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Post by Enforcer Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:45 pm

Wales' game with England next week will be the last Friday night match in the Six Nations for the foreseeable future.

Championship chief executive John Feehan has confirmed the experiment, run for the last two years, will be scrapped for 2012 and 2013.

The Six Nations will still end with three games on Saturday but on every other weekend there will be two games on the Saturday and one on the Sunday.

The introduction of Friday night Six Nations games has proved controversial.

Wales play England at the Millennium Stadium on 4 February in the first Friday night opener of a Six Nations Championship in its 128-year history.

The match is also the first time that two home union sides will meet on a Friday night as France and Wales have competed in the previous fixtures.

France met Wales at the Stade de France in 2009 in the first Friday night game in the Championship's history - a 21-16 home victory - before the corresponding fixture in Cardiff in 2010, which France won 26-20.

The Six Nations' Friday night trial has not been popular with supporters or players but the matches enjoyed bumper television viewing figures.

For me, the best news in the build up to the Six Nations is the scrapping of this experiment. Friday nights are not suited for rugby the travelling and extra timeoff for away fans was bad enough when they were in France. But as a Cardiffian the traffic chaos trying to get from work to town for the rugby is a nightmare.

Did anybody like the Friday night games; or like me are you glad to see the back of them?

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Post by hodge Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:15 pm

decent idea to kick off the tournament however i prefer to see them end, easier for longer time drinking on weekends now Smile

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Post by Enforcer Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:19 pm

That's the other major problem Hodge. I finish work at half three on Friday, it will probably be five by the time I've got home and into town. On a normal six nations day I should be at least four hours into the beer by then!

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Post by hodge Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:23 pm

being at Uni the weekend games are a good thing with the drinking games and related games with sports on the tv so it makes an interesting period of the year Very Happy

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Post by Glas a du Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:33 pm

get rid of Sunday games, oh and early and late Saturday games and all is rosy again.
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Post by red_stag Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:39 pm

Sunday games are the worst. I prefer Friday night to Sunday.
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Post by Glas a du Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:45 pm

Yes, absolutely. Rugby is a game for 2.30 or 3.00 on a Saturday and 7.30 on a Wednesday.
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Post by westisbest Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:54 pm

Just play all 3 on the saturday all the time.

17TH march shaping up to be a grand day.

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Post by Glas a du Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:02 pm

absolutely spot on! clap thumbsup
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Post by red_stag Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:07 pm

Its what red buttons were invented for.
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Post by Glas a du Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:02 pm

Exactly. Bring North West Europe to a standstill for two hours every other week for two months. It's what it's all about.
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Post by Guest Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:30 pm

i like friday to start the tournament, but i think that should be the only game of the tournament played on a friday.

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