firstly, i'm sure there will be plenty of pubs around Cardiff that will be happy to accomodate a few hundred people that want to watch the RL, regardless of what else is on the telly.

secondly, i've never understood why anyone would want to travel all the way to Cardiff / Edinburgh to watch games on the TV in a pub, when they have a ticket to watch the game 'live'.

I certainly echo these sentiments.

That was like a mid summers day.. if the weathers like that we'l be in our skimpies.

I really dont know what to think of this idea, im leaning towards the opinion that its a bad one.

Ill be there whatever the weather it may be feb but its the start of SL so fans by then mite need thier fix of SL live.

The part of this whole announcement that I cannot make sense of is the RFL saying they have listened to fans and that this is what the majority want.



I can't think of anyone wanting to choose a weekend in the middle of winter that hasn't a Bank Holiday Monday to make it more of an event.I could have understood moving it to Whitsun but not February.

It's pure madness and in lean financial times for most families I can't see even half the crowd we had this year bothering to travel.

Not sure standing outside a Cardiff pub in Feb will feel the same as in May but nevermind

Hotels for Saturday already crazy, will pay for w/end for Catalans away. Not sure about this and the weather in Feb.

so long as the ale is flowing it will be reet eh mate !!!! Bring it on ,

Well given that I live in Cardiff, I think I should be able to make it there for all the games.

Well yeah

I like the concept of the 'magic' weekend but have never liked the idea of an extra round of SL matches. If it were my choice i'd play the 4 quarter final games of the challenge cup over 2 days.

this is an idea I have suggested to the RL and never got a reply. Then again I wasn't the only one ignored.
It will never happen anyway give that Sky don't even mention the Challenge Cup any more.

i agree with what you say. may be feb and the home of a couple of pastings...but still should be there for the Wigan game, will most likely be a day trip for us though

3 nights 4 days 120.00 pp return coach travel holiday inn room only and transfers to game

For God's sake, all you people seem to do is moan. No matter what the RFL does, you moan.

I think it's a top idea. If this is promoted right, we have the change to kick our season off in a blaze of publicity, at a celebration of our game. Start and end the season with a big event.

The roof will be closed, so the pitch will be spot on, and given that fans have been starved of RL over the winter, there - in theory at least - stands a chance that he crowd will be decent.

Plus, everyone moaned when it was taken away from Cardiff, and now we have Cardiff back - so what's the problem?

Snow?
Rain?
Terribly cold temperatures?

call us moaning, but we're all entitled to 'moan' at the fact that we'd of prefered it to have been at a time of year that there was at least a CHANCE of our tadgers not falling off in the cold!

You will be in a stadium with a CLOSED ROOF!

When you're not in the stadium with a CLOSED ROOF, you will be in one of the plethora of PUBS next to the ground. When you're en route from one to the other, you can wear a JACKET.

FFS - people will moan at anything.

We live in England. It's cold here. Even in August it's done nothing but p155 down.

i've been to the MS in Cardiff in late Feb with the roof CLOSED and it was FREEZING!
They HAVE to have the AC on when the ROOF is CLOSED!!!!!!!

you see?

like someone said what if the weather is as bad as last year and roads are blocked through heavy snow the magic (tragic)weekend will have to postponed, how will they fit that into the rest of season

where from and how come so cheap

i have pm you

How about Barcelona for the weekend? Cheap flights and decent priced accommodation should make this an option and not too much different in cost to the UK option. If Ireland could be considered then why not Spain?

glad its on tv

2nd

Well I've fallen for it again, got booking in a decent Cardiff hotel, price ok, 2 nights, so that's shopping one day rugby the next, summer rugby !!!!!
Must say looking forward to our 3 new signings making their debutes