Magic Weekend
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| Locale | St James' Park, Newcastle |
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| Teams | 12 |
| First meeting | 2007 |
| Latest meeting | 2016 |
| Next meeting | 2017 |
| Broadcasters |
Sky Sports BBC Sport |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 10 |
| Most wins |
 Wigan Warriors(7 wins) |
| Largest victory |
 Salford 16-68  Warrington
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The Magic Weekend (known as the Dacia Magic Weekend for sponsorship) is an annual event organized by the Rugby Football League in which an entire round of Super League matches is played over a weekend at a single stadium to showcase the sport of rugby league. The first event was held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in 2007, and subsequent events have taken place at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh; the Etihad Stadium, Manchester; and St James' Park in Newcastle.
The first Millennium Magic round was confirmed in September 2006 for the weekend of 5–6 May 2007.Richard Lewis, chairman of the RFL, cited both expansion and monetary reasons for the move to Wales, but the plan also allowed the Super League to be reduced by one round (critics had stated that the players were put under too much strain over the season). The event was funded and promoted by the Welsh Tourist Board, who were looking to build on the Challenge Cup finals which had taken place in Cardiff between 2003 and 2005 due to the rebuilding of Wembley Stadium. After the success of the first Millennium Magic in 2007, it became an annual fixture in the Super League calendar. The event was moved to Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh in 2009 following a bid from the Scottish Tourist Board, and was thus renamed to Murrayfield Magic, and later just the Magic Weekend.
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