braytontiger wrote:i think they need to move the weekend to further in the year when its a little warmer,i was their for all the games and by the third game i was frozen to the bone has were the kids who to be quite honest had enough and if it wasnt for the fact our coach wasnt leaving until the last game i would have left well before.

id also say the rfl should look at running shuttle buses into the city so people can get away from the rugby and enjoy the city if they choose without worrying about been ripped off by taxis.

the weekend away for me and my family was really enjoyable we stayed at strathclyde park where there is a theme park which was very reasonably priced has was the hotel and was a great base for the weekend with anyone with kids with loads to do, the downside was the day at murrayfield for various reasons and i do feel that we after bring back the derby games for the weekend and look after the supporters with kids and make it more comfortable for them.

UllFC wrote:you support a side that doesn't have a proper derby, so i don't expect you to understand. The hype that any derby generates in any of the RL towns which promotes the event even further and bigger crowds would have gone from Hull/Rovers, Leeds/Bradford and Cas/Wakefield IMO

UllFC wrote:and the football league playoffs are only 2 games on the saturday and the sunday, and neither of these generate a great amount of publicity. Last years league2 final was Stockport-Rochdale, do you really think the magic weekend can't steal some coverage from a game like that?

loyalsince1904 wrote:1) Warn supporters that the ground was very cold unless you were sat in the sun. By the 3rd game I was shivering

2) Standardise ticket prices at £20/£10- you could go anywhere with any ticket

3) Maybe move it to the 2nd bank holiday in May? Weather may be a bit wamer
4) The cost of food + drink was horrific- £6 for burger + chips. £3.50 for 330ml of cider- cheaper vans are required

5) Start the sunday games at 11.30. Last train south was 8.45 from Haymarket/ 8pm if travelling back to Yorkshire/ Lancashire

6) The focus on the mascots was very OTT. They ran out before every game

I did think it was a very enjoyable day out on the whole.

GSF wrote:I think SKY should review their policy of having the reff mic'd up.I must have heard 'Moooooooooooooove' 500 times over the weekend and am now having a long lie down in a dark room.They sound like some idiot doing farmyard impressions.

Paul124897 wrote:I was impressed with Edinburgh, but how big were the houses surrounding murrayfield? They were huge!

Anyway, what really annoyed me was the parking. I ended up driving 3 miles out and still saw cones in the road so I turned around and ended up catching lucky and parking on a road half a mile from the stadium.

Still, it needs decent parking for those travelling for the day via car.

UllFC wrote:you support a side that doesn't have a proper derby, so i don't expect you to understand. The hype that any derby generates in any of the RL towns which promotes the event even further and bigger crowds would have gone from Hull/Rovers, Leeds/Bradford and Cas/Wakefield IMO

and the football league playoffs are only 2 games on the saturday and the sunday, and neither of these generate a great amount of publicity. Last years league2 final was Stockport-Rochdale, do you really think the magic weekend can't steal some coverage from a game like that?

instead of it battling for coverage against a whole round of football league games, 8 premiership games, a ricky hatton fight, RU european semi final...

Glasgow Gal wrote:Why didn't you use the Park and Ride?

Paul124897 wrote:This is going to make me sound really thick - but I saw the signs for the P&R but couldn't actually find it. I resorted to using a Tom Tom to get me to the ground and then went from there.