We’ve got Catalans at Magic on the Saturday.
Cas v Salford, us v Catalans and Leeds v Hull on Saturday with Wigan v Wire, Huddersfield v Wakefield and Leigh v Hull KR on the Sunday.
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Magic fixture out. We’re 2nd game on the Saturday against Catalans. Seem a strange mix of games both days, they’ve moved away from Derby matches and it all seems a bit random.
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Will Newcastle be a high capacity stadium with 10,000 allowed or a quarter of the capacjty whichever is smaller, hardly making it viable
If the RFL/SL have any sense the first few rounds would be the loop fixtures at neutral venues then fans could be in the grounds for home and away match against all the other teams.
Think I'd do the Saturday, watch us and then stay for Leeds v Hull, kip at my mates in Gosforth. Sunday, nothing there for me to see!
I see what they’ve done tbh. I presume they didn’t want to deal with the hassle of exchanging 2020 Saturday tickets for 2021 Sunday and vice versa had they messed with the fixtures too much, so have kept all the teams that were due to play on Saturday in 2020 playing on the Saturday this year and the same for 2021. With them probably having to make contingency plans for fans attending depending on where we are in relation to Covid and then, hopefully, selling tickets, I think they’ve probably made the right decision to do what they have.
Appreciate the appetite isn’t particularly whetted by another instalment of Wigan v Warrington but given the options were Warrington, Wakefield, Leigh, Huddersfield and Hull KR and Magic likes to have a couple of “marquee” games, closing each day, I’d rather watch that then Wigan v Hull KR and Warrington v Wakefield, for example.
After a year of no live sport and being devastated to miss that Grand Final, I’d hoped for a bigger game for us but after so long without any live sport and something riding on some or these games, with it possibly being one of the final rounds of the season, I am looking forward to this.
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If we still had Top 5 you could imagine Leeds v Hull may be a big game for a play off spot or maybe even a Top 3 place, whilst Wigan v Wire would be a big game for 1st, 2nd or 3rd spot, a week off, home advantage etc. As it is, with the daft Top 6 knock-out system still in place it will probably be four teams sat in the Top 6 not really needing to win. We really do make it hard for ourselves at times.
I'm looking forward to watching it in a pub, without the need to ask permission to go for leak, cheer or someone to take 20 minutes to bring my pint.
Weekend of 21st August is the Derby Weekend for Superleague clubs Wigan v Saints, (presumably provided no weddings booked)
https://www.saintsrlfc.com/2021/02/2...shnotification
Fixtures released
Originally Posted by Despondent Dave
Three games in eleven days at the start of July and then the cup final. That’ll be fun.
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Any idea why our first match against Salford is being played at Leeds?
Wigan is showing as a Sunday or a Monday..
I wonder if they'll consider moving Saints - Warrington to Monday 21st June? Could be a cracker on day one of crowds being allowed in
Some pretty brutal fixtures cramped in at certain points. I think the clubs have made a bad decision with the 25 game schedule this year. It should've been 23 games with the International game on a stand alone weekend. The focus should be the World Cup this year but once again clubs have looked at this with a short term vision in the hope they can get an extra home game with crowds in, not thinking of the impact it will have on players and of course the England team come the World Cup.
Originally Posted by Despondent Dave
It must be under consideration at least. Monday night or not I'd imagine you'd be looking at perhaps 10000 tickets at 20 quid a go plus food, beer, merchandise - must be worth 200k to the club and associated publicity at being one of the first sports events to open its doors fully