Wow, what an interesting, original thread.

Great concept-Love the weekend

Man the up.

What I was going to say, there just seems to be a cycle of threads being regurgitated at the moment discussing the same things.

1 - I defy most fans to sit and watch seven games back to back .... (albeit over 2 days, but you still get the idea)

2 - Given the parochial nature of the sport, most fans of teams hate the other teams playing and most of them don't want to sit around watching teams they hate for the sake of it.

3 - Despite the fact the games are being held 200+ miles away, they're still charging average ticket prices (let's assume you don't want to bother watching someone other than your own team)

4 - It is a miserable place to get to on public transport, especially from Yorkshire and the RFL soon cancelled the idea of the special train when they found the lines being dug up ... So, either go and stay (and be ripped off by hoteliers), spend 6 hours on a coach in each direction or drive and stay sober.

Just a few of the reasons why several long-standing RL fans and myself won't be going ...

You are complaining about the ticket price of £17.50 to watch 7 games, are you an idiot?

AdmiralHanson is famous for being a cheapskate.

Rugby League fans moan about union getting a bigger profile on TV and in the media in general yet when given the chance to show the world what rugby league is all about we get gripes about ticket prices (£17.50 ffs), travel and the like.

Union fans would sell out the Millennium Stadium for a concept like this and unless we start doing the same please try to hold back on the moaning about union getting more when their fans can be @rsed. Unless it is on their doorstep people simply cannot be bothered.

I bloody had to at Odsal today.

I'm sure Cardiff can't get that cold anyway!

The cold is nothing a few drinks can't sort out.

If you've got kids, wrap them up warm. For those that did Murrayfield you will know it was hardly tops off weather, far from at times.

At least with Millennium Magic you're out of the wind and rain if that is what is happening. Stadiums of this size could be chilly in Barbados. It's just the way it is.

As long as they are non alcoholic.

Alcohol actually aids in decreasing core body temperature.

It can lead to a coma and even death.

Thanks for that Doctor Nick.

As long as you're wrapped up warm and don't turn up in a string vest and hankie as a hat expecting to tan your knees you'll be ok I'd imagine.

Just a quick question PHIPPS, is your main aim on here to rubbish anything and everything to do with rugby league and the areas it is played?

Heres an even quicker answer.

No.

You could have fooled me.

A wind up merchant who gives not a lot more is how I see you.

How can you disagree with my comments on South Wales? They are merely my own observations. Find one of my comments about south wales that is totally incorrect (ok so maybe the bit about the Welsh sparkly cowboy hat factory going bust was a bit tongue in cheek) but you know what I mean.

No probs on the comments, perhaps you'd like to share where you originate from and then we can see whether your actually on the moral high ground or just out for the wind up.

That's my point Traffic.

I'd put money on him living somewhere which is far from the best in Britain but it is easy to have a dig when nobody knows where you are from.

PHIPPS, you had a pop and then another, and another so it's hardly a one off comment. You don't like South Wales. We get it. Other people have different opinions of Cardiff to yourself. Deal with it.

You seem to hate Cardiff yourself and put it down where you can which could put some off coming, yet you are coming yourself? Strange.

Embarrassing isn't it. It's even worse when you see supposed fans of the game talking about how the RFL are 'bloody idiots' and the concept is a 'disgrace', as I have seen. Makes me embarrassed to support RL to be honest, it's like flogging a dead horse at times. As I recall people were crying out for this to be a season opener and the return of derbies last year.

It's as if they used the fact it wasn't a season opener to justify not going and then when it was changed scrambled to find other excuses i.e travel, accommodation, weather, ingrowing toe nail etc etc

I take it you're doing both days headhunter? I'm not sure where in South Wales you're from but Scorpions first venture into Cardiff will be a decent night too.

Now lets be honest. I could live in the Playboy mansion and be directly employed by Hugh Hefner as the man responsible for oiling up the playmates and you and crucrucrucrucrucru would still find some way to criticise it.

Al I will tell you is that I used to live in Wales. I'm not Welsh. I do know the country very well however.



Actually I do like South Wales. Just not all of it.



I don't hate Cardiff either. Cardiff is great. However Cardiff City centre at the weekend on 'Rugby day' when Cardiff City have been playing is not a pleasant place to be.

You've said this before.

Try revealing where your from. I just have a feeling that it is somewhere that is cr@p.

Oh and it's just the 3 cru's. Easy mistake to put twice as many though.

I'll leave it to you to decide crucrucrucrucrucrucrucrucrucrucrucrucrucrucrucru.

Think of somewhere you really hate and imagine I'm from there. It will make you feel an awful lot better.

\its called the close season,,there aint much goin on at the mo....