Super League's Magic Weekend comes to Anfield on Saturday and SundayTop-level rugby league returns to Liverpool on Saturday and Sunday when Super League brings its annual Magic Weekend to Anfield. With that in mind, we take a look at rugby league in the city and what the future holds for it... "Since at least the mid-1960s it appeared obvious to most rugby league observers that Liverpool and its surrounding locality would never display a strong empathy with rugby league," Mike Brocken wrote in his book Liverpool City RLFC: Rugby league in a football city. "The move to Runcorn, therefore, finally showed professional rugby league could not survive within an area so dominated by association football." If it is to, then Magic Weekend could well prove to be a springboard, especially if it makes Anfield its home for the next couple of years.

Source: Sky sports May 23, 2019 11:37 UTC