First against third as the Leeds Rhinos travelled to the DW Stadium to take on the Wigan Warriors, the side who beat them 27-12 the last time they met in Newcastle.



Wigan's ranks were bolstered by several returning stars including skipper Sean O'Loughlin but the Rhinos were forced to re-organise after losing Zak Hardaker to suspension, Stevie Ward and Mitch Garbutt to a back injury, the latter suffered in training after the Australian had made an impressive performance in his debut last week.



The home side were favourites with the bookies with the Rhinos being given a six point start on the handicap coupon.

Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors fans are set to create the biggest attendance of the First Utility Super League season so far when the side’s meet tonight at Headingley Carnegie.



With the South Stand and Carnegie Stand terrace already sold out, Leeds Rhinos are also set for a record Super League crowd against their old rivals Wigan when the Warriors arrive at Headingley Carnegie tonight, kick off 8pm.

Super League XX got off to an exciting, if controversial, start as a twelve-man Widnes Vikings defied all the odds to steal a draw, and share the points with 2014 Grand Finalists the Wigan Warriors.



The largest Widnes crowd for over ten years, a shade over nine thousand, witnessed a match packed full of action, incident and a decent helping of contention which saw Patrick Ah Van red-carded after twenty-two minutes, Matty Smith sin-binned with four minutes left on the clock and Charnley and Brown both leaving the field to not return after falling foul of new ‘concussion’ guidelines.



But it wouldn’t be Super League without a bit of controversy.

Wigan Warriors are just 80 minutes from an appearance in the Super League Grand Final after brushing aside league leaders Huddersfield Giants 22-8 in the first round of the playoffs at the John Smith’s Stadium.



The Warriors overcame a shaky start after going behind through Danny Brough’s try but a brace from Josh Charnley put Wigan on their way to victory before Blake Green’s try put the result beyond doubt.

Wigan Warriors won their 19th Challenge Cup with a 16-0 win over Hull FC in an error-strewn game at Wembley Stadium.



A first half try from Iain Thornley and three kicks from Pat Richards guided Wigan to victory in an error-strewn game before Sam Tomkins wrapped up the match by scoring with the final possession of the game.

Wigan overcame a brave Hull KR performance to regain the top spot in Super League with a hard-fought 21-16 victory at the DW Stadium.



The Challenge Cup finalists had to come from behind to win, as tries from Mick Dobson and Greg Eden cancelled out Josh Charnley’s early opening score.

They also had to contend with the loss of talisman Sam Tomkins through illness and the loss of Sean O’Loughlin during the first half through injury, while Pat Richards was rested from the first team squad.

Hull FC set up a Challenge Cup Final appearance against the Wigan Warriors with a 16-12 win over the Warrington Wolves in a superb game at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.



Hull travelled to Huddersfield as underdogs and the black and whites found themselves two tries down early on with scores by Joel Monaghan and Trent Waterhouse.

Wigan Warriors cruised into the Challenge Cup final with a thoroughly deserved 70-0 win over London.



Shaun Wane’s side, who missed out at the semi-final stages last time around, ran in a total of 11 tries and will face either Hull or Warrington at Wembley next month.

St Helens fought off a late comeback to beat arch rivals Wigan Warriors 22-16 in a thrilling game at Langtree Park.



Wigan, without the mercurial Sam Tomkins, missed the opportunity to take the top spot in the Super League table as Saints battled back to move up to 23 points in seventh place.



A superb late try from Joe Greenwood secured the win for the home side after the lead changed hands on a number of occasions throughout the 80 minutes.

Warrington Wolves held off a second half fightback against the Wigan Warriors to win 22-12 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.



Top of the table Wigan went into the match six points ahead of their rivals in third place but found themselves 10-0 down at half time after scores from Ben Westwood and Joel Monaghan.

Round eighteen of Superleague 2013 saw us ten games out from the play-offs with places and pride still to play for.



Warrington would travel to Gillingham to face the Broncos and come home with fifteen try haul, a side of Wigan youngsters cut it very fine at the Vikings, and the Rhinos got back to winning ways after losing four on the bounce.



We round up the weekend fixtures.

Wigan extended their winning run to thirteen games thanks to Scott Taylor whose first club try secured a 33-32 win.



The Young Warriors side, of which an astonishing 14 of 17 players came through the academy had to hold on in a nail biting finish when Patrick Ah Van scoring a hatrick just two minutes from time.

Wigan brought an end to Leeds’ undefeated Magic Weekend history with a 20-16 win in the final match of the event.



Unusually the Warriors failed to score in the second half but held out thanks to an eight point advantage instated before the break.

After last weekends stunning Tetley’s Challenge Cup victory over the Bradford Bulls the Broncos were brought crashing back to earth by a rampant Wigan Warriors as round fifteen of Superleague, the eve of the Magic Weekend, once again sprung a few surprises.



Castleford, under the new leadership of Daryl Powell, had a tough looking trip to the South of France; Warrington played host to a resurgent Hull FC at the Halliwell-Jones; and the Saints managed to halt a six game losing streak with a fight back win at the home of the Champions.



It was another exciting Superleague weekend and we round up all the details here.

What will you be doing on the 8th September?

The inaugural Wigan 10k run will be an event not to be missed.

While you are getting fit, feeling good about yourself, and bumping into numerous Rugby League Superstars, you can also be raising money for a brilliant cause, 'Joining Jack'.

It was yet another weekend of Superleague XVIII surprises as three teams upset loftier opposition and snatched the all-important two points.



Hull KR shocked the pundits by overcoming a St.

Helens side who must be alarming coach Brown with their inconsistency.

Hull FC put Catalans Dragons to the sword with a big win at the KC Stadium, and the Leeds Rhinos repeated their Grand Final success with a victory over the Warrington Wolves.



We look back at the weekend’s action.

Wigan went top of the table, for an hour or two at least, after a thrilling 28-16 Good Friday victory over rivals, St Helens.



The Warriors led 18-0 at the interval after a dominant first forty but were thoroughly made to work for their win during the second stanza.



The opening stages failed to foreshadow what lay ahead with both sides chancing their arm with an equal share of possession.

Four tries from England winger Josh Charnley was the highlight of the Wigan Warriors’ 62-4 demolition of the Widnes Vikings at the DW Stadium.



Charnley scored the quartet, three of them in 10 minutes, in a first half that ended 38-0 thanks to a brace from Sam Tomkins and a further score by Chris Tuson.

Leeds made up for last week’s disappointing loss to Huddersfield with a pulsating 18-14 victory over Wigan on Friday night.



The hosts by no means had it easy against a spirited young Wigan outfit who fell just short and will not use the absence of several key players as an excuse.

Australian winger, Pat Richards recorded his 150th try in the Cherry and White with a 90 metre interception as the Warriors beat Catalan 38-0.



Richards made sure a difficult Dragons assault ended fruitlessly before notching up a second five minutes later.