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Millennium Magic day one
Millennium Stadium
Cardiff, 3/4 May 2008



A Huddersfield fan poses with the club's mascot before kick-off

The atmosphere inside the stadium is lively as the second year of Millennium Magic gets under way

Warington's Michael Monaghan dives over the tryline in Cardiff

Huddersfield 34-36 Warrington: Wolves scrum-half Michael Monaghan claims the first points of the weekend as he scores an early try

Michael Lawrence celebrates his try for Huddersfield

But Warrington's lead is shortlived as Huddersfield quickly hit back through a Michael Lawrence try

Huddersfield's Andy Raleigh celebrates another try for his side

The Giants are well on top in the opening 40 minutes, with Andy Raleigh scoring the third of their four first-half tries

Andy Bracek scores two second-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

Lee Briers scores Warrington's sixth and final try

And a score from skipper Lee Briers proves to be the match winner as Warrington end their losing streak

Adam Watene scores early on for Wakefield despuite the presence of three Castleford tacklers

Castleford 16-54 Wakefield: Adam Watene, back from compassionate leave after the death of his father, scores an early try for Wakefield

Adam Watene, just back from compassionate leave, makes the perfect start as he scores early on

It's an emotional score for Watene, who marks the occasion by pointing to a tattoo bearing the name of his late father

Richard Moore cruises over for Wakefield

It soon becomes a bit too easy for Wakefield, with Richard Moore running in from 20m after great work by the influential Danny Brough

Luke Dorn sinks to his knees as Cas concede another score

Castleford have the worst defensive record in Super League and they leak four tries before the break

Danny Brough cuts through the Tigers defence

Danny Brough is in outstanding form for Wakefield, inspiring his side to score nine tries in a dominant display

Castleford's players can only stand and look as Danny Brough prepares to take another conversion

It's another defeat for Castleford - their 11th of a difficult Super League season

Bradford's Dave Halley runs out at Millennium Stadium

Bradford 26-40 Leeds: There's plenty of razzmatazz on show in Cardiff for the highlight of day one

Jamie Peacock tries to get his hands on Bradford's Sam Burgess

The heavyweight final clash of the day sees two high-quality packs going head-to-head

Semi Tadulala dots the ball down despite the attentions of several Leeds defenders

Bradford winger Semi Tadulala supplies a quality finish out wide to put the Bulls into the lead

Kallum Watkins celebrates his try with Scott Donald

But the lead is quickly snatched back by Leeds with centre Kallum Watkins, 17, marking the biggest match of his career with a try

New signing Eric Anselme celebrates scoring a try for Leeds against Bradford

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 celebrates scoring for Leeds against Bradford

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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