Eyes of Sky on Super League opener

IN the curtain-raising Magic Weekend of Super League XVI, all 14 teams are in action and each will be looking to get their season off to a flying start in front of the Sky Sports cameras.

Twenty-five live matches over rounds one to 14 will be shown in High Definition on Sky Sports with Leeds Rhinos featuring eight times, Bradford Bulls five, St Helens six and champions Wigan Warriors five.

The World Club Challenge match that pits Maguire's Wigan side against Bennett's St George-Illawarra at the DW Stadium will be shown on Sunday, February 27.

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Easter weekend serves up a mouthwatering Yorkshire derby between Bradford and Leeds before Mick Potter's Bulls travel to the Stade Gilbert Brutus to take on Catalans on Easter Monday.

Sky Cameras will provide exclusive coverage of every match of the season ending play-offs along with the Super League Grand Final from Old Trafford.

Neville Smith, executive producer Sky Sports Rugby League programming said: "We have shown Rugby League on Sky Sports for 20 years and it's been a privilege to be part of its growth."

Sky Sports will also show coverage of The Co-operative Championships as well as international matches and the annual Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge.

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The full list of live televised fixtures for Rounds 1-14 on Sky Sports is:

FEBRUARY

Saturday 12 ROUND 1 Magic Weekend

Sunday 13 ROUND 1 Magic Weekend

Friday 18 ROUND 2 Hull v Leeds

Saturday 19 ROUND 2 Castleford v Huddersfield

Friday 25 ROUND 3 St Helens v Warrington

Saturday 26 ROUND 3 Crusaders v Bradford

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Sunday 27 World Club Ch Wigan v St. George-Illawarra

MARCH

Friday 4 ROUND 4 Harlequins v Huddersfield

Saturday 5 ROUND 4 Warrington v Leeds

Friday 11 ROUND 5 Wakefield v Warrington

Saturday 12 ROUND 5 Castleford v Catalans

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Friday 18 ROUND 6 Leeds v St Helens (TBC)

Saturday 19 ROUND 6 Match TBC

Friday 25 ROUND 7 Wigan v Warrington

Saturday 26 ROUND 7 Hull KR v Huddersfield

APRIL

Friday 1 ROUND 8 Leeds v Wigan

Saturday 2 ROUND 8 Salford v Crusaders

Friday 8 ROUND 9 Huddersfield v Warrington

Saturday 9 ROUND 9 Hull KR v Leeds

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Friday 15 ROUND 10 St Helens v Wakefield

Saturday 16 ROUND 10 Salford v Bradford

Thursday 21 ROUND 11 Bradford v Leeds

Good Friday 22 ROUND 11 Hull v Hull KR

Good Friday 22 ROUND 11 Wigan v St Helens

Easter Monday 25 ROUND 12 Catalans v Bradford

Friday 29 ROUND 13 Castleford v Leeds

Saturday 30 ROUND 13 Harlequins v Salford

MAY

Friday 13 ROUND 14 Warrington v Castleford

Saturday 14 ROUND 14 Huddersfield v St Helens