Rugby League

Hull FC winger Harvey Barron has extended his contract until the end of the 2027 season. The 21-year-old has scored 11 tries in 21 appearances for the Black and Whites. “I’m really excited for the club and for Harvey. He’s a local boy, who is still very young and it’s …

Castleford Tigers full-back Fletcher Rooney has signed a new five-year contract. The 19-year-old made his debut for the Super League side in 2023. “I’m in my fifth year at the club, I’ve worked hard at every level to be where I am today and I’m ambitious about the future,” he …

St Helens ran in a whopping 15 tries to demolish Salford Red Devils 82-0 on Saturday to register the biggest winning margin in Super League history. That win did come against a Salford side which named just 16 players in their squad, including eight debutants, because of a salary cap …

Salford Red Devils are under investigation by the Rugby Football League following their squad selection for Saturday’s heavy defeat by St Helens. Saints ran in 15 unanswered tries to kick off their season with a whopping 82-0 victory – the largest winning margin in Super League history. Prior to the …

Watch highlights as Wakefield Trinity edge out a well-earned win at Leeds Rhinos on their return to Super League. BBC News

Watch highlights as Warrington Wolves start their Super League campaign with a 20-12 win at Huddersfield Giants. BBC News

St Helens: Welsby, Feldt, Roberson, Percival, Murphy, Sailor, Lomax, Walmsley, Clark, Lees, Sironen, Batchelor, Knowles Interchanges: Bell, Whiteley, Wingfield, Delaney, Bennison Salford: Connell, Fitzgerald, Wagstaffe, Coan, Murray, Morgan, Wells, Yates, Hope, Shields, Hutchings, Lagar Interchanges: Bullock, Hellewell, Chan Referee: Jack Smith BBC News

Holders and 21-times winners Wigan Warriors will face Hull FC at home in the fourth round of the Challenge Cup. The new-look Black and Whites, now coached by John Cartwright, began their Super League season with a shock win away to Catalans Dragons but face the toughest proposition to progress …

Leeds: Connor, Lumb, Handley, Newman, Hall, Croft, Frawley, Oledzki, Ackers, Palasia, Bentley, McDonnell, Smith Interchanges: Lisone, Holroyd, Gannon, Edgell Wakefield: Jowitt, Russell, Pratt, Hall, Johnstone, Trueman, Lino, McMeeken, Hood, Hamlin-Uele, Croft, Storton, Pitts Interchanges: Russell, Doyle, Vagana, Faatili Sin-bin: Lino (64) Referee: Aaron Moore. BBC News

Watch highlights as Joe Burgess scores a hat-trick in Hull KR’s 19-18 golden-point win over Castleford. BBC News

Watch highlights as Hull FC start their Super League campaign with a 24-4 win at Catalans Dragons. BBC News

Catalans: Mourgue; Makinson, Sironen, Romano, Cotric; Rouge, Keary; Navarrete, Garcia, Satae, Sims, Whitehead, Partington. Interchanges: Pangai Jr, Bousquet, Da Costa, Seguier. Hull FC: Rapana; Barron, Hardaker, Briscoe, Martin; Cust, Sezer; Ese’ese, Bourouh, Aydin, Cartwright, Lane, Asiata. Interchanges: Sao, Ashworth, Fash, Balmforth. Referee: Chris Kendall. BBC News

In a frantic opening, Robins new boy Jared Waerea-Hargreaves thought he had forced himself over the line but, following a captain’s challenge, was deemed to have knocked on before touching the ball down. Hull KR winger Burgess, who had dropped the ball in a similar position moments before, opened the …

A hooker, just like his dad, Cunningham was always aware comparisons with his father were inevitable. And that was always going to be tough. Wales and Great Britain international Keiron was a one-club man, making 496 appearances in a trophy-laden career that included five Super League titles and seven Challenge …

Cornwall have signed winger Keenan Dyer-Dixon on a one-year deal for the 2025 League One season from Championship side Hunslet. The 21-year-old is a former Leeds Rhinos academy player who has also had spells at Keighley Cougars and West Wales Raiders on loan in 2022 when he came up against …

Wigan: Field; Eckersley, Keighran, Wardle, Marshall; French, Smith; Byrne, Leeming, Thompson, Nsemba, Farrell, Ellis. Interchanges: Mago, Dupree, Hill, Forber. Leigh: Armstrong; Brand, Niu, Hanley, Charnley; O’Brien, Lam; Trout, Dwyer, Mulhern, Halton, O’Neill, Liu. Interchanges: Ipape, Hughes, Tuitavake, Davis. Referee: Liam Moore. BBC News

Hull KR prop Sauaso Sue has extended his contract until the end of the 2026 season. The 32-year-old has made 47 appearances for the Robins since joining from Newcastle Knights before the 2023 season. “We’ve got a good bunch of boys and to get the new deal done before the …

Salford Red Devils say they will field a team featuring “predominantly reserve squad players” for their 2025 Super League season opener at St Helens this weekend. The club have had a tumultuous off-season following the conclusion of the 2024 campaign, first being given an advance on their 2025 central revenues …

In addition to their leadership and experience, the other unifying attribute shared by the three front-line signings is that they are winners. Waerea Hargreaves won three NRL premierships at the Roosters, Martin was a Challenge Cup winner with Leeds and McIlorum has won both Super League and Challenge Cup in …

The standard of recruitment throughout Super League has been impressive once again, and will add to the pantheon of talents to watch this coming campaign. In terms of stardom, Hull KR’s capture of Waerea-Hargreaves is a genuine box-office signing. Even at 36 years of age, the powerhouse prop has an …