Rugby League

Captain’s challenge was introduced to Super League games for 2025 and allows teams to contest a referee’s decision at a stoppage in play. Teams are allowed one unsuccessful challenge per game. The system was first introduced in Australia’s National Rugby League in 2020 with the aim of reducing the impact …

Watch highlights as Warrington Wolves beat Hull FC 12-4 to go level with leaders Leeds in the Super League table. BBC News

Victory for Wigan means they bounce back in Super League, with their most recent league fixture having been their heavy defeat by Hull KR over two weeks ago – a game when boss Matt Peet rested much of his side for their repeat meeting at Wembley in last weekend’s Challenge …

Watch highlights as Leigh make it five wins in six with a 24-14 victory over Castleford. BBC News

Watch highlights as Bradford Bulls beat York 30-20 with Riley Dean impressing on his Bulls debut. BBC News

Huddersfield: Evalds; Kershaw, Wrench, Gagai, Milne; Lolohea, Flanagan; Burgess, Woolford, King, O’Donnell, Greenwood, Rushton. Interchanges: Powell, English, Rush, Patolo. Toulouse: Ashall-Bott; Laguerre, Polselli, Quai-Ward, Ulberg; Rouge, Shorrocks; Roumanos, Hands, Butler, O’Kane, Jussaume, Cator. Interchanges: Marion, Wallace, Tolefoa, Bretherton. Sin-bin: Marion (55) Referee: James Vella. BBC News

Leeds Rhinos earned back-to-back wins in Women’s Super League as they beat York Valkyrie, while Featherstone Rovers earned their first league victory of 2026, seeing off Barrow Raiders. Kaiya Glynn, Nicole Kennedy and Ebony Stead gave Leeds a 14-6 lead over York at the break, with Tamzin Renouf hitting back …

Warrington Wolves centre Toby King will depart the club at the end of the season to join London Broncos. The 29-year-old has made 199 appearances for the Wire, winning the League Leaders’ Shield in 2016 and the Challenge Cup in 2019. King spent the 2023 season on loan at Wigan …

Bradford: Aekins; Wynne, Chamberlain, Blake, Ryan; Nikorima, Dean; Sutton, Ackers, Doro, Fulton, Russell, Mellor. Interchanges: Gardiner, Scurr, Atkin, Peposhi Sin-bin: Ackers (22) York: Dagger; Galeano, Wood, Mata’afa, Nofoaluma; Hunter, Harris; Martin, Inman, Vaughan, Reynolds, Field, Thompson Interchanges: Balmforth, Va’a, Vuniyayawa, Hingano Sin-bin: Nofoaluma (47) Referee: Liam Rush BBC News

Brad Arthur has signed a two-year contract extension at Leeds Rhinos. The Headingley side remained top of Super League with a hard-fought win over St Helens on Thursday night, and the club announced the new deal for the Australian head coach the following day. Arthur joined the Rhinos towards the …

Leeds: McCormack; Hall, Newman, Handley, Sivo; Croft, Connor; Oledzki, O’Connor, Jenkins, Hankinson, McDonnell, Watkins. Interchanges: Palasia, Levi, Smith, Cassell. St Helens: Welsby; Feldt, Robertson, Percival, Sailor; Lomax, Whitby; Walmsley, Clark, Klemmer, Sironen, Whitley, Shorrocks. Interchanges: Wright, Delaney, Davies, Shorrocks. Referee: Jack Smith. BBC News

Wakefield Trinity have signed forward Emre Guler from NRL side St George Illawarra Dragons on a three-year deal from next season. The 28-year-old Turkey international has made over 100 NRL appearances and made his debut for Canberra Raiders. He has so far appeared in every game for St George this …

Hull KR’s Tom Whitehead has joined Championship side Doncaster on loan for the rest of the season. The second-rower, 23, joined the reigning Super League champions this season from Warrington Wolves, where he made 11 appearances in three seasons. After playing and scoring tries in two Challenge Cup games for …

Lees has made almost 200 appearances for St Helens having joined them as a 16-year-old, making his senior debut at the age of 18. The challenge of playing in the NRL, as well as its financial benefit, means he leaves with Rowley’s blessing. “The Papua New Guinea train motors on. …

Super League kicked off in 1996 when Paris St Germain met Sheffield Eagles at the Charlety Stadium and this fixture brings rugby league back to the French capital. It will also be the first match Catalans have relocated since they faced Wigan at Barcelona’s Camp Nou in 2019, a game …

Josh Griffin has announced the end of his 18-year rugby league career following an injury which has sidelined him for the rest of York Knights’ season. The 36-year-old former Hull FC player sustained a pectoral muscle rupture which ruled him out for at least four months, and has called time …

Castleford Tigers have signed forward Jack Brown on a deal which runs until the end of the 2028 season. The 25-year-old joins from Hull KR having made 32 appearances for the Robins between 2024 and this season. During his time at Hull KR, Brown won the treble in 2025 and …

Matty Lees will leave St Helens at the end of next season to join new NRL franchise Papua New Guinea Chiefs. The 28-year-old England prop has told the club he will be linking up with the new outfit, to be coached by current Hull Kingston Rovers boss Willie Peters, in …

Sam Walters has received a seven-match ban following his red card late in Wigan Warriors’ Challenge Cup final win over Hull Kingston Rovers. The Cherry and Whites forward became the first man since 1993 to be dismissed in the showpiece after his lift tackle on Robins hooker Bill Leyland was …

For more than 30 years he was a cherished member of the BBC radio and TV commentary team. His knowledge was unsurpassed, his humour never diminished. We gave him the tag of ‘Tight Yorkshireman’ – always the last to get to the bar to buy a drink, we’d joke, and …