NRL Marathon?

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Theknightsrule7

Matthew Gidley
After watching the auckland nines what's everyone's thoughts on seeing 5 games on one day for one particular round per season? Would obviously have to be on a Sunday in June or July as the weather would be alot cooler but If promoted well I reacon it could be a real goer, especially for people throwing bbqs.

Here's an example

Friday night 7:30pm Dragons vs Roosters (win jubilee)

Saturday night 7:30pm Bulldogs vs Tigers (Anz stadium)

Sunday morning 10am (12pm nz) Warriors vs panthers (Mt smart)

Sunday noon 12pm Storm vs Eels (Aami park)....this would work well if there's an afl game at 2:10pm at the mcg

Sunday afternoon 2pm Raiders vs Manly (Canberra stadium)

Sunday afternoon 4pm (2pm Perth) Rabitohs vs Broncos....live game on nine for this game.

Sunday night 6pm Knights vs Cowboys (Hunter stadium)

Monday 7pm Titans vs Sharks (Skilled park)

So basically 5 games in 5 different cities, and 4 daylight matches in the period of the season which is normally the most cold.

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By the way the a-league done a marathon a season or 2 back
 
Will probably make crowd numbers decrease if there is five different games in a row at five different stadiums. Many would just watch it on TV. Nice idea though.
 
Agreed with the others, it mostly worked in the Nines because new teams were playing every 18 minutes and even that started to get boring towards the end of Day 1. I couldn't imagine watching 5 whole games for over 8 hours back to back, yuck. 3 at the very most.
 
3 games on a Sunday could definitely work, but more than that is probably a little excessive imo. Good idea though
 
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