Fixtures : Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:35 am  

http://www.superleaguefans.com/rugby-le ... unced.html Very hard start, Warrington, Leeds, Bradford, Wigan, Hull FC

http://www.superleaguefans.com/rugby-le ... unced.html Very hard start, Warrington, Leeds, Bradford, Wigan, Hull FC

Re: Fixtures : Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:29 am  

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Re: Fixtures : Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:25 pm  

A tough start but hopefully it will force us to hit the ground running and not struggle as badly as last season.

I also notice that we have Catalans away, Magic Weekend and London away on consecutive weeks; a Friday night fixture after Easter; and for the third season in a row, we open and close with away matches. It's hardly the best draw for us in those respects.

I did have a look at something though having noticed that London play Catalans away in July - since Catalans joined SL London have had 1 June visit, 1 August visit, 1 September visit and 5 july visits. They take no fans so maybe that slot should go to teams that will take fans given decent weather. Just a thought.

Re: Fixtures : Tue Nov 20, 2012 11:28 pm  

Bonzo wrote:

I did have a look at something though having noticed that London play Catalans away in July - since Catalans joined SL London have had 1 June visit, 1 August visit, 1 September visit and 5 july visits. They take no fans so maybe that slot should go to teams that will take fans given decent weather. Just a thought.

There are only 3 ways this can be achieved due to the system of playing rounds. i.e Everyone plays or no-one plays, apart from backlog fixtures.

We take London's entire fixture list throwing out the derby weekends out of sync.
We take Wakefield's fixtures, who we are unfortunately inextricably linked with due to some people regarding it as our major derby game.
The last is dependent on the changing geographical location of new SL entrants.

Re: Fixtures : Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:34 pm  

Lord Bruce Burton wrote:

There are only 3 ways this can be achieved due to the system of playing rounds. i.e Everyone plays or no-one plays, apart from backlog fixtures.

We take London's entire fixture list throwing out the derby weekends out of sync.
We take Wakefield's fixtures, who we are unfortunately inextricably linked with due to some people regarding it as our major derby game.
The last is dependent on the changing geographical location of new SL entrants.

out of interest, who do you consider being your major derby match/team?

Re: Fixtures : Tue Nov 27, 2012 8:41 am  

Everyone knows it's Leeds.

Chile

Re: Fixtures : Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:58 am  

chile wrote:

Everyone knows it's Leeds.

Chile

It certainly is Leeds and definately not Wakey.

Re: Fixtures : Tue Nov 27, 2012 1:13 pm  

I regard both the Leeds and Wakefield games equally and are the first fixtures I look for when the fixtures come out.

Re: Fixtures : Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:34 pm  

i think it's time for a change in how the fixtures are formulated as this will be the 4th consecutive season that we have started and finished the season with away games. I very much doubt that any other team has had the same ill fortune or is that we are the least popular team in the league.

Re: Fixtures : Tue Nov 27, 2012 2:36 pm  

Catalans away, then Magic weekend followed by London away - now that is taking the pee.