South Wales Echo

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want to knock it down. I despair.

I wish we lived in a perfect world, where people could go to a sporting event and have a totally stress-free, entirely-perfect afternoon. But we don’t.

Though many of the sticks being used to beat Judgement Day with over the last 48 hours are problems with sporting events at large, not this particular one.

‘A group of boys next to me were drinking all day,’ ‘the group behind me were talking nonsense all afternoon,’ ‘the trains were busy.’

Go to any sporting event of a similar size in any country and you will experience this. It’s not exclusive to Judgement Day, or the Principali­ty Stadium for that matter.

That said, there are kinks with the concept that must be ironed out and will need to be looked at this summer.

Staging it on the final weekend of the season will always run the risk of the matches being rendered meaningles­s, and it happened this year.

A switch to the first weekend of October should be discussed to ensure head coaches are naming fullstreng­th sides, with crucial PRO14 points to play for.

Alcohol-free zones will be trialled at the Principali­ty Stadium this November and the possibilit­y of those experiment­s extending to Judgement Day should be explored.

And season-ticket holders of the Cardiff Blues and Dragons should be

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