 10am this morning when I first checked. Round 16 (Magic Weekend) Saturday May 25 Catalans Dragons v London Broncos 12pm - SKY Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Wildcats 2.15pm - SKY Hull FC v Hull Kingston Rovers 4.30pm - SKY St Helens v Warrington Wolves 6.45pm - SKY Sunday May 26 Salford City Reds v Widnes Vikings 3pm - SKY Bradford Bulls v Huddersfield Giants 5.15pm - SKY Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors 7.30pm - SKY www.therfl.co.uk//~rflmedia/docs ... xtures.pdf

I know we have the World Cup to accomodate in 2013, but in what is suposed to be the era of "summer rugby" still not sure why we have 4 games in February. If we have a sticky start to the season and the weather is bad - while I am sure the hard core will still turn up - it will be harder to keep the "floating voters" in the fold. For families with younger children I doubt February on the terrace at Odsal would be appealing.