Many times, never been impressed.

I work with people with learning disabilities that need just as much support on the weekends as on a weekday. Its hard for me to attend home games.

No one will stay over and make a weekend of it, and so why not have it in Manchester on Saturday for the Lancashire clubs and Catalan, and Elland Road on Sunday for the Yorkshire clubs and Quins.

Why do RFL always need to keep changing stuff - madness!!!

MM starts in Cardiff (great city - great venue anytime of year) - so then RFL move to Edinburgh (great city - poor venue in early May) - so back to Cardiff in Feb - fair enough and for all those bothered to go a great weekend away.

We are stupid if we think playing MW in Manchester or Leeds will do owt for the growth of the game

I live close to LUFC ground and can easily get to MCFC on train - but will be really disappointed as enjoy trips to Cardiff much more.

Took kids to Mancland last Mon and not a curry hole to be found anywhere in city centre - totally unacceptable venue if you ask me



What ambitions have RFL got planned next to spread the RL gospel - Challenge Cup Final in Leigh on a Wed night restricted to SL ST Holders only subject to proof of third generation support maybe

Read the article, this is nothing to do with the RFL. It's just a bunch of dinosaurs and insular heartland fans talking rubbish.

Really hope you are right - I was just waiting for Cardiff weekend to be confirmed date so same hotel could be booked again - great city - great venue - great weekend away

Quote ="Iain"Is about 3.5 million people enough? menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... r_tourism_'" And i'm sure they all had there own reasons to go, i have had reasons to visit Manchester before and i haven't enjoyed it, some people will have liked it but i doubt it would be in many peoples top 5 cities to visit in the uk. Whats more it hardly compares to the south of France where i will be going instead. I cant go to every showpiece event at the moment, i have to pick and choose and manchester has stopped men and my mates wanting to go to the magic weekend as we want to see cas play catalans away instead.

Quote ="Iain"Is about 3.5 million people enough? menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... r_tourism_'" And i'm sure they all had there own reasons to go, i have had reasons to visit Manchester before and i haven't enjoyed it, some people will have liked it but i doubt it would be in many peoples top 5 cities to visit in the uk. Whats more it hardly compares to the south of France where i will be going instead. I cant go to every showpiece event at the moment, i have to pick and choose and manchester has stopped men and my mates wanting to go to the magic weekend as we want to see cas play catalans away instead.

most ironic post of the topic by a mile ...... a curry mile

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''Taking off from Leeds internaional airstrip and touching down again in twenty minutes at Leeds international airstrip, cause if its outside yorkshire it aint bloody worth visiting''

should broaden your horizons ...my visits to Cattleford have left a lasting impression on me.

Who?

I'm not sure how from me saying i would visit wales or france but not want to visit manchester, you get the idea i dont want to go outside yorkshire?

Can see where you are coming from. The transport structure isn't up to much. Not a horse and cart to be found anywhere.

I'm sure they will one day advance to the point where they have horse and carts, maybe even electricity.

Same here. Took me weeks to wash it off.

Because let's be fair, Leeds should be able to sell out Elland Road on their own for a game against Bradford.

I'm hoping that this Magic Weekend is a success attendance wise, and we see it spread to more grounds than just one over two days, i.e. Etihad Stadium for Wigan vs Saints and Warrington vs Widnes, Elland Road for Leeds vs Bradford and Huddersfield vs Salford, Bramall Lane for Hull FC vs Hull KR and Castleford vs Wakefield, and Paris for Catalans vs London.

If Harlequins and Saracens can get huge crowds for one off games at Twickenham and Wembley, then these should all be possibilities.

Newcastle, Birmingham and Coventry would be my preferences. Newcastle is ripe for it- thousands of RL fans in colours wandering around Newcastle would probably pique people's curiosity, and the city is hardly likely to be full of top-class sporting events in summer. Hold it in mid summer at St. James Park/Mike Ashley's Sporting Jumble Sale@St.James Park Arena, and (as well as all the usual teams), encourage the locals into the game by sticking Gateshead v Workington or Whitehaven in there too. Local element plus inclusion for Cumbria. In time, Bristol City's new ground would be a good venue when it is built, again with Bristol Sonics as a curtain raiser versus another southern team. Any takers?

Newcastle, Birmingham and Coventry would be my preferences. Newcastle is ripe for it- thousands of RL fans in colours wandering around Newcastle would probably pique people's curiosity, and the city is hardly likely to be full of top-class sporting events in summer. Hold it in mid summer at St. James Park/Mike Ashley's Sporting Jumble Sale@St.James Park Arena, and (as well as all the usual teams), encourage the locals into the game by sticking Gateshead v Workington or Whitehaven in there too. Local element plus inclusion for Cumbria. In time, Bristol City's new ground would be a good venue when it is built, again with Bristol Sonics as a curtain raiser versus another southern team. Any takers?

Birmingham? Coventry? People are complaining about going to Manchester, why on earth would anyone want a weekend away in Birmingham or Coventry?

Some people on here are utterly bananas.

I've always thought it would be a good idea to take the Leeds-Bradford and possibly the Wakey-Cas derby to Elland Rd. You say Hudds-Salford at Elland Rd, but surely it'd make more sense to take Salford to City's stadium seen as they're the nearest SL club to it? I'd have thought Barca would be a better option for Catalans-London and Anfield/Goodison an option for matches involving Widnes/Warrington/Saints.

I've always thought a good idea would be to have a festival of RL in Sheffield. Magic weekend wouldn't just involve SL, it would involve all Championship clubs as well. Matches would take place on Friday evening, and all day Saturday, Sunday and (Bank Holiday) Monday. Bramall, Hillsborough, and the Don Valley could all be hired for matches, with a fan zone in the centre. Championship and SL matches would take place in the same stadium on same day and you'd try and relate the fixtures. So, you'd have, say, Dewsbury-Batley before Wakey-Cas. Fans can buy different tickets for different things; one day pass - one stadium, one day - pass all stadiums, All days - pass all stadiums.

I suppose you could grow this sort of idea in Manchester if you use CoMS, the Regional Athletics stadium next door (6.5k with room for temporary stands) and the 7K stadium City are planning on building in their new training complex across the road. Buy a day/weekend pass and it gives you acces to all stadiums. SL matches take place in CoMS, while Championship takes place in the other two. Have temporary bars onsite, outside the stadiums, so you move around and have the bar-experience. Also, if you don't want to watch a SL, you can always pop into one of the other stadiums and watch some Championship Rugby.

It's taken you over 18,000 posts to discover that?

RL fans will moan about anything mate, its been holding the game back for years.

Woosh

That was a joke mate, search for yorkshire airways on that well known video hosting site you'll see what I mean.....well you probably won't

As Manchester is the [url=http://gouk.about.com/od/getawaysandshorthops/ss/top20.htmthird most visited city in the UK[/url, I think you might be wrong on that.