VIKINGS face a short turnaround for tomorrow night's game at Salford, prompting coach Denis Betts to suggest that the traditional Sunday game should be ditched as a regular match day for Super League.

Professional rugby league switched to Sundays in the 1970s and up until the advent of Sky coverage, it was always the game day of choice for clubs.

Further tweaks to television coverage, including a switch to Thursday games, has led to problems like this week with Vikings having just three days between fixtures.

Although some clubs have re-scheduled matches at short notice it was not possible, or too complicated, for Widnes to shift last Sunday's match.

Betts declared: "It's just too hard for some teams.

"It's not the same game as it was five years ago, never mind 10 years ago, and to ask a team with a smaller squad to turn around after such a brutal encounter - with possibly one training day and two recovery days - is pretty tough.

"We've got to look at the league and the structure if our main sponsors and the people driving our sport want Thursday and Friday games to be on TV.

"I think Saturdays have worked for a few teams so if you look at Thursday, Friday and Saturday as being rugby league days, you are still going to get enough turnaround to be able to recover.

"Games used to be played on Saturdays for a lot of the years and then they moved to Sundays. So it's not as if it's always been Sundays.

"You've got to go with something, stick with it and let people buy into it. Some people didn't think Friday nights would work but some of the Friday night games are some of the best to watch."