TEAM NEWS: NRL Witzer Pre-Season Challenge - 2026 Week 2
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Keep track of the 2026 Pre-Season across the UK as fixtures are announced and played.
This list contains a mix of fixtures involving clubs who participate in both Super League and Championship.
Interactive 2026 Super League Fixtures
2026 Challenge Cup draws/fixtures/info
Interactive 2026 NRL Pre-Season Challenge draw
Times are GMT (UK local)
Sheffield Eagles 26 (Joe Brown, Kai Morgan, Kieran Gill, Billy Walkley, Conor Fitzsimmons tries; Jordan Lilly 3/5 goals) def Keighley Cougars 22 (Connor Sayner, David Foggin-Johnston, Brad Holroyd, George Flanagan tries; Izaac Farrell 2/3, George Flanagan 1/1 goals) at Cougar Park (Keighley)
Kickoff: 3:00pm. Halftime: Sheffield 16-10. Referee: Kevin Moore.
Keighley: Sayner, Holroyd, Nuu, Clarke, Foggin-Johnston, Farrell, Beharrell, Teanby, Burton, Aliyu, Dean, Lanksey, Ioane; Flanagan, Brown, Parker, Schofield, Skerrett-Evans, Matahwa, Pickersgill, Proud, McCardle, Whitford, Bowie.
Sheffield: Brown, Billy, Gill, Hodson, Walkley, Morgan, Lilley, Fitzsimmons, Johnson, Reilly, Bower, Farrell, Bussey; Butterworth, Griffin, Broadbent, Bowes, Ellis, Peachey, Matonga, Cook, Saunders.
North Wales Crusaders 30 (Ollie Brookes 2, Cole Oakley, Dec Patton, Luke Forber, Jayden Hatton tries; Dec Patton 2/5, Jordy Gibson 1/1 goals) def Swinton Lions 6 (Ellis Anderson try; Reece Briers 1/1 goals) at Stadiwm Eiras (Colwyn Bay)
Kickoff: 2:00pm. Halftime: North Wales 20-6. Referee: Ryan Cox.
North Wales: L Roby, Brookes, Hatton, Spedding, Forber, Patton, Gibson, Walker, Eaves, Houghton, England, Oakley, Moran; Barratt, Cooper, Baldwin, Glover, Robinson, Westwood, Costello, Tilleke, Eden, Fishwick, Bridge.
Swinton: Roberts, Higham, Jones, Anderson, Parkinson, Briers, Ratchford, Killan, G Roby, Shingler, Willis, T Kelly-Duffy, Baker; Meadows, Brown, Jacobson, Shields, Butt, Murray, Fitzgerald, Coan, Reddecliff, Openshaw, Beardsworth.
Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge
Leeds Rhinos 18 (Alfie Edgell, George Brown, Riley Lumb tries; Chris Hankinson 3/3 goals) def Wakefield Trinity 10 (Isaiah Vagana, Jayden Myers tries; Jack Sinfield 1/2 goals) at AMT Headingley Stadium (Leeds)
Kickoff: 11:30am. Halftime: Leeds 18-6. Referee: Marcus Griffiths. Crowd: 11,266.
Leeds: Edgell, Thomas, Simpson, McCormack, Lumb, Hankinson, G Brown, Holroyd, O'Connor, Jenkins, Littlewood, O'Neill, Palasia; Mata'utia, Levi, Nicholson-Watton, Qareqare, O Brown, Hardy, Tooala, Smith, Stead, Lloyd, Smart, Diskin, Butterfield.
Wakefield: Brook, Myers, Pratt, Hall, Tate, Lawford, J Sinfield, Rodwell, Smith, Faatili, Scott, Vagana, Abraham; Lolesio, McGann, Molyneux, Ratcliffe, Stephenson, Walker-Smith, Briggs, D Sinfield.
Roy Powell Trophy - Kasa Rosa Challenge
Batley Bulldogs 18 (Joe Burton 2, Jack Hudson tries; Josh Woods 3/3 goals) def Dewsbury Rams 0 at FLAIR Stadium (Dewsbury)
Kickoff: 12:00pm. Halftime: Batley 12-0. Referee: Scott Mikalauskas.
Dewsbury: McShane, Delaney, Wall, Senior, Copland, Coates, Hookem, Nelmes, Parkinson, Bateman, Summers, Graham, Tomlinson; Benson, Collinson, Bentley, Roberts, Briggs, Means, Sykes, Walker, Rayner, Spencer, Lyne.
Batley: Butterworth, J Burton, Bruines, Hudson, Brining, White, Woods, Kirk, Parsons, Cooper, Manning, Walshaw, Stevens; Gledhill, Ward, Flynn, Hodgson, Ellis, Scriven, Atkinson, Mitchell.
Venue: OneBore Stadium (Castleford)
Kickoff: 1:30pm.
POSTPONED due to Featherstone entering administration. Unable to be rescheduled.
Barrow Raiders 50 (Joe Bullock 2, Matty Costello 2, Tee Ritson, Josh Wood, Tom Walker, Fin Dutton-Rosconie, Trialist A tries; Brad Walker 3/3, Luke Broadbent 1/1, Trialist B 3/5 goals) def North Wales Crusaders 24 (Luke Forber, Josh Eaves, Lloyd Roby tries; Alex Pendlebury penalty try; Jordy Gibson 1/1, Junior Westwood 3/3 goals) at Northern Competitions Stadium (Barrow-in-Furness)
Kickoff: 3:00pm. Halftime: Barrow 24-6. Referee: Matthew Lynn.
Barrow: Creswell, Bulman, Teare, Broadbent, Ritson, B Walker, Johnston, T Walker, Wood, Bullock, Emslie, Costello, Richards; Dutton-Rosconie, Knott, Ruddy, Watson, Woodend, Trialist A, Trialist B.
North Wales: Roby, Lightfoot, Eden, Spedding, Forber, Gibson, Westwood, Fishwick, Eaves, Costello, England, Glover, Robinson; Pendlebury, Lowe, Stott, Holgate.
Venue: Northern Competitions Stadium (Barrow-in-Furness)
Kickoff: 2:00pm
POSTPONED due to frozen pitch. Not able to be rescheduled.
James Saltonstall Testimonial
Venue: The Shay Stadium (Halifax)
Kickoff: 3:00pm
POSTPONED due to frozen pitch. Not able to be rescheduled.
Warrington Wolves 50 (Josh Thewlis 3, Ewan Irwin, Luke Thomas, Leon Hayes, Ben Hartill, Tommy Rhodes, Ewan Smith tries; Marc Sneyd 4/5, Ewan Irwin 2/2, Leon Hayes 1/2 goals) def Widnes Vikings 12 (Deacon Connolly, Mike Butt tries; Jordan Abdull 1/1, Joe Edge 1/1 goals) at Halliwell Jones Stadium (Warrington).
Kickoff: 7:30pm. Halftime: Warrington 28-0. Referee: Jack Smith. Crowd: 4,083.
Warrington: Taylor-Wray, Josh Thewlis, King, J Smith, Jake Thewlis, Irwin, Sneyd, Byrne, Walker, Philbin, Stone, Tanginoa, Crowther; Holden, Webster, Duffy, Rhodes, Hayes, Thomas, Hartill, Wood, E Smith, Yates, B Williams, Holdsworth, Coop, Cooper, Lund.
Widnes: Fleming, Connell, Owens, Edge, Ince, Lyons, Abdull, Murray, Johnstone, Chapelhow, Wilde, Roberts, Gregson; Butt, Bent, Fozard, Hall, Bibby, Taylor, Hughes, Connolly, Houghton.
North Wales Crusaders 34 (Ollie Brookes 3, Luke Forber 2, Junior Westwood, Jayden Hatton tries; Jordy Gibson 3/7 goals) def Wigan Warriors 22 (Tiaki Chan, Leo Wadsworth, Dayon Sambou, Noah Hodkinson tries; Nathan Lowe 3/4 goals) at Stadiwm Eirias (Colwyn Bay)
Kickoff: 1:00pm. Halftime: North Wales 24-12. Referee: Liam Rush. Crowd: 1,509.
Sin Bin: England (NWC, 51'), O'Connor (WIG, 51'), Eaves (NWC, 71'), McDermott (WIG, 71')
North Wales: Roby, L Forber, Hatton, Spedding, Brookes, Westwood, Gibson, Walker, Eaves, Barratt, England, Oakley, Robinson; Baldwin, Costello, Bridge, Eden, Fishwick.
Wigan: Hodkinson, Cartwright, Lowe, Vaughan, Sambou, Yeomans, Purtill, McDermott, T Forber, Chan, Mason, Hirst, Kerr; Drachenberg, McMillan, O'Connor, Porter, Rathbone, H Smith, Wadsworth, Dervan.
Shane Toal Testimonial
Barrow Raiders 74 (Luke Creswell 3, Luke Broadbent 2, Shane Toal 2, Tee Ritson 2, Ellis Robson, Ryan Johnston, Andy Bulman, Ellis Archer tries; Brad Walker 3/4, Luke Broadbent 1/1, Ellis Archer 7/8 goals) def Scotland 6 (Jacob Grierson try; Jordan Duncan 1/1 goal) at Northern Competitions Stadium (Barrow-in-Furness)
Kickoff: 3:00pm. Halftime: Barrow 44-0. Referee: Carl Hughes. Crowd: 1,004.
Barrow: Creswell, Broadbent, Teare, Shane Toal, Ritson, B Walker, Johnston, T Walker, Wood, Bullock, Robson, Costello, King; Richards, Emslie, Bishop, Bulman, Ruddy, Woodend, Knott, Dutton-Rosconie, Watson, Archer, M Anderson-Moore
Scotland: M Anderson-Moore, Cullen, Callan, Grierson, Brown, Shannon, Clarke, Terrill, Duncan, Moran, Clapham, Cowan, Maher; Murray, Clarkson, Sykes, L Anderson-Moore, Illingworth, Shane Toal
Note: Toal played the first half for Barrow and the second half for Scotland, while Max Anderson-Moore did the opposite.
Venue: OneBore Stadium (Castleford)
Originally scheduled to be played as the Benidorm Bash event in Spain, which was CANCELLED - see notice.
CANCELLED AGAIN due to frozen pitch. Not able to be rescheduled.
Venue: FLAIR Stadium (Dewsbury)
CANCELLED due to frozen pitch. Not able to be rescheduled.
Venue: Morson Stadium (Sale)
CANCELLED due to frozen pitch. Not able to be rescheduled.
Bradford Bulls 30 (Esan Marsters, Jayden Nikorima, Waqa Blake, Zac Fulton, Luke Hooley, Jamie Gill tries; Jayden Okunbor 1/1, Rowan Milnes 1/4, Luke Hooley 1/1 goals) def Doncaster RLFC 12 (Connor Jones, Cory Aston tries; Connor Robinson 2/2 goals) at Eco-Power Stadium (Doncaster).
Kickoff: 3:00pm. Halftime: 16-6. Referee: Tara Jones.
Sin Bin: Milnes (BRD, 7')
Doncaster: Holmes, Briscoe, Glover, Hey, Gebbie, Boas, Aston, Baldwinson, Burns, Matagi, Sutcliffe, Johnson, Knowles; Lyne, Robinson, Smeaton, J Jones, Pauli, Mustapha, C Jones, Misky, Springer.
Bradford: Aekins, Okunbor, Marsters, Blake, Ryan, NIkorima, Milnes, Doro, Ackers, Douglas, Russell, Fulton, Sutton; Souter, Ruan, Hallas, Wynne, Keyes, Hooley, Peposhi, Michael, Ward, Gill, Leake.
Rochdale Hornets 16 (TJ Boyd, Jaden Dayes, Max Flanagan tries; Max Flanagan 2/3 goals) def Goole Vikings 6 (Cooper Howlett try; Jack Miller 1/1 goals) at Victoria Pleasure Grounds (Goole)
Kickoff: 2:00pm. Halftime: Goole 6-4. Referee: Aaryn Belafonte.
Goole: Tuohey, Halliday, Howlett, Tomlinson, Shaw, Harman, Miller, Arnold, Rutland, Craig, Ferres, Staveley, H Aldous; J Aldous, Barley, Bullock, Coventry, Dawson, Dent, Hodder, Holdstock, Medlicott, Morgan, Ncube, Tait.
Rochdale: Flanagan, Boyd, Ashton, Sa'u, Nixon, Dallimore, Punchard, Dayes, Whitmore, D Kelly-Duffy, Wood, Unsworth, Syme; WIll, Sheridan, Hatton, Lloyd, Andrade, Lynch, Waterworth, Holmes, Metcalfe.
Ike Southward Memorial Trophy
Workington Town 13 (Zarrin Galea, Callum Phillips tries; Jake Carter 2/2 goals, Jake Carter 1 field goal) def Whitehaven RLFC 6 (Ellison Holgate try; Ciaran Walker 1/1 goals) Fibrus Community Stadium (Workington)
Kickoff: 3:00pm. Halftime: Workington 12-6. Referee: Adam Williams.
Workington: Donaghy, Galea, Corkill, Fulton, Doran, Carter, Leigh, Farrer, Phillips, Castle, Lawther, Ainley, Scholey; Lupton, Reid, Bradley, Ainley, Walmsley.
Whitehaven: Walker-Taylor, Eccleston, Todd, Bickerdike, Weatherill, Walker, Newbegin, Thomson, Holgate, Scackley, McQuistan, Holliday, Kellett; Lowe, Turnbull, Brennan, Nixon, Bailey, Brown.
Venue: Fox's Biscuit Stadium (Batley)
CANCELLED due to adverse weather. Not able to be rescheduled.
Venue: Cougar Park (Keighley)
CANCELLED due to adverse weather. Not able to be rescheduled.
NOTE: Challenge Cup First Round kicks off Saturday 10 January. Challenge Cup fixtures, results here.
Matty English Testimonial
Huddersfield GIants 22 (Sam Halsall, Sam Hewitt, Niall Evalds, George King tries; Liam Sutcliffe 2/3, George Flanagan Jr 1/1 goals) def York Knights 4 (Ben Jones-Bishop try; Danny Richardson 0/1 goals) at ACCU Stadium (Huddersfield)
Kickoff: 3:00pm. Halftime: Huddersfield 16-0. Referee: Liam Moore.
Huddersfield: Evalds, Swift, Gagai, Sutcliffe, Halsall, Lolohea, Clune, Patolo, Woolford, English, O'Donnell, Hewitt, Powell; Burgess, Rogers, King, Rush, Cozza, Flanagan Jr, Billington, Carr, Land.
York: Mata'afa, Jones-Bishop, Lipp, Wood, Galeano, Williams, Harris, Vuniyayawa, McShane, Sangare, Field, Dee, Thompson; Hingano, Martin, Balmforth, Va'a, Hudson, Richardson.
Brad Singleton Testimonial
Castleford Tigers 28 (Sm Grice, Jenson Windley, Tylor Sharpe, Sean Coughlan, Mitch Beedle tries; Fletcher Rooney 3/4, Brad Singleton 1/1 goals) def Leeds Rhinos 10 (Tom Richardson, Oscar Brown tries; Harley Thomas 1/2 goals) at OneBore Stadium (Castleford)
Kickoff: 3:00pm. Halftime: 12-4. Referee: Tom Grant.
Castleford: Rooney, Sarbah, L Senior, Lindsay, T Sharpe, C Sharpe, Windley, Singleton, Doolan, Beckett, Grice, Salmon, Hill; Horwell, Egley, Matvejev, Jewitt, Walker, Beedle, Coughlan.
Leeds: Thomas, Richardson, Hardy, Brown, Qareqare, Hutchinson, H Smith, Stead, Diskin, Butterfield, Littlewood, Smart, Nicholson-Watton; Fox, Tinkler, Butterworth, D Jones-Buchanan, White, To'oala, R Smith, Hetherington.
NOTE: Betfred Championship season kicks off Friday 16 January.
Cameron Smith Testimonial
Leeds Rhinos 46 (Brodie Croft 3, Ash Handley 2, Ethan O'Neill, Presley Cassell, Cameron Smith tries; Jake Connor 5/6, Cameron Smith 2/2 goals) def Bradford Bulls 16 (Ethan Ryan 2, Joe Keyes tries; Luke Hooley 2/2, Jayden Okunbor 0/1 goals) at AMT Headingley Stadium (Leeds)
Kickoff: 1:00pm. Halftime: Leeds 16-12. Referee: Tom Grant. Crowd: 6,751.
Leeds: Miller, Hankinson, Newman, Handley, Hall, Croft, Connor, Jenkins, Levi, Holroyd, O'Neill, McDonnell, Smith; Oledzki, O'Connor, Watkins, Simpson, Cassell, Lumb, McCormack, Nicholson-Watton, Thomas, G Brown, O Brown, Stead.
Bradford: Hooley, Okunbor, Wynne, Blake, Ryan, Nikorima, Keyes, Lewis, Souter, Doro, Russell, Ruan, Peposhi; Aekins, Marsters, Douglas, Hallas, Michael, Gill.
Matty Lees Testimonial
St Helens 40 (Nene Macdonald, Harry Robertson, Deon Cross, Shane Wright, Lewis Murphy, Tristan Sailor tries; Jackson Hastings 2/3, Tristan Sailor 2/2, George Whitby 1/1 goals) def Castleford Tigers 10 (Mikaele Ravalawa 2 tries; Tom Weaver 1/2 goals) at Brewdog Stadium (St Helens)
Kickoff: 3:00pm. Halftime: St Helens 16-6. Referee: Jack Smith. Crowd: 5,422.
Saints: Welsby, Feldt, Robertson, Macdonald, Cross, Sailor, Hastings, Klemmer, Clark, Lees, Wright, Whitley, Shorrocks; Delaney, Whitby, Wingfield, Paasi, Murphy, Burns, Dagnall, Douglas, Davies, Sinclair, Walsh, Marsh, Humphreys, Keeley.
Cas: Taaffe, Qareqare, L Senior, McIntosh, Ravalawa, Asi, Weaver, Atoni, Hood, Lawler, Lane, Mellor, Stimson; Greacan, Westerman, Atkin, Rooney, Singleton, Windley, Hall, Lindsay, Beckett.
Brad Fash Testimonial
Huddersfield Giants 28 (Jack Billington 2, Fenton Rogers, Alex Chippendale, Tom Burgess tries; George Flanagan Jr 4/5 goals) def Hull FC 16 (Elliot Middlemas 2, Arthur Romano, Callum Kemp tries; Callum Kemp 0/3, Brad Fash 0/1 goals) at Brantingham Park (Hull).
Kickoff: 2:00pm. Halftime: Huddersfield 10-8. Referee: Marcus Griffiths.
Hull FC: Kemp, Middlemas, Romano, Kassim, Ward, Bailey, Kemp, Lisone, Hutchinson, Hill, Kirby, Laidlaw, Fash; Aydin, Salabio, Turner, Baker, Wilson, Davies, Calvert, Swyer, Palea'aesina, Eccles
Huddersfield: Flanagan Jr, Sharma, Milne, Sutcliffe, Carr, Land, Jagger, Rogers, Rush, Greenwood, Billington, Sykes, Cozza; Burgess, English, King, Algar, Lumb, Hardy, Chippendale, Potter, Brown.
Wakefield Trinity 34 (Seth Nikotemo 2, Caius Faatili,Corey Hall, Max Jowitt, Kain McGann tries; Max Jowitt 5/6 goals) def Hull KR 6 (Bill Leyland try; Jack Charles 1/1 goals) at Sewell Group Craven Park (Hull)
Kickoff: 3:00pm. Halftime: Wakefield 22-0. Referee: Liam Rush.
Hull KR: Murphy, Sambou, Booth, Gorman, Horne, Broadbent, Charles, Dezaria, Leyland, Wainhouse, Lawton, Dearlove, Whitehead; Fishwick, Woods, Thompson, Hodgson, Irwin, Petty, Hope.
Wakefield: Jowitt, Pratt, Scott, Hall, Myers, Trueman, Sinfield, Uele, Smoothy, Faatili, Nikotemo, Storton, Pitts; Charlie Abraham, Smith, Vagana, Walmsley, Corey Abraham, Rourke, Lolesio, Williams, High, Briggs, McGann, Tate, Clegg.
NOTE: 2025 Betfred Challenge Cup second round ties to be played 24-25 January, featuring first round winners, joined by all Championship clubs
Catalans Dragons 36 (Ben Condon, Romain Navarrete, Tommy Makinson, Josh Simm 2, Chris Satae tries; Toby Sexton 3/3, Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet 3/3 goals) def Toulouse Olympique 18 (Olly Ashall-Bott 2, Hugo Garrigues tries; Anthony Marion 1/1, Thomas Lacans 1/1, César Rougé 1/1 goals) at Stade Gilbert Brutus (Perpignan)
Kickoff: 7:30pm CET (6:30pm GMT). Halftime: Catalans 18-12. Referee: Marcus Griffiths. Crowd: 3,600.
Catalans: Staines, Makinson, Cotric, Faataape, Kaho, Sexton, Dodd, Navarrete, Leeming, Fa'asuamaleaui, Lipowicz, Condon, Garcia; Satae, Bousquet, Laulu-Togaga'e, Allen, Wilson, Laguerre, Simm, Aispuro-Bichet, Marc, Martin, Darrélatour, Lis.
Toulouse: Ashall-Bott, Laguerre, Tropis, Rennie, Ulberg, Lacans, Polselli, Belmas, Hands, Dupree, O'Kane, Jussaume, Marion; Roumanos, Cator, Bretherton, Butler, Rodriguez, Gillam, Lima, Chiffoleau, Garrigues, Pons, Rougé, Collin, Goffin, Munico, Dall'Asta, Skoundri.
Warrington Wolves 16 (Toby King, Jake Thewlis, Joe Philbin tries; Marc Sneyd 1/2, Ewan Irwin 1/1 goals) def Leigh Leopards 12 (Andrew Badrock, Innes Senior tries; Adam Cook 2/2 goals) at Halliwell Jones Stadium (Warrington)
Kickoff: 7:30pm. Halftime: Warrington 10-0. Referee: Tom Grant.
Sin Bin: Brand (LEI) 29'
Warrington: Taylor-Wray, Josh Thewlis, King, J Smith, Jake Thewlis, Williams, Sneyd, Byrne, Walker, Yates, Stone, Tanginoa, Currie; Rhodes, Webster, Irwin, Hayes, Crowther, Hartill, Philbin, Thomas, E Smith, Bentley, Wood.
Leigh: Hodgson, Senior, Niu, Hanley, Brand, Cook, Lam, Ofahengaue, Ipape, Trout, Halton, Alick-Wiencke, Hughes; Charnley, Davis, Horne, Towse, O'Brien, Badrock, McNamara, Wilde, Brown, Brough, Polec.
Liam Marshall Testimonial
Wigan Warriors 22 (Liam Marshall, Junior Nsemba, Jai Field, Jack Farrimond tries; Adam Keighran 2/3, Jack Farrimond 1/1 goals) def Hull FC 18 (Lewis Martin 3, Davy Litten tries; Will Pryce 1/1, Callum Kemp 0/1, Lloyd Kemp 0/1 goals) at The Brick Community Stadium (Wigan)
Kickoff: 3:00pm. Halftime: 6-all. Referee: Liam Moore. Crowd: 4,511.
Wigan: Field, Eckersley, Keighran, Wardle, Marshall, French, Farrimond, Thompson, Forber, Walters, Nsemba, Farrell, Ellis; Havard, Mago, Partington, McDermott, Kerr, Lowe, Mason, Hodkinson, Chan, Vaughan, Sambou, O'Loughlin, Marsden.
Hull: Pryce, Martin, Litten, Hardaker, Barron, C Kemp, Arthur, Hill, Borouh, Sao, Batchelor, Cartwright, Aydin; Cust, Lisone, Briscoe, Romano, Bailey, Fash, Salabio, Hutchinson, Kirby, L Kemp, Middelmas.
NOTE: 2025 Betfred Challenge Cup third round ties to be played 6-8 February, featuring second round winners, joined by all Super League clubs except Toulouse Olympique
Betfred Championship
Friday 16 January - fixtures announced 2 December
Betfred Super League
Thursday 12 February - fixtures