The atmosphere inside the stadium is lively as the second year of Millennium Magic gets under way Huddersfield 34-36 Warrington: Wolves scrum-half Michael Monaghan claims the first points of the weekend as he scores an early try But Warrington's lead is shortlived as Huddersfield quickly hit back through a Michael Lawrence try The Giants are well on top in the opening 40 minutes, with Andy Raleigh scoring the third of their four first-half tries It's a different story in the second half as Huddersfield's defence leaks tries for fun in a nightmare 20-minute spell And a score from skipper Lee Briers proves to be the match winner as Warrington end their losing streak Castleford 16-54 Wakefield: Adam Watene, back from compassionate leave after the death of his father, scores an early try for Wakefield It's an emotional score for Watene, who marks the occasion by pointing to a tattoo bearing the name of his late father It soon becomes a bit too easy for Wakefield, with Richard Moore running in from 20m after great work by the influential Danny Brough Castleford have the worst defensive record in Super League and they leak four tries before the break Danny Brough is in outstanding form for Wakefield, inspiring his side to score nine tries in a dominant display It's another defeat for Castleford - their 11th of a difficult Super League season Bradford 26-40 Leeds: There's plenty of razzmatazz on show in Cardiff for the highlight of day one The heavyweight final clash of the day sees two high-quality packs going head-to-head Bradford winger Semi Tadulala supplies a quality finish out wide to put the Bulls into the lead But the lead is quickly snatched back by Leeds with centre Kallum Watkins, 17, marking the biggest match of his career with a try Bradford led 10-6 at the break but Leeds were dominant in the second half, with new signing Eric Anselme one of the try scorers Brent Webb was also on the scoresheet as Leeds scored six second-half tries in a 40-26 win over their local rivals
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