not saying you did criticise (and no offence intended) but it was just a general point to everyone to give it a chance and see if it works,just backing up Jonny the leythers point.

regarding the season tickets etc - the last thing SKY is interested in is the humble fan - as I said earlier all SKY want to do is put bums on living room seats - seems good business to me as I am already looking forward to the monday night games being a predominantly armchair fan nowadays.

the MNRL won't make that much difference to the average fan,if any at all,t's similar to a friday night game for the travelling fan if it's an away fixture but shouldn't affect the vast majority of home fans although there will always be a few who will be inconvenienced

No, you were saying people were being hypocrites. Your second one wasn't implying that at all, and were genuine and justified reasons people were thinking.


Because you seem to complain about EVERYTHING that happens in the pro game. Expansion. Sponsorship. TV deals. Developments. There is nothing that makes you happy.

If you watch the amateur game, you can be happy that it's just to do with what happens on the field, just like RU pre-1995.

I'm certainly not complaining about this, I think its hilarious, I'll stop complaining about the RFLs dealings with the Championships when they start actually engaging their brains efore making the decisions

Personally I'd prefer Monday night games to Sunday games, hate Sunday games. Obviously this isn't the same for everyone though, but you can't please everyone.

Not just that but I'd be more likely to watch a neutral game on a Monday than over the weekend.

It's worth a try, if it gets sky to give RL and extra promotional push, it might be worth it in the long run. It can't hurt to try.

Monday night is a great night for SL teams and fans alike, plus it will accelerate the expansion of the game.

I.. really like the idea tbh

That'll be me getting no work done Friday and Monday afternoons now.



We used to have loads of mid week kick offs back when it was winter rugby. I don’t remember folk complaining and not showing up back then. In fact mid week night games used to be my favourite as a nipper. Always a great atmosphere.

Absolute disaster for me. I work 16 hours Monday and Tuesday. This will mean I miss out on even more rugby. I'm sick of paying for everyone elses sport with sky. If its extra to a Saturday game I don't mind but as a replacement no thank you.

Took a while to take off in Aus, but it's a massive game for Pay TV and 8 out of 10 times ends up being the game of the round.

Yeah the crowds suffer but sometimes the crowds surprise you too, I remember the roosters getting stuff all people to the games in the late 90's (as usual) and their monday night game had over 35,000 turn up against the out of town Broncos.

The TV ratings out here speak for themselves, for a while there, every Monday night footy match was a pay TV record, now I'm not saying RL can do that in England obviously with Soccer being king, but instead of 250,000 watching on a Friday or Saturday, you could be heading towards the 350 400 mark on a Monday.

If it takes off for sky, who's to say they won't give you 3 games a week on TV instead of 2?

Who's to say they won't pay millions more in the next TV deal to keep it, and if it is a raging success, who's to say a FTA station won't look at it like what's happening out here?

One other thing, Monday night footy out here looks where the teams are located, that's why we have never had a Warriors home game and Brisbane, NTH QLD very rarely get them.

Sky want maximum exposer and bang for their buck, they aren't going to do something like this with the thought of damaging the game on in the back of their mind.

Give it a chance, Mondays will never be the same again.

Fine by me, interested to see how it pans out.

Friday nights under lights used to feel a bit special when it was a once in a blue moon affair. It didn't matter that it was on TV because I'd go anyway just to watch RL under lights, which I've always loved and used to feel like more of an event than yer average Sunday afternoon game. Sorting out transport and getting out of work early to make the trip was worth it. I've long since stopped attending Friday night away games now that it's become almost a standard. I doubt I'm going to make the effort on Monday nights either.

There's a large TV sports audience on Monday nights though and I'm curious to see the effect on viewing figures.

It needs to be the game of the round ie Wigan v Saints, Hull v Hull KR, Leeds v Bradford, Cas v Wakey/Leeds, Wire v Wigan/Saints/Widnes/Leeds, Salford v London etc

If we pick the pants fixture all the new watchers will see us as a joke sport with no crowds in carp stadiums, get the big games on show and watch the sport take off.

Sounds fishy to me

its a great idea, more rl on tv is always something to be happy about

has to be worth a try ?

Now if Cas got a Monday fixture i would struggle to get there but it sounds ok to me,

RL on TV Mon/Wed/Fri leaving a pretty much full weekend to spend with the family/play sport/watch the team of your choice.

Cant see why it isnt worth a try in the wendyball off season.

Usually can Sky Sports after the NFL- not paying those prices for v+ed RL - im generally doing other things on a Friday and Saturday than staying in watching telly.

This might change that

I think that's the main appeal of it. I reckon I watched more midweek championship games than Saturday evening games that didn't include Wigan last season.

I don't remember all this moaning when the Championship clubs got lumbered with Thursday nights! But oh i forgot they don't count.

haven't had much moaning - most of the posts seem to be supportive

thursday nights count to most true RL fans

They dont to the clubs that lose money on them though

Lets see what Barton looks like with less than 3,000 people in it before making a judgement

true enough but will the new deal with Premier Sports be an improvement on the previous SKY deal for the clubs ?

as an armchair fan of uk RL I don't care if the game is watched by 3000 or 30000 speccies at the ground - I just want to watch a decent contest in the comfort of my living room - end of.

I was disappointed that ESPN didn't get the rights as they would have probably treated the sport (second most watched comp behind football) with the respect it deserves rather than just schedule filler.

Maybe this is the start of something changing for the better

There is no money from PS , there was no money from SKY , we dont yet know if we will retain the Co oP as a sponsor , their input was purely TV coverage based

appears to be another kick in the teeth for C/C1 RL then ?

who is responsable for negotiating these crap deals ?

don't tell me........

It's not about who is the negotiator , if we are worthless , then fine , accept that , we dont go on the box , but stop flogging a dying horse , giving the coverage for nothing

Let us concentrate on doing what the latest SL sponsor is telling us , that sport is for your local club

We need people through the turnstiles who will pay to follow our clubs for life , not our locals going to the pub , or sat at home effectively watching us for nothing