Can anyone in the know give us a heads up on location and date? Just checked hotel prices in Newcastle on bank holiday in May at a guess/hope and wanna get something booked, cheers!

Newcastle and Coventry are the 2 locations being banded about but nothing has been finalised.

Really hope it isn't Birmingham/Coventry

Would prefer coventry myself, easier to get to, stadium looks the right size too

also rule out the mayday bank holidays! after 22 rounds it will be july time once magic weekend comes round

22 rounds? Am I missing something? It will be in the first 12 rounds/ish won't it? Before the split?

No, everyone plays each other home and away before we split, thats 23 matches(including the magic weekend) before we split.

Must have missed that!

sure i read that round 23 was magic weekend, could be wrong

I think you're mistaken. The wording on the site is:

The 12 Super League clubs play each other twice, home and away, during the regular season (22 fixtures) plus one fixture at Magic Weekend.

fair enough, must have gotmixed up when all the bumph came out with the new structure

dont really fancy newcastle, they catering for rugby fans or the ones who go for p!55 up, from what i remember parking for st james is a nightmare, but that was when city played newcastle in the league cup a few years ago

i think the key at newcastle would be to park well away from the centre and use the Metro

I'm a big fan of the place. Never been to St James' tho. Not sure what the pub situation is like around the area.

for ease of access, the ricoh arena looks best, closer for all SL clubs and fans, with the inclusion of the coventry bears into the championship one next season, where better to attract new fans to our game!

...apart from the fact that coventry is a complete dump. I can think of no grimmer place to have a weekend away.

The stadium isn't even near the town centre.

Newcastle on the other hand is a great looking city with the stadium in the town centre itself and backed by a lot of nice bars and restaurants. Absolutely no contest - it's like comparing Withernsea with Monte Carlo !

Dont bregrudge anyone having a drink, Depends what the rfl want, a rugby weekend for families and fans or to look after the p!55 heads?

There's a lot for families in Newcastle to do and caters for all fans in my opinion, as said parking is the only issue but it's only a small inconvenience

If going for weekend Newcastle is great ,travelogue near Tyne bridge near par everthing

Surely the idea of this concocted weekend (apart from a Sky w@@@ fest) is to get all supporters together for a rugby feast. Why the need for "family attractions" the games take up most if not all for families, of the day. No further time for trips to amusement parks and theme parks. Or am I missing the point entirely?
As for pubs the same applies.
I hope it's more Coventry way as I might just make it. Newcastle is way out of the question for me. But that's simply a selfish personal point of view.
Given the Bears are entering the league I would say that's a better option. Equally given all the grief with the Ricoh stadium of late I bet its dirt cheap to hire. It needs filling and using.

Time to bin it off. Only a copuple of years ago our "top" players were complaining of too many games, this was before the extended 2015 season

I know what you mean. Monte Carlo is a complete dump.

St James last week in May

Great news, hope we can get the locals to support a different kind of Black & White too!

You should have great support, it's virtually a home game for your lot!

Was up there last week , Great place to have Magic weekend .

Where's this been announced