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 On paper this was the game of the round, Leeds Rhinos in
fourth spot in the table approaching the halfway stage against promoted side
Wakefield Trinity who are currently in sixth with both sides coming into the
game on the back of three game unbeaten streaks.
The home side were favourites with the bookies to take a
game which marked a year since the passing of Leeds super star Rob Burrow, and
they were handicapped by eight points for a game which would be used to
recognise motor neurone disease (MND), a cause close to the Rhinos hearts.
A win would take the Rhinos back ahead of Leigh and into the
third spot that they relinquished last night to the Leopards, a win for Wakefield
would elevate them to fourth, pushing the Rhinos back into fifth on points
difference.
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 The league leaders Hull KR took on St Helens in round
thirteen knowing that only a win was likely to keep them at the top of table as
Wigan Warriors kicked off at the same time against the 2025 whipping boys
Salford Red Devils needing two points to draw level.
St Helens came into the game on the back of two victories
and were looking to make it three in a row after a rocky period, the bookies
though favoured the home side and gave the visitors a six point start on the
coupon suggesting that the Robins might not have everything their own way.
Hull KR have been victorious on the last three occasions
that the sides have met including a 20-10 win in the round four match earlier
this year and you have to go back as far as August 2023 to find the last Saints
win.
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 Both sides were desperate for a win, and the points, in the
opening game of round thirteen as second bottom side Huddersfield Giants looked
for their second win of the season against a Leigh Leopards side who were
looking to end a three-game losing streak.
Huddersfield haven’t beaten Leigh since February 2024,
losing the only meeting between the two sides in 2025 by a fourteen-point
margin, and as a result the Giants were given a ten point start on the coupon.
A win wouldn’t help the Giants league position, although it
would lift them clear of Salford in bottom spot, but if the Leopards could get
the points then they would move above the Rhinos and into third.
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 The pinnacle of rugby league, the three game State of Origin
series, got underway at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane as the Maroons faced
the Blues, New South Wales seeking to get off to the best of starts to retain
the shield after wrestling it from Queensland in 2024.
Last season the Maroons won the opening game convincingly
before losing the second and third outings to lose the shield that they had
held for the previous two seasons, although they still hold a 24-17 series lead
since the start of modern origin games in 1982.
The bookies were predicting a close game pre-kick-off but leaned
slightly towards the Blues, handicapping them by four points on the coupon, the
stage was set for a cracker.
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 Wigan Warriors were strong favourites for the win as the
travelled to Perpignan to take over a Catalans Dragons side who had parted
company with their longstanding coach during the week and who were having a
disappointing season which see’s them in eighth position and in danger of
missing out on the playoffs.
Wigan have won the last four games between the two sides and
you must go back almost two years to find the last victory for the Dragons, but
this is the first meeting between the sides in 2025 and comes at an inopportune
moment for the home side.
Joel Tomkins was in temporary charge of the home side but
his brother, and Dragons talisman, Sam was still unavailable for selection.
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Castleford Tigers were looking for back-to-back wins for the
first time in 2025 after defeating Salford Red Devils last time out, but they
were up against near neighbours Leeds Rhinos who are pushing towards the top of
the table and secured a sensational dying seconds win over Hull FC in round
eleven.
A win would take the Rhinos into third spot, their highest
league position for some time, while a win for the Tigers would move them to
within two points of the Warrington Wolves in eighth spot, still holding out a
hope of making the top six with a good run of form.
The home side were given an eight point start on the coupon,
the bookies expecting a close game between these two fierce rivals, closer than
when the Rhinos won by 38-24 in March.
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In a dress rehearsal for a Wembley Cup Final clash in a
fortnight’s time, the fixture calendar threw together the Warrington Wolves and
Hull KR with the visitors looking to extend their lead at the top of the table,
the home side needing the win to lift themselves one place on the table to
eighth.
The Robins were favourites with the bookies, handicapped by
ten points on the coupon, and tipped to win as they did on the last two
meetings between the sides in 2024.
This was a chance for players to impress the coach and make
their claim for a place in the cup side for the final on the 7th
June.
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 Hull FC suffered heartbreak last time out when they lost in
the dying seconds to a Ryan Hall try an Leeds snatched the win after trailing
for seventy-eight minutes, while Leigh Leopards ended up losing by just eight
points against Wigan Warriors after spending a large part of the game trailing
heavily.
A win for Leigh would lift them back within a point of the
Warriors while keeping them clear of the Rhinos in fourth, Hull FC would be up
to fifth grom seventh if they could claim the points.
The Leopards were the favourites with the bookies but not by
much, handicapped by six points on the coupon.
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 The ongoing takeover saga and financial troubles overshadow
everything and anything that the Salford Red Devils try to do on the field and
the side with just one win in 2025 travelled to a Castleford Tigers side who
themselves have won just two games in a basement battle to finish off the
eleventh round of Super League XXX.
The bookies didn’t give Salford a ‘snowball in hell’s’
chance of winning, handicapping Castleford by twenty points on the coupon as
they looked to repeat their round three victory when they won by 22-14.
A Red Devils win would lift them back off the bottom, but
Castleford needed three wins to make any difference to their league position,
however, one would be a good start for Danny McGuire’s men.
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 Two sides locked together in the bottom half of the table on
ten league points met with the chance to finish the weekend in the top half of
the table as Wakefield Trinity took on the Warrington Wolves in a seventh
against ninth clash with a win for either side being enough to lift them above
Hull FC.
Warrington were slight favourites with the bookies and had
been given a two-point handicap on the coupon, but the scene was set for a
battle royal between two sides trying to break into the play off positions in a
game which for most was too close to call before kick off.
Wakefield have emerged victorious from their last four home
meetings with Warrington, and you have to go back as far as 2019 for the last
win for the Wolves on Trinity’s home paddock, Wakefield also won the round four
encounter in Super League XXX by 30-14 in March.
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It was second top against second bottom as Hull KR looked to
climb back over the Wigan Warriors into top spot while the Huddersfield Giants
knew that a second consecutive win would lift them up to four league points,
level with tenth in the table Castleford.
The visitors had a massive twenty-eight point start on the
handicap coupon, the bookies, pundits and most fans giving them little hope of
a famous Hull double within a fortnight as Luke Robinsons men looked to salvage
some pride out of a disappointing 2025 season.
In reality, the expectation was for a cricket score win for
the Robins.
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Two sides with very different Magic Weekend experiences met
in a Round Eleven game to determine who would end the night in fourth spot, and
who would be sixth, as the Leeds Rhinos entertained Hull FC at Headingley.
The Rhinos came into the game on the back of a confidence
boosting win over St Helens in the Newcastle jamboree, while Hull FC were still
licking their wounds after being the first side to give league points to a
struggling Huddersfield Giants in 2025.
The bookies thought that the points would be going the
Rhinos way after giving them a twelve-point handicap on the coupon, if the
Airlie Birds could pull off a win, then it would be a shock to many, including
some of their own supporters.
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 It was the clash of the embattled coaches as sixth placed St
Helens, under the precarious coaching of Paul Wellens, took on seventh placed
Catalans Dragons under the stewardship of an embattled Steve McNamara.
The winners would be up to fifth, or potentially fourth, and
it was St Helens who were the favourites to win with the bookies as they were
handicapped by twelve points on the coupon but both sides were looking to
bounce back from consecutive losses.
Saints were victors in the round three meeting at the end of
March by a single point, but honours were shared last year with a game apiece,
the Dragons winning the four games before that for five victories in the last
seven over the Saints.
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 A date with Hull KR at Wembley in early June awaited the victors
in the second semi-final between the Warrington Wolves and Leigh Leopards as
the two sides clashed at the Totally Wicked Stadium in St Helens.
The Wolves were handicapped by two points on the coupon
despite being five points and six places behind their opponents on the current
Super League table, Leigh having won the league meeting between the two sides back
in April 2025.
The Wolves were looking for their second consecutive final
appearance, and to go one better than last year and lift the trophy, the
Leopards for their second appearance in three seasons after famously lifting
the trophy in 2023 when they beat Hull KR thanks to that Gareth O’Brien golden
point drop goal.
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Hull KR were the red-hot favourites to eliminate the Catalans
Dragons from the Challenge Cup at the semi-final stage and march on to Wembley
in a month’s time to face either the Warrington Wolves or Leigh Leopards for a
chance to finally end forty-five years of hurt and lift the famous old trophy.
It was the first meeting between the two sides in 2025, the most
recent game being the round twenty-two clash back in August 2024 which the
Robins won by the comprehensive margin of 36-4.
The bookies gave the Dragons a twelve point start on the
coupon, expecting that Hull KR would fulfil their favourites tag and make the
trip down to London in a month’s time, in front of a bumper crowd made up
mostly of KR fans.
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It was only two rounds ago when a dramatic Mason Lino drop
goal sealed the win for Wakefield Trinity and broke the hearts of the
Castleford Tigers, and in the final game at the Magic Weekend in Newcastle the
two were again pitched against one another with all the pre-match speculation that it could be a classic on a day of classics.
The Tigers were given a six-point start on the coupon as
Wakefield looked for the victory that would lift them into eighth spot in the
table above the Warrington Wolves side who had just lost out to Wigan in a
thrilling encounter.
It was a classic encounter in Rivals round, but the Tigers
won both preceding encounters in 2023, the year that a very different Wakefield
were relegated from Super League,
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On a day of three mouthwatering Magic games, one stood out
as likely to be a little bit special was the champions Wigan Warriors faced the
Warrington Wolves, Wigan looking to narrow the gap on top placed Hull KR while
Warrington had their eyes on a top six spot.
The bookies could only see one winner as the Wolves were
devastated by injuries which meant that they fielded a side without a
recognised half-back, Wigan being handicapped by sixteen points on the coupon.
Wigan comfortably won the round three game in Las Vegas by 48-24
but roles were reversed in the last meeting between the two sides in 2024 when
Warrington won by 40-4 but most thought that the volume of injuries in the
primrose and blue would gift the game to Wigan.
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 Day two, game four, of the Magic Weekend in Newcastle
delivered a lop-sided, on paper at least, match up between fifth placed Hull FC
and a Huddersfield Giants side who had so far not delivered a single point in
Super League 2025.
The Giants had been given a fourteen-point start on the
handicap coupon with everyone backing a win for Hull FC which would lift them
above the Rhinos and back into fourth place in the table, however, a much-needed
win for the Giants would lift them above Salford on points difference and could
kick-start what has so far been an awful season.
FC won the meeting between the two sides in round three by a
single point having lost the previous five encounters, and the Giants have a
track record of performing well at the Magic Weekend.
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The final game of the opening day of Magic was the most mouth-watering
fixture of the afternoon as St Helens took on the Leeds Rhinos with fourth
place up for grabs for the victor, the two sides starting the game separated by
just points difference on the league table.
Saints were slight favourites with the bookies, but this was
a different Rhinos side to the one which St Helens knocked out of the Challenge
Cup by 22-14 a couple of months ago, but the Rhinos were seeking their
first win over Saints in two years.
St Helens brought back skipper Jonny Lomax after he was left
out of the side for the last three games.
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On paper the most one-sided fixture at the Magic weekend
pitted the lead leaders Hull KR against the side struggling against adversity in
the embattled Salford Red Devils who are just keeping their nose ahead of
fellow strugglers the Huddersfield Giants.
The bookies thought that there could only be one winner and
there was the chance for any risk-taking Salford fan to make a small fortune at 80/1 if
they backed their own side to upset the Champions elect.
The Robins won the round three game between the two sides by
a massive 42-0, and you have to back to round three in 2024, four games ago, to
find the last time that Salford picked up the points.
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