JoeMercer'sWay
Well-Known Member
As another of these "spectacles" comes to an end I just wanted to make my point on this rugby league "extravaganza".
Now, in general the matches were pretty entertaining and fun with some big scores etc., but the atmosphere was awful, the stadium was virtually empty and it was just horrible, and back to back to back to back is just too much.
Now in my opinion, to improve it, it should be as follows:
1) Take it away from Murrayfield, as it has nothing to do with RL, is miles away for fans and as could be seen no-one turned up, and put it at a ground in England, or even better several grounds, at the Whit bank holiday so it's after the football season so you could potentially use football grounds in england.
2) Make it a derby affair, ie. Wigan v St. Helens, Leeds v Bradford, Hull v Hull KR, make it a specific derby weekend to make it even special, or if not that, rotate it so it's Wigan v Leeds, St. Helens v Bradford etc.
3) Spread it over 3 days, making it a 3-2-2 format.
I just think it's too much and the fact there were barely any fans made it bad to watch and the match-ups weren't that exciting, several games really one sided, only really Leeds v Wakefield was a close game, on the other side against end of season football made it bad to watch.
I thought it was a failure, anyone else's thoughts?
Now, in general the matches were pretty entertaining and fun with some big scores etc., but the atmosphere was awful, the stadium was virtually empty and it was just horrible, and back to back to back to back is just too much.
Now in my opinion, to improve it, it should be as follows:
1) Take it away from Murrayfield, as it has nothing to do with RL, is miles away for fans and as could be seen no-one turned up, and put it at a ground in England, or even better several grounds, at the Whit bank holiday so it's after the football season so you could potentially use football grounds in england.
2) Make it a derby affair, ie. Wigan v St. Helens, Leeds v Bradford, Hull v Hull KR, make it a specific derby weekend to make it even special, or if not that, rotate it so it's Wigan v Leeds, St. Helens v Bradford etc.
3) Spread it over 3 days, making it a 3-2-2 format.
I just think it's too much and the fact there were barely any fans made it bad to watch and the match-ups weren't that exciting, several games really one sided, only really Leeds v Wakefield was a close game, on the other side against end of season football made it bad to watch.
I thought it was a failure, anyone else's thoughts?