Can't disagree with the skipper here:

[iI'm really looking forward to the Magic Weekend. I think the idea and concept of taking Rugby League on the road is great and hopefully the people of Manchester will come out to see what all the fuss is about. The only downside to the weekend is the fixture list, I think it should just be a normal round of fixtures rather than specially selected ones as it gives an unfair reflection on the league placings. If it was just a normal round then each team would play each other twice and the league table would be accurate and fair after 26 rounds.

Maybe on the spare weekend we could then have an Exiles game? I think it's great we are having two this year but do wish the second one, which is going to be between rounds on a Wednesday night, was on a standalone weekend like the first. I'm really looking forward to that this year and the England boys really want to avenge that defeat from last year. From an international perspective I think it's great we get a mid-season game against strong competition. It can only help us when we host the World Cup in 2013.[/i

But then one team in each fixture loses a home fixture.

What they should actually do is use the magic weekend to bring back the magic of the cup. Have the QF's as the magic weekend.

Or the semi-finals and include the NRC final as well.

It has hit an all time low in terms of fairness this year with us and wire being the front runners and them having an easier list of fixtures.

i dont like wire's as much as the next wigan fan, but to be honest i think this weekend will fair things up for warrington they had by far the toughest easter weekend by traveling down to france and faceing catalan. so its just evening its self up.

A false 3rd fixture doesn't "even up" the luck of the draw.

But they played Widnes on the thursday!

That could be evened up in alternate years though - still fairer than an extra fixture against a top team instead of a bottom one. It's going to be a long time before an extra fixture against Widnes will equate to one against Saints, I think.

Not so sure Geoff. Saints are falling fast

would rather we did our moaning to the rfl AFTER we have beaten saints. not been enjoying all this 'its not fair' stuff this week. focus on the task in hand.

Good point!

Well Wire are top. This weekend is a big weekend for Saints a chance to get back into the battle for the top 4. We still need fixtures to go for us this year given our awful start to the season. But a win this week will allow us to play Hull next week knowing we can take their position off them despite the extra game in hand.

My head still says Wigan, but I ain't listening to my head today.

Wow Tompkins just gets better and better he is a freak of nature but wow no
Stopping him never seen rugby like it

Wellens the slug...

One more year Carmont! Haha

How is LMS still on the field?

Lms should have done 10 as should have Hock

Ruined as a spectacle. What a joke Thaler.

Go ref a girls sport in football.


Saints RL v Wigan 7's! FARCE

Ref now trying to make up for his error not sending off LMS - presumably he's had a message from the ref in the stands - and is giving Wigan some penalties, pathetic.

Can't see Tuson and Hock playing next week after that.

Wilkin repeatedly going high. He'd already been warned by the ref over a high shot a minute before. Thaler really struggling here

Nice. Try for Farrell.

Stains can't match us, even when they've got one more player...

Am I the only one who's been watching videos of Kelvin Skerret on youtube since the brawl? Plus the 2003 brawl. Great times.

Why does the guy that starts a brawl always seem to get away with it? LMS started it with something to do with hock then hock gets sent off and he doesn't?

LMS is a muppet of the greatest order, why kiss the badge when you are from Croydon or Enfield ( or some such southern sh--hole), and you've only been at the club 5 minutes.??????

Hock started it by trying to steal the head.
LMS just wasn't having it.

Big difference between trying to win a scrum and hitting someone hock was doing something legal LMS was not.

I hope there's no swearing going on here