what a load of tosh edinburgh is not impressed one jot nothing for families whatsoever and i for one as pretty much everyone on our coach won't be going again. Anyone elses views??

Agree totally.


Didn't go to Edinburgh because I know from going to a Scotland v Wales match how poor the atmosphere was & what a nightmare the journey can be.

Can't say I will be all that bothered next year

I prefer the stadium in edinburgh to cardiff but overall i think cardiff is better as the ground is right next to the city so everything is more accessable

Thought the stadium was miles better than millenium, loads to do when got in there ( games for kids etc, plenty more choice in foods and drinks. Where else can u go and have a chicken jalfrezzi with nan bread while watching game.

Delhi?

I thought it was great, no problems whatsover, everybody really friendly with the odd expection from a certain team.

He took the banter a bit too seriously...

Stadium itself was very good, good food and liked how you could just walk around outside. However, i thought the area around the ground was crap not a patch on Cardiff, i also thought it was a lot harder to access than Cardiff. Cardiff was straight off the motorway onto a park and ride and your there, Murrayfield was much harder having to go through the city centre with a lack of signs for the ground, in fact i didnt see any. Overall i prefer Cardiff for the day away from rugby ie restaurants and bars, but i prefer Murrayfield when watching rugby, no roof (although maybe a bit of a bummer in bad weather) and being able to move around outside the stadium in between/ during games.

never been to edinbugh...been cardiff and thought it was great why they moved it to edinburgh was a puzzler...heard rumours it may be over in belfast next..why..get it back to cardiff....

I'm setting up a poll, but for me of the 2 Cardiff is a definite winner.

Murrayfield stadium was a great ground, but Cardiff was sooooo much better due to the ground being more central to the city centre. We stayed at Haymarket and had about a 20 minute walk to the ground, with very little on the way (pubs n food venues etc). Although the stuff set up within the ground was good

Once we left the ground and headed back the City is that vast that the atmosphere was lost, we went into pubs with no fans around....where did 60,000 people go.

The drive back today was horrendous, when we approached the Lakes we hit queing traffic and it remained bad until this side of Preston, due to roadworks and traffic leaving the Lakes after the Bank Holiday weekend.

Enjoyed the weekend but for me its Cardiff everytime.

Main problem there is that the stuff to do all relies on the weather being good, if the weather had been poor the whole event would have been a wash out.

Like a lot of fans we sat on the grass in the ground enjoying the sun but if its not decent weather that wouldn't have happened and there was very little else in the area to do.

And thats not to mention the state the pitch would have been in with a bit of rain.

And the public transport links - especially after the game - to and from the ground were very poor - why wasn't a shuttle service set up to get fans back to the city centre?


Cardiff wins hands down for me, an enjoyable weekend but the ground and facilities weren't a patch on Cardiff.

They have signed a 2 year deal with Murrayfield so whatever ideas you have it's back to bonnie scotland next year jimmies

Never been to a Magic weekend before. Can't say I was that enamoured by Murrayfield or the location. It was a little base for me outside the ground too, reminded me of a travelling fair.

The upside was getting 2 x free tickets to get in. Presumably the RFL directed steward mistook me for a local.

Seriously I didnt hear one Scottish accent inside and the taxi driver didnt know the event was even on. I'm not sure the RFL can call it a success.

Wire lost

and would you believe it the coach breaks


Did not get home until about 5.30



Edinburgh was awful
Me and a few others tried to watch the newcastle liverpool game in the pub and they kicked us out cos we did not have id with us. I am 18 but dont have id because i have just passed my driving test so im waiting for my licence which i use as id to come through. Around 5 pubs said the same thing even tho we were just sat there not drinking anyting! Plus took us ages to actually get to the ground no signs until about 10 yards from the ground!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GO BACK TO CARDIFF!

Once again poorly promoted by the RFL, some locals were asking if the event was a RU sevens tournament. Not a fly poster in sight. The RFL would learn something if they asked Les Cats what they do for promoting their games as Catalans had posters up advertising last years' play-off game against Wire miles away from Perpignan.

Mood nightclub where I was cutting some shapes.

Few in the Grassmarket, 3 sisters was quite lively. www.edinburghpubguide.co.uk/PubD ... he_90.html

Few in the Grassmarket, 3 sisters was quite lively. www.edinburghpubguide.co.uk/PubD ... he_90.html

Edinburgh for me, great stadium, good set up around the ground, and excellent city away from the rugby.

Keep it there, but hopefully well be on earlier in the day next year.

Just got back, great turn out again from the wire faithful...

I have now been to all 3 magic weekends and Edinburgh does not compare to the weekends we had in Cardiff. Two main reasons, 1. The stadium was to far away from the city centre - Once you had made the decision to go to the stadium, you could not just pop back out of the stadium and go back into the city centre like in Cardiff (it was too far away) and there was nothing based around the stadium that would warrant having some time out during games. Due to this there was no atmospehere in the city centre like there was in Cardiff. 2. You cannot take children into the pubs (even if you are eating) - I'm not sure if this is law in Scotland, this is a family event and hence not being able to eat in pubs with your kids is an issue, so it was proper restaurants, Macs, KFC or BK! We couldnt even watch any of the other rugby or footie games on sky during the weekend as the kids weren't allowed in.

So YES its CARDIFF for me and the rest of my family!

Cardiff by a county mile... The weekend in Edinburgh was a complete flop.

Atmosphere:
In-stadium atmosphere better in Cardiff (perhaps due to roof?)
Around ground atmosphere better in Cardiff
Pubs/Socializing better in Cardiff.

Cost:
Hotels more expensive than Cardiff
Pubs more expensive than Cardiff
Food more expensive than Cardiff

Locals had no idea Murrayfield Magic was on. Our hotelier, bus driver, taxi driver and some locals I talked to had no idea what was happening.

Pubs were reluctant to let fans in wearing colours. On Rose Street four pubs refused entry to fans in replica kits.

City itself was one big building site.

Just thank the lord it didn't rain... It would have been a disaster!

I, for one, will not be returning next year.

Resut aside(journey backs always longer after defeat), Cardiff gets the nod.

No problem with the locals in either place, both as friendly as each other, and both stadiums were great.
Cardiff wins it for me due to closeness of stadium to city centre.Edinburgh also seemed drab, but maybe i'm uncultured!Beware if we go to Dublin, Lansdowne is a long way out.

Remind me next time to buy the cheaper tickets as you could sit where you liked(it was a bargain anyway, so no real complaints there).

2 completely different weekends, and we loved them both.

Oh, and the wire turnout was huge again.

Cardiff for me.

It's more of a central location, better atmosphere and it's a little cheaper (food and drink) although the activities around the stadium at Edinburgh were very good indeed.

Wherever we go in the future Cheggers needs to be banned from attending.

what about a new poll
What NEW venue would you like to see the weekend at

Here's some ideas

The Emirates:- The London game needs help what better than all the teams playing in the capital.
The press are more likely to help out when it's on their door.

The Millennium Stadium :-
South of France, helps promote the french game and great for a nice weekend away and it's nice and hot.

What you think? anymore ideas ?

Problem is Murryfield were ready for us Edinburgh wasnt, the marathon was the priority.

As mentioned by many no one knew about it at all , Edinburgh I am afraid can absorb 60,000 fans in a day let alone over a weekend.

I had a feeling it would be like this as I worked in Edinburgh for 2 years and know what it is like , if you know the city no better place to enjoy yourself for the weekend ,

however with kids in tow it is a struggle unlike a smaller city where the event would take over the place for the weekend.

RFL for me screwed up big style here with very little promotion locally.

The manager of the program selling team told me they are 20% down from Cardiff on numbers , the match program i will get to later !!!!!!

To ensure a future for such an event is find a smaller city