What is Magic About Next Weekend? : Mon May 20, 2019 5:55 pm  

What is Magic About Next Weekend? 12 Teams. 6 Matches. 2 days. 1 Iconic Stadium. There's less than a week to go until Rugby League's biggest festival heads to Anfield and the City of Liverpool. The 2019 Super League Dacia Magic Weekend will see all 12 of Super League's teams descend on the city for the first ever Magic Weekend to be held in Liverpool. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

What is Magic About Next Weekend? 12 Teams. 6 Matches. 2 days. 1 Iconic Stadium. There's less than a week to go until Rugby League's biggest festival heads to Anfield and the City of Liverpool. The 2019 Super League Dacia Magic Weekend will see all 12 of Super League's teams descend on the city for the first ever Magic Weekend to be held in Liverpool. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Re: What is Magic About Next Weekend? : Wed May 22, 2019 7:23 am  

Which new ground would you like the Magic Weekend to go next year. ??

Aston Villa, Coventry, Derby, Leicester, Sunderland

Re: What is Magic About Next Weekend? : Wed May 22, 2019 8:33 am  

Homer Simpson wrote:

Which new ground would you like the Magic Weekend to go next year. ??

Aston Villa, Coventry, Derby, Leicester, Sunderland

Lets go with the Nou Camp

Re: What is Magic About Next Weekend? : Wed May 22, 2019 3:52 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Lets go with the Nou Camp

Better than any of the suggestions there. Who the hell wants to have a weekend in Coventry?

Unless the sport is going to be a bit daring, Newcastle or Cardiff for me.

Re: What is Magic About Next Weekend? : Wed May 22, 2019 4:24 pm  

To answer the OP, maybe the venue of the team that won the 2nd place trophy in the PL.

Re: What is Magic About Next Weekend? : Wed May 22, 2019 5:07 pm  

Is Ireland at all realistic ? Dublin ?

Re: What is Magic About Next Weekend? : Wed May 22, 2019 5:26 pm  

Being a diehard Evertonian I wasn't exactly doing cartwheels when I found out magic was taking place across the park this year but as long as Saints are there I'm there no matter what stadium we're playing in.

I think magic could be moved to the Midlands next year and Aston Villa's ground would be a good shout. But it's a bit out the way and to some it seems what pubs are in the vicinity of the stadium is more important than the rugby or the stadium itself.

Re: What is Magic About Next Weekend? : Wed May 22, 2019 5:38 pm  

Parroting a suggestion from somewhere else (Facebook or Reddit, can't remember)

Magic Weekend + Summer Bash in Nottingham. 1 at each ground.

Re: What is Magic About Next Weekend? : Wed May 22, 2019 5:45 pm  

I'm surprised the RFU don't just front up the money and send it to Baku.

Re: What is Magic About Next Weekend? : Wed May 22, 2019 5:46 pm  

Before they move the venue again, SL need to review what the event is for.

Are they trying to attract new fans? Are they giving existing fans a weekend out? At the moment its a muddle and we're not doing a great job at getting either of those markets in the ground.

They also havent worked out what the best fixture format is. Derby's generate the biggest crowds but you run the risk of oversaturating those games by having them several times a year.

Picking 1st v 2nd, 3rd v 4th seems the fairest but you always get some teams slipping down the ranking nearer the event, such as Wigan are Chamoions on paper but only 8th right now. These games also dont seem to bring in the crowds, Leeds - London for example is a relegatioj 4 pointer and closely matched, but it hasnt got the Leeds fans queuing up to buy tickets.

As always the Marketing starts too late and has too little budget, to crack a City like Liverpool would take months of effort a few social media posts to existing Rugby League fans isnt anywhere near enough.