There was an unsubstantiated rumour that only 13k tickets have been sold - though it's difficult to say how accurate this is.

AS the penny dropped yet?

This gimmick doesn't work

Its just a scam to boost favoured clubs near the bottom of the table to boost there average attendance

It doesnt count towards the end of season clubs average attendance does it?

Yes. Because of course the Murrayfield attendance counts as each club's home attendance. Back to battery licking for you, I think.

Hang on just putting my battery down a second...........of course it counts it as since the welsh weekend was invented.......hang on quick lick.........why do you believe quins had over 5k on last weekend with there joint game ....lick.....just another way to blur the figures ......lick......this weekend leigh will be having a joint game at man city so there crowd will tell on our figures

lick

See. You know it doesn't

wigan have a crowd posted as 27k for the magic weekend on there fixtures last year

I bought 5 of them today.

I hope i have not just doubled the average!

Tbf though the whole weekend is probably the biggest joke/rip-off of all-time.

How is £20 for 7 matches a rip off

Because it's fleecing die-hard RL fans to travel to another country to watch standard SL games which can be viewed every week in England at a fraction of the cost.



+ it's the motives as well, a Scottish franchise will not work ffs.

How much do you pay to watch HKR at home?

How far is Edinburgh from Hull?

Approx £180 for my season pass IIRC.

God knows, 400 miles?

I'm not going as i cant get the time off, will be going next year though, had a great time last year, edinburgh is a beautiful city and the whiskey is excellent (shame about the beer). Been to cardiff as well and although i think cardiff has the better stadium and stadium location, edinburgh is a nicer place to visit.

Going to be a massive flop this year I reckon. The games aren't exciting, the recession continues to bite, almost all the games are on SKY anyway and the weather is still unpredictable in Scotland in May.

I'd rather they ditched the magic weekend and stopped having 2 games at easter.

i'll be going to a magic weekend for the first time and i can say im looking forward to it immensely
as for the games, well its 3 games of rugby league for the price of one so i'd say its cracking value for money plus its an excuse to visit a nice city too
as for the games not being exciting, well i think our game v wigan could be the best of the lot

We’re out of the recession. I even had an interview today

I am looking forward to the Millenium magic



I shall be in Durham for the weekend

Hope you get the job mate,ive had one today as well,one of many unfortunately,Wigan is rubbish for jobs at the mo.

Ive not been to a magic weekend yet,but would really like to.We went to Cardiff to watch the cup final between us and saints,and I was well impressed with the place,thought it could have been made for a weekend of rugby league,all the fans getting together and having the craic.Ive also been to Edinburgh a couple of times,and although it's a nice place I don't think it's as suited to a weekend of us lot as Cardiff is.And as has been said before ,south Wales is a rugby place,there is a lot more chance of picking up some local support from there than anywhere in Scotland.

Why does it have to be a pain in the to get there though?

I think the weekend needs to make as much (or more) than a home game for all clubs.
One of the main points of this weekend was that it brought in enough revenue to allow for a drop in fixtures (all clubs losing one home game). If that is no longer the case, will clubs want to go back to 28 rounds?!

eh?

Until it leaves Edinburgh I shan't be returning.

What did you not understand inparticular?

I assume I'm missing something with the magic weekend idea, but who exactly is it helping by being in Scotland? Or Wales for that matter (when it was there). It could be incredible for the Welsh now with a team there to support, but in Scotland, are any locals really going to take notice? No one to support, and a load of league fans all over the place to annoy them, don't see how it helps expansion at all. Meanwhile, all the league fans from everywhere else have to travel all that way, to watch a load of teams they could watch on tv anyway, don't see any real interest in watching a team you don't supprt, live (at least not enough to justify the journey). All seems very strange.

Last year several thousand locals bought tickets, building up a support base of rl fans will be vital for any expansion into scotland, the locals we met didnt seem annoyed they seem pretty happy we were there and to top it all of rl gets payed to take this event there, if we can get paid to promote expansion then why the hell wouldnt we. Though i didnt watch all the games live i went to most and really enjoyed it, especially when leeds played catalans, supporters from nearly every sl team sat with the impressive number of catalans fans and there was real party atmosphere, people were singing, dancing, there was even a brass band playing.

The main thing alot of people on this thread are missing (presumably because they havent been) is that its a fantatsic atmosphere with fans from all sl clubs (and a few championship clubs, if the haven, fev, barrow and dewsbury shirts we saw last year are anything to go by) to get together have a good time and sample a fantastic city.