They will face off against Hull KR<\/a>, who will face an Australian opposition for the first time in 40 years.<\/p>\n Broncos head coach spoke in a club statement about the challenge, admitting it was important that his side got the chance to participate.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s a very special opportunity to take a group of players and staff across to the other side of the world to take on the Super League<\/a> champions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n “Travelling and sharing this experience together will only build a stronger connection between the group, and that will prepare us for what’s ahead in 2026.”<\/p>\n He went on to flex his club’s already-stacked trophy closet, insistent on growing their collection following the clash.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a club, we are very motivated to bring the World Club trophy home to Brisbane, just like we did with the NRL<\/a> and NRLW<\/a> Premierships,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Broncos Chief Executive, Dave Donaghy, was ecstatic after confirming the match would go ahead, admitting it would be a special occasion for the Broncos.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’re delighted to bring the World Club Challenge back next year to kick off the rugby league calendar,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s a fantastic opportunity to showcase the Brisbane Broncos<\/a> on the world stage and test ourselves against the champions of England<\/a>, Hull KR<\/a>.”<\/p>\n The clash will take place at Hull’s MKM Stadium\u00a0on Thursday, February 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following concerns that the iconic World Club Challenge (WCC) wouldn’t take flight in 2026 due to scheduling conflicts,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-266623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"2025](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2239309824-scaled.jpg.webp.webp\"\/)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – OCTOBER 05: Deine\u00a0Mariner of the Broncos celebrates with team mates after scoring a try during the NRL Grand Final match between the Melbourne Storm at Brisbane Broncos at Accor Stadium on October 05, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n