The end is nigh for Hull KR's venture into the realms of Sunday matches with a 6pm kick-off. The next match against Oldham will have a 6pm start, as will the next match after that.

But then for the remaining home games the start will be 3pm on Sunday afternoon.

But that is not the end of the matter.

The club will assess the impact on revenue streams of the 6pm start compared to the 3pm kick-offs, and it is possible there will be a period of experimentation next season.

Chief executive Nick Halafihi's personal choice is 8pm on a Friday evening, which would remove a lot of the current objections to the late Sunday start.

Halafihi explained: "We have had a board meeting and decided we will continue with our 6pm start for Oldham on June 1 and Dewsbury on June 22.

"That gives us four games, including the two Batley matches, which we can evenly compare with four games earlier in the season starting at 3pm.

"We have discounted the Leigh at home match on Good Friday because we think that is not a true reflection on our gate.

"The thing is if we had stopped the later kick-offs after two matches I don't think we would have had enough information to make a suitable comparison.

"We would have perhaps been faced with going back to the supporters at the start of next year and saying to them we were considering going back to 6pm again."

He said by keeping the experiment going for four weeks the club will have a proper chance to assess the impact of the switch on a number of things, such as bar takings, shop sales, programme sales and restaurant takings as well as the gate itself.

He continued: "We then go back to 3pm for the home match against Rochdale Hornets and the remaining home games will start at the same time, to give us five home league matches with a 3pm start.

"Now we are also looking at other kick-off times, but there will be no more experiments for the remainder of this season," said the chief executive.

One way the club is aiming to decide on a starting time is by openly consulting supporters.

They may be consulted through a questionnaire when they come to a game to help the club decide on the perfect start time.

Halafihi said: "The fans give us their name and address and we build up our data base and we give them a pro-form sheet with tick options boxes on it.

"But I would imagine we will consider experimenting at some stage with 8pm starts on a Friday night."

Halafihi explained that one of the ideas behind the 6pm start was that the club could provide some sort of entertainment in the bars and people would stop and have a drink.

That part of the experiment actually worked well, but the club was aware they would have to do something similar if they had 8pm kick-offs.

He added: "Now the fans know what our reasoning has been for the past few weeks, and they also know what lines we are thinking about for next season."