how can you expect fans say travel to say Hull/Hull KR away and the same for Hull fans to travel to st helens etc on a monday night with the kids in school next day, london away would be totally out of the question. Its ok say if you have not got young children and don't work, but thought that's what rugby league is about a sport where all the family can go

Spot on but then dont you think thats what Sky would want? Get the fans staying at home in front of the box and paying for Sky rather than travelling for games and sitting in the cold with the kids especially on school days! I am not a fan of this idea but i can understand Sky playing the hole in the market when football ends for the season!

How do you think that Championship fans have felt for the past few years playing on Thursdays?
I have decided not to bother with Sky this year and will just be attending live games.

The Premiership didn't have an issue with it, and it has been a massive success for them. Sky know that compared to almost any other sport we get excellent viewing numbers and it is no surprise that they would give us pride of place in the same slot. We should view it as both a compliment and an opportunity. I do.

It's a crap time to play. Fridays are bad enough. I will be in the massed ranks of season ticket holders unable to attend.

Crowds will be down I'm sure, but this should be reflected in the Sky deal.

Whilst I agree in principle that it aint the best idea in the world, i doubt sky would move say an hull kr v london game to a monday night at an hinderance to travelling fans. To get a decent viewer percentage I would hazard a guess that 'the game of the round' will be moved to the monday night, which unfortunately is likely to involve one of wigan, leeds etc etc, all within reasonable travelling distance

I think it is a great idea. It gives me more options on the weekend when I'm more likely to be off doing other things, and fills the void of Monday night.

IMO this is good for spreading the game outside the heartlands. Those whinging about not being able to get to games can stay home and watch on Sky. It won't affect many games - I really don't understand the fuss being made.

It's pretty poor imo, even worse it's in [iaddition[/i to the Friday TV games which will remain. All Sky RL is going to be on worknights and nothing on the weekend. For anyone who has to work late it makes the season ticket less worthwhile and it hasn't gone unnoticed that they've allowed clubs to sell tickets before announcing it.

Before SL, Wednesday night games used to be quite common & well attended. Not that many of you used to attend pre-SL

Yes, it's not like there aren't people who work on Friday nights, or weekends, is it?

Listen, no kick-off time will ever suit everybody, self included, but really you should look at the bigger picture. The season ticket point is with respect just silly. How many games is any one club going to face on a Monday night? 1? 2? I don't know of that many people who work weekday nights, who (with varying amounts of notice, could not either take a few hours off, or else re-arrange their shift if they wanted to go.

And yes there will always be some who can't do anything about it but as I say that is so for ANY kickoff time, and no disrespect but I think to advance a conspiracy theory that Sky delayed any announcement about Mondays to prevent a loss of the odd season ticket sale is frankly nuts.

There was rugby League played before 1995??? Don't be so daft.

What's your agenda anteater? Sounds to me like Sky or the RFL or most probably both have bought you out, to propagandise for them on rlfans. Sickening.

Everyone knows this is the biggest disgrace since the 2003 cup final refereeing sham.

Everything these days is a joke & a disgrace. The OTT nature of responses to everything annoys me as much as the recent trend to park on pavements. I largely blame (for the former) 24 hour news channels & tabloids who sensationalise anything to get viewers.

Who grassed me up? OK I'll spill the beans. Yes, Nigel Wood took me to Monaco, where I opened up my Aardvark66 account with a paltry £17m - no more than honest pay for honest work - and as for Sky, they said I could have £4.99 off my subscription for 3 months if i would do it

I don't mind Monday night games

Gives me a good excuse to sleep in lessons the next day

RESULT !

There's a huge TV market for sports on Monday nights and it's being handed to us on a plate. In many countries and leagues it's the biggest game in terms of TV audience wherever it's done. I think it's great, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it pans out for RL.

The big issue for me with weekday evening games is being able to get to away games because getting away from work can be a pain sometimes, even with advance notice. Once upon a time it was a really exciting thing to see RL played under lights. It still is to be honest, night games still add to the atmosphere for me but now that it seems like every away game that constitutes a big game is played on Friday nights whether it's a TV game or not and getting there became less essential. I doubt I'm going to make much effort that way on Mondays either.

Fully support the move though.

Why are we obsessed with change just for the sake of it.
If it's not broken then don't fix it!
The modern world stinks.

Fixtures [url=http://www.code13rugbyleague.com/2012/02/06/monday-super-league-fixtures-confirmedhere[/url

So we play Cas on Monday June 4th and Saints on Friday June 8th.

Genius. I'm sure the club are overjoyed at another fixture pile up like Easter.

Hopefully Saints will be good enough to switch the date of the Friday game otherwise we'll be walking wounded going into the toughest away game of the season, but why should they?

Well done RFL.

I think I'm right in saying that the June 4th game always was going to be on that day - its a Bank holiday this year I believe

So this isn't anything to do with 'Monday Night Rugby'

Aye Spring Bank Holiday. But surely the club wouldn't have done this knowing they have a fixture on Friday night? Makes more sense to play it Sunday. Hopefully we can get the Sky game changed to another fixture and not have players backing up within 4 days?

Saints away with a side that's barely recovered doesn't bear thinking about.

weren't we given assurances that we wouldn't play the Monday and then the following Friday?

Why are RL fans seemingly incapable of travelling short distances for midweek games, but this is never a problem for football fans?

Minor point I know but Fri/Sat/Sun games are fine for the medical staff as shifts can be swapped if your club Dr is a hosp doc in his day job. If he is a GP then his day usually finishes at 18.30 on a Monday (or later if Monday is the extended hours night). As clubs usually want their medical staff present about 90mins before kickoff then that could cause a couple of problems requiring some forward planning.