2010 Magic Weekend fixtures confirmed

Monday 14th December 2009

The dates and times of the fixtures in the 2010 engage Super League Magic Weekend have been announced.

Murrayfield Stadium will again host seven engage Super League games over the Mayday Bank Holiday weekend (1st and 2nd May).

For the first time four matches will be played on the Saturday, starting with a clash between Bradford Bulls and Crusaders RL, who are coached by Odsal legend Brian Noble, and three games will take place on Saturday, the weekend's finale is the showdown between St Helens and Hull Kingston Rovers.

The full draw for Magic Weekend was made live on Sky Sports News last month.

After the Bradford-Crusaders opener Richard Agar's new-look Hull FC will take on Harlequins RL in an intriguing match between two teams who emerged victorious from their respective games against Castleford and Salford last season.

Salford will not be short of motivation for their match against Warrington Wolves, who are likely to feature Richie Myler, the England international scrum-half who joined them from the City Reds at the end of the 2009 season.

The Saturday action concludes with a West Yorkshire derby involving Leeds Rhinos and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. The engage Super League champions are unbeaten in their three Magic Weekend fixtures so far while Wakefield will look to do better than this year, when they lost 32-16 to Bradford.

Sunday's action kicks off at 2.00pm with the match between Castleford Tigers and Catalans Dragons. Just two points separated both sides in each of their two engage Super league XIV matches, the Tigers following up a 20-22 home defeat with a 24-22 success in Perpignan.

The next match will see Huddersfield bid to maintain their dominance over Wigan Warriors, who lost both matches against the Giants in 2009, before St Helens and Hull KR bring Magic Weekend 2010 to a climax.

The full schedule for Magic Weekend 2010 is as follows:

Saturday May 1
Bradford Bulls v Crusaders RL (1.00pm) Hull FC v Harlequins RL (3.00pm) Salford City Reds v Warrington Wolves (5.00pm) Leeds Rhinos v Wakefield Trinity (7.00pm)

Sunday May 2
Castleford Tigers v Catalans Dragons (2.00pm) Wigan Warriors v Huddersfield Giants (4.00pm) St Helens v Hull Kingston Rover (6.00pm)