2025 UK Pre-Season Friendlies

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Keep track of the 2025 Pre-Season across the UK as fixtures are announced and played.

This list contains a mix of fixtures involving clubs who participate in the Super League, Championship and League 1.

Interactive 2025 Super League Fixtures

Interactive 2025 NRL Draw

Interactive 2025 NRL Pre-Season Challenge draw

2025 Challenge Cup draws/fixtures/info

Times are GMT (UK local)

Sunday, December 22

Bradford 26 Keighley 0

Joe Phillips Memorial Trophy - 'City of Culture' Clash
Bradford Bulls 26 (Waqa Blake, Ebon Scurr, Emmanuel Waine, Elliot Peposhi, Alfie Leake tries; Joe Keyes 1/2, James Meadows 1/2, Sam Ackroyd 1/1 goals) def Keighley Cougars 0 at Bartercard Odsal Stadium.
Kickoff: 3:00pm. Referee: Kevin Moore. Halftime: 10-0.
Bradford: Rayner, Okunbor, Blake, Taufua, Tindall, Meadows, Keyes, Bayliss, Souter, Scurr, Gee, Waine, Michael; Int: K. Gill, Ott, Pele, Mason, Ackroyd, Leake, J. Gill, Bateman, Hunt, Corbett, Gray, Peposhi
Keighley: Pickersgill, Holroyd, Ryder, Sau, Walkley, Farrell, Dean, Ioane, Flanagan, Parker, England, Lanskey, Cousins, Schofield, Lynam, Nuu, Whitford, Lambourne, McCardle, Hogg, Aliyu

Boxing Day - Thursday, December 26

Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge
Leeds Rhinos v Wakefield Trinity
AMT Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Kickoff: 11:30am

Heavy Woollen Boxing Day Challenge
Batley Bulldogs v Dewsbury Rams
Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley
Kickoff: 12:00pm

Sunday 5 January

Barrow Raiders v Whitehaven RLFC
Northern Competitions Stadium, Barrow-in-Furness
Kickoff: 2:00pm

Friday, January 10

Quentin Laulu Togaga'e Testimonial
Sheffield Eagles v Castleford Tigers
Millennium Stadium, Featherstone
Kickoff: 7:30pm

Widnes Vikings v North Wales Crusaders
DCBL Stadium Halton, Widnes
Kickoff: 8:30pm

Sunday, January 12

Keighley Cougars v Newcastle Thunder
Cougar Park, Keighley
Kickoff: 1:00pm

Dewsbury Rams v Bradford Bulls
FLAIR Stadium, Dewsbury
Kickoff: 1:30pm

Law Cup
Oldham RLFC v Rochdale Hornets
Boundary Park, Oldham
Kickoff: 3:00pm

Doncaster RLFC v Hull FC Reserves
Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster
Kickoff: 3:00pm

James Saltonstall Testimonial
Halifax Panthers v Warrington Wolves
The Shay Stadium, Halifax
Kickoff: 3:00pm

Featherstone Rovers v Goole Vikings
Millennium Stadium, Featherstone
Kickoff: 3:00pm

Hunslet RLFC v York Knights
South Leeds Stadium, Belle Isle
Kickoff: 3:00pm

Barrow Raiders v Workington Town
Northern Competitions Stadium, Barrow-in-Furness
Kickoff: 4:45pm

11-12 January

2025 Betfred Challenge Cup first round
34 UK-based community teams, comprised of:

• the 3 armed services clubs (Army, Navy, Air Force)
• 15 from the National Conference League (NCL)
• 1 each from the Scottish, Welsh and Irish leagues
• Great Britain Police
• 12 from other English regional leagues (outside the NCL)

Friday, January 17

Warrington Wolves v Widnes Vikings
Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Kickoff: 7:30pm

Saturday, January 18

Barrow Raiders v Salford Red Devils Reserves
Northern Competitions Stadium, Barrow-in-Furness
Kickoff: 2:00pm

Huddersfield Giants v Bradford Bulls
John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
Kickoff: 3:00pm

Featherstone Rovers v Dewsbury Rams
Millennium Stadium, Featherstone
Kickoff: 4:00pm

Valencia Huracanes v Castleford Tigers
Benidorm, Valencia (Spain)
Kickoff TBC

Sunday, January 19

Doncaster RLFC v Sheffield Eagles
Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster
Kickoff: 3:00pm

Keighley Cougars v Halifax Panthers
Cougar Park, Keighley
Kickoff: 1:00pm

Ike Southward Memorial Trophy
Whitehaven v Workington Town
The Ortus REC, Whitehaven
Kickoff: 3:00pm

Oldham RLFC v Wigan Warriors
Boundary Park, Oldham
Kickoff: 3:00pm

Friday, January 24

Luke Gale Testimonial
Wakefield Trinity v Castleford Tigers
DIY Kitchens Stadium, Wakefield
Kickoff: TBC

Saturday, January 25

Amsterdam Challenge
Hull KR v York Knights RLFC
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Kickoff: 2:30pm CEST

Morgan Knowles Testimonial
St Helens v Salford Red Devils
Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens
Kickoff: 3:00pm

Sunday, January 26

Ash Handley Testimonial
Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors
AMT Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Kickoff: 3:00pm

25-26 January

2025 Betfred Challenge Cup second round
First round winners, joined by all League 1 and Championship clubs excepting Toulouse Olympique.

Saturday, February 1

Joe Westerman Testimonial
Castleford Tigers v Hull FC
The Jungle, Castleford
Kickoff: 3:00pm

Toby King Testimonial
Warrington Wolves v Leigh Leopards
Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
Kickoff: 5:30pm

Sunday, February 2

Featherstone Rovers v Huddersfield Giants
Millennium Stadium, Featherstone
Kickoff: 3:00pm

8-9 February

2025 Betfred Challenge Cup third round
Second round winners, joined by all twelve Super League clubs

Season kickoffs

Betfred Super League
Thursday 13 February - fixtures

Betfred Championship
Saturday 15 February - fixtures

Betfred League 1
Sunday 23 February - fixtures