With pre-season well underway for clubs across Super League and the Championship, there have been plenty of pre-season friendlies announced.
Leeds Rhinos have already confirmed three fixtures, and after victory over Wakefield Trinity will travel to Castleford Tigers, before a meeting with Bradford Bulls for Cameron Smith’s Testimonial game.
Another man with a Testimonial game is Wigan Warriors winger, Liam Marshall. He has opted to face Hull FC in his fixture, as the 29-year-old celebrates a decade of service to the Warriors first team.
Elsewhere, there are three ties confirmed for Castleford, who will be looking to start their new era under Ryan Carr off in the correct way.
As well as Leeds, the club have matches lined up against St Helens and Oldham RLFC, with several other Super League sides having confirmed games.
Fans of rugby league may want to bookmark this article, as we will be updating the list as and when other teams announce their warm-up fixtures, with scores added to games that have already taken place.
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Rugby League 2026 pre-season fixtures tracker:
Saturday 20th DecemberÂ
Keighley Cougars 22-26 Sheffield Eagles
Sunday 21st December:
North Wales Crusaders 30-6 Swinton Lions
Friday 26th December:
Leeds Rhinos 18-10 Wakefield Trinity
Dewsbury Rams 0-18 Batley Bulldogs
Sunday 28th December:
Barrow Raiders 50-24 North Wales Crusaders
Saturday 3rd January:
Barrow Raiders vs Whitehaven – Postponed due to frozen pitch
Sunday 4th January:
Halifax Panthers vs Rochdale Hornets – Postponed due to frozen pitch
Friday 9th January:Â
Warrington Wolves 50-12 Widnes Vikings
Saturday 10th January:
North Wales Crusaders 34-22 Wigan Warriors
Barrow Raiders 74-6 Scotland RL
Dewsbury Rams v Bradford Bulls – Postponed due to frozen pitch
Swinton Lions vs St Helens – Postponed due to frozen pitch
Castleford Tigers vs Oldham RLFC – OneBore Stadium – Postponed due to frozen pitch
Sunday 11th January:
Goole Vikings 6-16 Rochdale Hornets
Doncaster RLFC 12-30 Bradford Bulls
Workington Town 13-6 Whitehaven
Keighley Cougars vs London Broncos – Postponed due to frozen pitch
Batley Bulldogs vs Sheffield Eagles –Â Postponed due to frozen pitch
Saturday 17th January:
Huddersfield Giants vs York Knights – Accu Stadium – KO: 3:00pm (Matty English Testimonial)
Sunday 18th January:
Castleford Tigers vs Leeds Rhinos – OneBore Stadium – KO: 3:00pm (Brad Singleton Testimonial)
Saturday 24th January:
Leeds Rhinos vs Bradford Bulls – AMT Headingley Stadium – KO: 1:00pm (Cameron Smith Testimonial)
St Helens vs Castleford Tigers – BrewDog Stadium – KO: 3:00pm (Matty Lees Testimonial)
Sunday 25th January:
Hull FC vs Huddersfield Giants – Brantingham Park RUFC – KO: 2:00pm (Brad Fash Testimonial)
Hull KR vs Wakefield Trinity – Craven Park – KO: 3:00pm
Friday 30th January:
Warrington Wolves vs Leigh Leopards – Halliwell Jones Stadium – KO: 7:3opm
Sunday 1st February:
Wigan Warriors vs Hull FC – Brick Community Stadium – KO: 3:00pm (Liam Marshall Testimonial)
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