Excitement builds as tens of thousands of Magic Weekend fans converge on St James’ Park | OneFootball

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·2 May 2025

Excitement builds as tens of thousands of Magic Weekend fans converge on St James’ Park

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It is Magic Weekend at St James’ Park.

Tens of thousands of Rugby League fans descending on Tyneside.


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The Rugby League fraternity seeing St James’ Park as the ‘spiritual home’ of the Magic Weekend.

Easy to understand, with our brilliant NUFC home in the heart of the city centre, allowing those visiting to spend time and money on local bars, restaurants and so on.

Many of the Rugby League fans making a weekend of it.

Official Super League site report ahead of Magic Weekend at St James’ Park:

‘It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for! Every Rugby League fan’s favourite weekend is back for 2025!

Magic Weekend will celebrate its 18th birthday this weekend and makes its eagerly anticipated return to its spiritual home St. James’ Park – ten years since Super League’s first Magic Weekend in Newcastle in 2015!

It will be eighth time in the subsequent decade that Rugby League has staged its unique festival at the iconic home of Newcastle United FC.

All six Magic fixtures (Round 10) will be shown live and exclusively on Sky Sports, as we hit a third of the way through the season!

With a blockbuster Betfred Super League line-up, bumper crowds, and plenty happening in and around the stadium, will you be taking full advantage of the Bank Holiday brilliance and a weekend of Rugby League’s epic extravaganza in the Toon?

Prepare to be entertained!

12 TEAMS. 2 DAYS. 1 EPIC EVENT.

Betfred Super League’s Magic WKND returns to St. James’ Park in Newcastle on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May!

Be a part of it and purchase your tickets online HERE now!

Sat 3rd May

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