Leeds Rhinos kick off Super League title defence live on Sky Sports

Leeds Rhinos will begin the defence of their Super League crown against Warrington Wolves live on Sky Sports.

Brian McDermott's men clinched the treble in a fairy-tale season for the club and will welcome the Wolves and the Sky Sports cameras to Headingley as they start their new era without influential figures Kevin Sinfield, Jamie Peacock and Kylie Leuluai.

Wigan Warriors, Super League runners-up for the second year running, get their 2016 season underway with a game at home against the Catalan Dragons on Friday February 5, whilst 2015 Challenge Cup finalists Hull KR take on Castleford Tigers in one of two fixtures staged on February 7.

Later in February, three of Super League's top performing clubs of 2015, Leeds, Wigan and St Helens will go head to head with the top three NRL sides from 2015 with the Warriors taking on Brisbane Broncos, Rhinos taking on the North Queensland Cowboys and St Helens taking on the Sydney Roosters in a rematch of the first ever World Club Challenge.

Super League celebrates Easter with an action-packed weekend filled with derbies including Wigan's trip to Langtree Park to take on old rivals St Helens and the East Yorkshire derby between Hull KR and Hull FC.

The Magic Weekend 2016 will once again descend on Newcastle's St James Park in Round 15, where Leeds and Wigan will go head-to-head in a rematch of last season's final.

Speaking of the partnership between Super League and Sky Sports, Super League General Manager Blake Solly said: "I am once again delighted that our main broadcast partner Sky Sports will be capturing all the drama and excitement of the 2016 season. The importance of the exposure the sport gets through its partnership with Sky Sports cannot be overstated and the level of coverage in 2015 was once again superb."

KEY DATES

February

Weekend of 4th-7th - Super League Round One

Weekend of 19th-21st - World Club Series

March

Weekend of 24th-28th - Easter Weekend

May

Weekend of 21st - 22nd - Magic Weekend

August

Weekend of 3rd - 7th - Super 8s begin

October

Weekend of 1st-2nd - Super League Semi Final and Million Pound Game

8th - Grand Final