What is it trying to achieve?



While it was in Cardiff and Murrayfield, you could argue that it was attempting to attract new fans to the game from non-traditional areas. Now it's in Manchester, what are (or should be) its key objectives and how do you measure whether it is achieving them?

For the rugby league family to come together as one to celebrate our wonderful sport with each other, to have a day/weekend out with live rugby league thrown in.

It was a day out for the supporters of teams that haven't in recent years seen their team in a final,ns a show piece event

To have a showpiece event to attract new fans, particularly in the Manchester conurbation, and to steal some fans from football by showing them the entertainment, rival fans sat next to each other and getting along and cheap ticket prices.

I've never liked the idea TBH, however this year I decided to attend my first and can say I will be returning again as it really is a fantastic occasion. I just don't want to play Rovers every year there and hope some system can be come up with so we see different fixtures all the time.



I spoke to a few fans who watched Rugby League on TV but magic weekend was there first live event, so the concept must appeal to some people. If it gains the sport 100 new fans a season it will be worth doing it. Not only that I really felt the Sky sports coverage was trying to share the carnival atmosphere amongst the rugby league family over the weekend and that will have come accross to people over the TV.



I was a doubter but I am now fully on board with the concept.

Do we have any other events that give the game and its sponsors (of which, we don't have nearly enough) around 16hrs of TV coverage over the course of two days?



Aside from the Test cricket, was any single sport on television more than RL this weekend?

I haven't been for a few years for various reasons, but I went to the first few, and was impressed with Cardiff but not with Murrayfield so didn't go to the second one there and i've not been to it at the Etihad, but it looked great on TV and the atmosphere came through really well.



So much so that I really wanted to be there, and will make every effort to get there next year.

This weekend maybe not but as a sport over 2 days......golf and snooker. As a nonSky subscriber I do wonder how big of an impact it would make if they could get it on terrestrial

What did people make of the fixtures this year? I thought it was much fairer despite some of the wide margins.

It's a festival of Rugby League - that's the point. A celebration of our sport, to showcase it over a whole weekend during what is a pretty quiet time in the RL calendar.



I went this weekend and loved it, the atmosphere around Manchester was brilliant.



No sport does anything like it, 14 sets of fans at one event supporting their team is unique to sport in this country.

As a non SL club fan, I attended my 1 st MW on saturday, just the last 2 matches and I enjoyed it, what then surprises me is if the RFL can organise an event like this, why can't they help the individual clubs to market themselves better?

Yawn. I wondered how long it'd be before someone had a pop at the RFL. Thought it'd be on the first page though.

14 sets of Super League fans plus a fair few neutrals from other clubs (not to mention the newbies coming to their first live game).

I've been to every Magic so far but Manchester is the only one where I've not stayed over. Magic's a great concept but Etihad has diluted it imo. Cardiff / Edinburgh is a genuine weekend. That was the Magic concept wasn't it? Etihad is just a series of games with a very significant proportion only seeming to turn up for their match. Increased attendance was the attraction at Etihad but this hasn't happened. I assume more people turn up fro the day but fewer for the weekend. Swings n roundabouts. Take it further afield again.