Lesson plan
Magic Weekend
The Magic Weekend (stylised as Magic WKND) is an annual event organised by the Rugby Football League in which an entire round of Super League matches is played over a weekend at a single stadium to promote the sport of rugby league. The event took place at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in 2007 and 2008, and again in 2011. Subsequent events have taken place at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, from 2009 to 2010, the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, from 2012 to 2014, St James' Park, Newcastle, from 2015 to 2018, Anfield, Liverpool in 2019, before a return to Newcastle between 2021 and 2023. Elland Road in Leeds hosted it for the first time in the 2024 season, before a third return to Newcastle in 2025. Magic Weekend returned to Liverpool in 2026, but was hosted at Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium. Having established itself on the English rugby league calendar, the Magic Weekend formula has now been copied in other rugby league-playing nations: starting in France in 2017, and then in Australia, with the Magic Round in 2019.
Article summary
The Magic Weekend (stylised as Magic WKND) is an annual event organised by the Rugby Football League in which an entire round of Super League matches is played over a weekend at a single stadium to promote the sport of rugby league. The event took place at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in 2007 and 2008, and again in 2011. Subsequent events have taken place at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, from 2009 to 2010, the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, from 2012 to 2014, St James' Park, Newcastle, from 2015 to 2018, Anfield, Liverpool in 2019, before a return to Newcastle between 2021 and 2023. Elland Road in Leeds hosted it for the first time in the 2024 season, before a third return to Newcastle in 2025. Magic Weekend returned to Liverpool in 2026, but was hosted at Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium. Having established itself on the English rugby league calendar, the Magic Weekend formula has now been copied in other rugby league-playing nations: starting in France in 2017, and then in Australia, with the Magic Round in 2019.
Key claims
- date of establishment: 2017 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of establishment is "2017". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378615446
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