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Hull KR head coach Willie Peters has issued a rallying cry ahead of what could be his last game in charge of the club, with the Australian speaking before the play-off eliminator against Warrington Wolves.
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The rugby league season is under way, with the BBC offering extensive coverage throughout. The BBC is broadcasting every round of the Challenge Cup this season but the action does not stop there. Elsewhere, there are plenty of big games to look forward to on the BBC across Sup…
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Super League leaders and Challenge Cup winners Wigan Warriors are the latest club to have posted significant financial losses: with their 2025 accounts showing a loss of over £4million. Losses across Super League have been rising in recent years – with the likes of St Helens a…
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Long-serving skipper Jack Owens is among four stars Championship outfit Widnes Vikings have announced will depart at the end of the 2026 season. A product of his hometown club’s youth system, Owens – who is now 32 – made his first-team debut for Widnes as a teenager: featuring…
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One-time Super League champion and two-time Challenge Cup winner Iain Thornley will hang up his boots at the end of the 2026 campaign following a two-season stint with Championship outfit Oldham . Thornley started out in hometown club Wigan’s youth system, but played rugby uni…
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Wigan Warriors won a sixth League Leaders' Shield as they ran in nine tries to beat Catalans Dragons and carry on their remarkable run of form heading into the Super League play-offs. Matt Peet's side, who were trophyless in 2025 off the back of their quadruple-winning 2024 ca…
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Hull FC have confirmed a major turnover within their performance and backroom staff, with iconic back-to-back Challenge Cup-winning captain Gareth Ellis among seven off-field departures ahead of the final game of the season.
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Veteran Leigh star Jack Hughes will retire at the end of the season, bringing the curtain down on a career which has seen him win a Super League Grand Final along with two Challenge Cups. Golborne Parkside and Wigan St Judes junior Hughes joined Leigh ahead of the 2023 campaig…
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As is always the case come the end of every season, some greats of the game are preparing to hang their boots up. Tom Briscoe scores one of his five tries for Leeds Rhinos during their 2015 Challenge Cup final triumph Two-time Super League winner Briscoe will hang up his boots…
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Unbeaten Wigan Warriors moved ominously towards back-to-back trebles by thrashing closest rivals Leeds Rhinos 50-12 on their own AMT Headingley pitch. Denis Betts' side, who already have the League Leaders' Shield and Challenge Cup in the bag, ran in nine tries against the tea…
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St Helens centre and former England international Mark Percival will retire from rugby league at the end of the season. The 32-year-old has spent his entire career with Saints and during that time won five Super League titles, four League Leaders' Shields, the Challenge Cup an…
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Wigan Warriors have retained the League Leaders' Shield after 26-20 victory over Leeds Rhinos to move within one game of a second consecutive treble. The Shield is the second piece of silverware of the campaign for the Warriors, who lifted the Challenge Cup at Wembley in May.
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St Helens legend Jonny Lomax is to retire at the end of the 2026 Super League season, he announced on Tuesday. Lomax, who has not featured since fracturing his jaw in Saints' defeat by Warrington Wolves in June, has made 388 appearances for the club, winning five Grand Finals,…
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Widnes ‘want to be the Wigan of the Championship’, with Vikings head coach Allan Coleman laying out his vision to follow the Warriors’ blueprint of producing talent of their own en-masse. Three time champions of the British game and seven time winners of the Challenge Cup, Wid…
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Adrian Lam has challenged his Leigh side to leave a ‘legacy’ for the town by winning silverware, just as the Leopards did three years ago by lifting the Challenge Cup. August 12 marked three years to the day since the Leopards, during their first season back in Super League, p…
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Wigan Warriors young gun Noah Hodkinson has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2026 season with a torn quad, suffered last weekend in victory over Toulouse Olympique. Utility back Hodkinson, who had donned a shirt on loan for both Widnes Vikings and Salford RLFC in the Ch…
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Wigan Warriors head coach Matt Peet has said winger Noah Hodkinson is unlikely to feature again in 2026 because of a thigh injury. The 20-year-old suffered the injury in Saturday's win over Toulouse. Hodkinson made his Wigan debut in the Challenge Cup fourth round win over Bra…
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Rob Hawkins stars as Halifax Panthers thrash Leeds Rhinos to earn their sixth Wheelchair Challenge Cup final triumph and second in a row.
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There are 22 rugby league fixtures available to watch on TV this week, from Super League’s Rivals Rounds to even a Challenge Cup Final! The action begins this morning, when NRL sides Parramatta Eels and Penrith Panthers go at it, before the Hull derby kicks off the weekend’s S…
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Defending champions Halifax Panthers will take on Leeds Rhinos in the Betfred Wheelchair Challenge Cup Final on Saturday 25 July at Robin Park Leisure Centre as they reach a second, consecutive final and hunt their first piece of silverware in their bid to retain the treble.
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Leigh Leopards could have three returnees to their side this week, as they look to significantly strengthen their forward pack ahead of their game against Warrington Wolves. The pair meet for the fifth time in 2026 after one game in pre-season, one in the Challenge Cup and thr…
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Huddersfield Giants owner Ken Davy has today announced his resignation as Chairman of Huddersfield Giants with immediate effect. Davy took on the role in January 1996 and, after a roller-coaster 30 years, has decided to step away from the club after overseeing a League Leaders…
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It might be over six weeks since the comments were made but St Helens assistant Lee Briers has not forgotten what Matt Peet said about the Red Vee ‘losing their identity’ as he made a veiled dig towards the Wigan boss in his pre-match presser. Following Wigan’s Challenge Cup s…
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There’s a big game this weekend for York Valkyrie as they host Wigan Warriors on Saturday in the Betfred Women’s Super League (12pm)!The game is being played as part of a double header, with York Knights facing Wigan Warriors in the Betfred Super League at 3pm. Wigan come as S…
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Wigan Warriors and York Knights have named their sides for this afternoon’s Super League fixture at the LNER Community Stadium Wigan, fresh off a 48-10 win over Wakefield Trinity last week, will be hoping for a fourth win in a row, with victories of late including the Challeng…
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Wigan Warriors Women have dominated selections in the race for the ‘Woman of Steel’ voting, with the side taking up seven of the 10 selections in the initial shortlist. The Warriors, who have won every trophy going since the start of the 2025 season, are unbeaten to start 2026…
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Wigan Warriors have made their call on Bevan French with the former Man of Steel set to play off the bench, as he did in the Challenge Cup Final, with Jack Farrimond keeping the starting shirt in the halves. Matt Peet had a positive headache when picking his side as both Harry…
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The Super League Team of the Week is in for Round 13, and Wigan Warriors dominate after a strong showing in Paris. Matt Peet’s men backed up their Wembley victory with two points over Catalans Dragons, doing so in quite incredible fashion. Racing to a 30-6 lead at the break, t…
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Round 13 of Super League wrapped up this weekend so we’re now approaching the halfway stage of the season and yet more names have been added to the injury list. After a break for the Challenge Cup, Super League returned on Thursday night as Leeds Rhinos continued their strong …
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Watch highlights as Wigan follow-up their Challenge Cup triumph with a 40-16 win over Catalans Dragons in Super League.
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Wigan Warriors scored two try-of-the-season contenders in as many minutes in their 40-16 thrashing of Catalans Dragons in Paris The newly-crowned Challenge Cup champions showed no signs of a hangover, and took just three minutes to get some points on the board, doing so via fu…
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Still reeling from the Challenge Cup Final defeat to Wigan Warriors, Hull KR head coach Willie Peters believes that Saturday’s clash with Wakefield Trinity is the ‘perfect game’ to respond with. KR and Trinity both sit level on 16 points so a loss would mean that Willie Peters…
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Hull KR star forward Jai Whitbread is still awaiting the birth of his child with the Australian’s availability possibly set to be impacted for the second week in a row. Whitbread was named in Hull KR’s 21-man squad for the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley, however, he did not tr…
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Hull KR head coach Willie Peters has expressed his disappointment and shock at the fact that Wigan’s Junior Nsemba was not charged for the role he played in the ‘disturbing’ tackle on Bill Leyland late on in Saturday’s Challenge Cup Final. Wigan Warriors’ Sam Walters was sent …
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Wakefield Trinity winger Tom Johnstone has shared the positive news that he expects to return from injury this weekend in an all-important clash against Hull KR. The Robins will still be reeling from Saturday’s Challenge Cup Final loss to Wigan Warriors but Trin have a massive…
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🏆 Challenge Cup Finals 2026
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Wigan Warriors prop Sam Walters has received a seven-match ban following his dismissal in Saturday's Challenge Cup final win over Hull KR.
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The Super League disciplinary verdict is in following the Challenge Cup Final between Wigan Warriors and Hull KR. Wigan won the trophy at Wembley after a 40-10 mauling of the Robins, but their afternoon came at a cost, with two players picking up bans. Sam Walters will miss th…
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FORMER Wales coach John Kear has died just hours after he commentated on the BBC. The tragic news was announced on Monday morning. Celebrated rugby league coach Kear passed away at the age of 71 on Sunday afternoon. He had been the co-commentator for BBC's coverage of the Chal…
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