{"id":571977,"date":"2026-05-07T23:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/571977\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:48:11","slug":"super-league-magic-weekend-kick-off-times-confirmed-with-wigan-warriors-v-st-helens-set-for-prime-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/571977\/","title":{"rendered":"Super League Magic Weekend kick-off times confirmed with Wigan Warriors v St Helens set for prime slot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ES020279.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The kick-off times for Super League Magic Weekend have now been announced with the Wigan Warriors and St Helens derby taking the prime slot at Everton\u2019s Hill Dickinson Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>There was a chance that the event was to be cancelled with the removal of loop fixtures but the decision was made to keep it going and it\u2019s a decision that has paid off massively, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-magic-weekend-ticket-update-as-super-leagues-move-to-everton-pays-off-113443\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">record ticket sales already<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over 70,000 tickets have been sold across the two-day event in Liverpool whilst Toulouse Olympique will take on Catalans Dragons at a neutral venue in France that\u2019s set to be confirmed next week.<\/p>\n<p>What has now been confirmed is when each game will kick off with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-super-league-magic-weekend-to-continue-in-2026-as-fixtures-and-dates-revealed-110633\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous news only confirming which games would take place on which days<\/a> as an update was shared by Rugby League Commercial.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from Rugby League Commercial announced: \u201cWith over 70,000 tickets sold\u00a0across the weekend, the festival is officially the fastest selling in the event\u2019s\u00a020-year\u00a0history\u00a0with\u00a0just under two months to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leeds Rhinos star\u2019s controversial charge, inconsistent Hull FC and Challenge Cup predictions \u2013 <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WPhtR_hBoQw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Super League Magic Weekend schedule locked in<\/p>\n<p>The event takes place over the weekend of July 4th and 5th with the Saturday now confirmed to have Huddersfield Giants v York Knights kick off at 12:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Hull KR will face rivals Hull FC at 3:00 pm before Leigh Leopards and Warrington Wolves round off Saturday\u2019s action at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, kicking off at 5:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Over in France, Toulouse and Catalans will kick off at 8:00 pm English time to round the first day off before Sunday starts at 12.30 pm with a West Yorkshire derby between Castleford Tigers and Wakefield Trinity.<\/p>\n<p>Fans are then treated to another all-Yorkshire affair as Leeds Rhinos face Bradford Bulls at 3:00 pm before St Helen and Wigan Warriors bring a close to proceedings in the 5:30 pm slot.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for Magic Weekend remain available\u202f with information available via the Super League website.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u202f4 July:<\/p>\n<p>Game 1 \u2013 Huddersfield Giants v York Knights\u202f\u2013 KO 12:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Game 2 \u2013 Hull KR v Hull FC\u202f\u2013 KO 3pm<\/p>\n<p>Game 3 \u2013 Leigh Leopards v Warrington Wolves\u202f\u2013 KO 5:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Game 4 (France) \u2013 Catalans Dragons v Toulouse Olympique \u2013 KO 8pm (UK), 9pm (CEST)<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u202f5 July:<\/p>\n<p>Game 1 \u2013 Wakefield Trinity v Castleford Tigers\u202f\u2013 KO 12:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Game 2 \u2013 Leeds Rhinos v Bradford Bulls \u2013 KO 3pm<\/p>\n<p>Game 3 \u2013 Wigan Warriors v St Helens \u2013 KO 5:30pm<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MagicWKND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MagicWKND<\/a> kick-off times are LOCKED IN \ud83d\udd12<\/p>\n<p>Limited tickets are remaining so get your quick through the link in our bio! \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0FDLbT0rkc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0FDLbT0rkc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuperLeague\/status\/2052433277680845155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The kick-off times for Super League Magic Weekend have now been announced with the Wigan Warriors and St&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-571977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}