Rugby League

World Club Challenge holders Wigan, who also won the Super League Leaders’ Shield and the Grand Final in 2023, are now only the third team in the modern era to hold all four major trophies at the same time since the annual clash between the English and Australian title winners …

Watch highlights as Wigan Warriors see off Warrington Wolves 18-8 to win their record extending 21st Challenge Cup at Wembley Stadium. Source link

On a shirt placed underneath the rugby league statue at Wembley a fan wrote: “You were a great player, a great man and an even bigger inspiration. We will never forget you.” Burrow’s team-mate Jamie Peacock told BBC Sport: “It’s about celebrating the good that Rob brought not only to …

Watch as former team-mates Danny McGuire, Jamie Jones- Buchanan and Jamie Peacock remember Rob Burrow ahead of the Challenge Cup final. Source link

Watch highlights as St Helens make it four straight Women’s Challenge Cup final victories beating Leeds Rhinos for the third year running. Source link

After the disapointment for Leeds of a chalked-off try, it took 24 minutes to break the Wembley deadlock when another England player Faye Gaskin claimed the game’s first score. Rather against the run of play, the holders found the right platform 10 yards out and the Saints half-back showed fancy …

The presence of Hoyle’s parents, who will be watching in “really good seats” with her fiance and son, will heighten the emotion of the occasion for the prop after they were unable to travel for the 2023 final. “They didn’t get a chance last year – my dad was very …

Much like Burgess, Matt Peet raced his way to a final in his very first season as a coach. The Englishman guided Wigan Warriors to victory over Huddersfield Giants in the Challenge Cup in 2022 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, just months into his blossoming coaching career. Since then, Peet …

Standing 6ft 5in tall with an impressive physique, Junior Nsemba has all the tools to thrive at any sport. With cousin Alex and uncle Rigobert Song having played at football’s highest level for clubs including Arsenal, Liverpool and Barcelona, the round ball game appeared the likely route to prowess. Indeed, …

Super League strugglers Hull FC have gone down under in a bid to turn round their dreadful season with two Australian signings – Jed Cartwright and Treigh Stewart. Forward Cartwright, 27, is the son of John Cartwright, who was appointed on 21 May as the club’s coach for next season. …

Saints’ run of success in the Challenge Cup has emulated what their men’s side did in Super League, bringing them to the cusp of a fourth straight trophy. For some of the players, merely getting the final held at Wembley is the true mark of success, as the women’s game …

The emergence of Ashton at elite level is a testament to his character, hard work, will, and, of course, talent. He is the perfect example of clubs looking below the Super League to acquire talent that slipped through the cracks. Since breaking through at Swinton, he has scored 92 tries …

Jordan Abdull will cross the city and rejoin first club Hull FC at the end of his loan spell at Catalans Dragons. The 28-year-old Hull KR half-back was surprisingly sent on loan to the French club this summer and was expected to stay there on a permanent deal. But Catalans …

“Tom is known for his try-scoring ability and finishing near the line but he’s also a strong ball carrier and a good defender,” added Peters. “We’re always looking to bring in personalities to the team and Tom will be great addition to our group as he’s a very likeable person …

New South Wales: Tedesco; To’o, Crichton, Suaali’I, Lomax; Luai, Hynes; Trbojevic (capt), Robson, Haas, Martin, Crichton, McInnes. Interchanges: Yeo, Olaukau’atu, Leniu, Young. Queensland: Walsh; Coates, Holmes, Tabuai-Fidow, Taulagi; Dearden, Cherry-Evans (capt); Cotter, Hunt, Collins, Su’a, Nanai, Carrigan. Interchanges: Grant, Fotuaika, Hopgood, Cobbo, Kaufusi. Source link

Burrow won two Challenge Cups in a stellar career that also saw him lift eight Super League titles and three World Club Challenges. Fans inside the stadium will be invited to take part in a minute’s applause in the seventh minute of each of the four finals taking place on …

Sam Burgess and Daryl Powell lead tributes to the Leeds Rhinos Legend Rob Burrow. Source link

Wigan captain Liam Farrell also played alongside Burrow for England and agrees with Burgess that the weekend offers an opportunity to pay tribute. Despite the sport losing a figurehead in Burrow, Farrell believes that his legacy will remain and a huge day at Wembley is the first opportunity for that …

Catalans Dragons and England front-rower Mike McMeeken has been ruled out for 14 weeks after fracturing his thumb. The 30-year-old has missed Catalans’ past two Super League games with the injury and will also be unavailable for England’s upcoming international with France on 29 June. The three-month absence would rule …

Watch highlights as Hull KR move up to third in the Super League table after beating Leigh Leopards. Source link