Magic WKND 2026: Fixtures and everything you need to know
Written by Lucy Stutt on 27th November 2025
Rugby League will visit the Hill Dickinson Stadium in July 2026 with Magic Weekend for the first time.
Magic Weekend is an annual Rugby League event where a full round of fixtures are played at one venue in the same weekend.
Rugby League was the first sport other than football to be played at Everton’s new home ground.
Magic Weekend follows England’s second loss, played at the stadium, in their 3-0 series defeat to the Kangaroos in the Ashes.
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What are the fixtures?
The two day event will take place July 4-5 2026 with six games (Catalan Dragons v Toulouse Olympique yet to be released).
The fixtures so far are three games on Saturday and three on Sunday, with some of the biggest rivalries in Rugby League against one another.
On the Saturday we see Huddersfield Giants v York Knights, Hull KR v Hull FC, Leigh Leopards v Warrington Wolves.
On the Sunday we see Wakefield Trinity v Castleford Tigers, Leeds Rhinos v Bradford Bulls, Wigan Warriors v St Helens.
How can you buy tickets?
Timings and information on tickets for the highly anticipated event will be confirmed in coming weeks, however you can pre-register your interest on the super league website via the form.
Tickets for the event range from £35 adult, £15 juniors for a day ticket, or £50 adult and £22.50 juniors for full weekend access. You can get an early bird discount of 25% for a limited time and Superleague club season ticket holders will receive additional discount, full information can be seen on the Super League website.
The event will be looking to surpass St James Park’s historical attendance figure from this year’s performances, which saw the highest attendance in seven years across the weekend with a total crowd of 64,156.
A closer look at the fixtures
The weekend kicks off with Huddersfield Giants taking on the newly promoted York Knights following their success in the 2025 season.
The game is followed by the fierce derby fixture between Hull KR and Hull FC, the Robins are anticipated to bring tough competition after making history as 2025 treble winners.
The Saturday will finish with Leigh Leopards bringing tough competition for Warrington Wolves after beating them by 19 points in the 2025 super league table.
Sunday begins with Castleford Tigers taking on one of their toughest rivals Wakefield Trinity, last super league season we saw three matches between the rivals with Trinity winning two of them.
We then see the renewal of the West Yorkshire derby between Leeds Rhinos and Bradford Bulls, who will also face each other in the Super League’s ‘rivals round’ around Easter of 2026.
We finish the Sunday with the second derby of the day, with St Helens facing 2025’s Super League runners up Wigan Warriors.
