Monday 22nd September 08

The draw to decide the fixtures for next season’s Magic Weekend has been made today at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium - the venue that will host the seven match engage Super League spectacular over the 2009 early May Bank Holiday weekend.

The 14 clubs in next year’s engage Super League, including new additions Salford City Reds and Celtic Crusaders, were placed into three groups relating to their final League positions this term. Clubs could only be drawn to play teams from the same group. 

The draw was made by former Castleford and Great Britain Rugby League star Graham Steadman who is now Scotland Rugby Union’s defensive coach

The draw is as follows:

Catalans Dragons   v Leeds Rhinos
Wigan Warriors         v St Helens
Warrington Wolves   v Hull Kingston Rovers
Wakefield WIildcats  v Bradford Bulls
Hull FC                        v Castleford Tigers
Salford City Reds      v Harlequins RL
Huddersfield Giants v Celtic Crusaders

Next year’s Magic Weekend will be played on 2nd and 3rd May at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium but the dates on which the matches will be played will be confirmed in due course.

Tickets for the 2009 engage Super League Magic Weekend are now on-sale from the RFL Box Office on 0871 226 13 13 or via www.rugbylreaguetickets.co.uk

Day passes start from £15 and weekend tickets for seven games of top class engage Super League action star from just £25.