HI, it’s Andy here.

It’s been a busy month on the rugby front.

The Easter period with its three games in eight days is always a tough part of the season and, to be honest, it always leaves me not knowing how to feel about it.

For the paying spectators, it is a fantastic chance to relax during the holiday period and watch your team hopefully get three wins in close succession. If your team loses, you know it’s only another three days until you can see them put it right.

As a player, I share these feelings. After all, it gives us the opportunity to play the game we love in front of bumper bank holiday crowds.

The counter argument, which I also understand, is that the short turnaround between games doesn’t really let your body recover as you are used to during the standard season, and picking up a knock which would usually be insignificant with a full week to recover can lead to players having to sit out a round of Super League.

It can also be argued that the quality of the third game in eight days is poorer and not of the standard Super League fans deserve.

In teams with weaker squads, some players may be encouraged to play injured, which obviously endangers their health. This has seen some people in the game call for the number of games in the weekend to be reduced.

In response to this, I heard the suggestion of a rule stating players should only be able to play in two of the three games, therefore giving every player rest over the Easter period.

It’s a point worth thinking about, but it could cause some problems of its own.

In the past few years there have been teams (ourselves included!) accused of not fielding strong enough sides in the lead-up to big cup or play-off games.

Some teams with weaker squads may take the rule as an opportunity to effectively right-off one of the games, perhaps against a stronger opponent, by playing younger, inexperienced players. This would then allow them to save their best squad for a game against a team they feel they have a better chance of beating.

This could have the undesired effect of having one of the games in the holiday period being of vastly-poorer quality, leading to fans picking and choosing which games would be worth watching, and who could blame them.

Anyway, I’m beginning to confuse myself and to be honest I don’t know the answer, but it is always interesting at this time of year to hear the new ideas for ways to solve the Easter fixture problem.

Last week it was announced I had re-signed with the Giants for another three years, and I was absolutely thrilled about it.

The final year of my contract will see me having played at the club for 10 years, as I also used to play for the club as a junior.

I feel very fortunate to have been able to play for my home town club in what has been a great era, and I know it can get even better.