{"id":362810,"date":"2025-12-21T16:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/362810\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:11:19","slug":"boxing-day-rugby-league-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/362810\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing Day Rugby League is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW159085138 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Leeds Rhinos take on Wakefield Trinity in our final game of 2025 in the Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge at AMT Headingley Stadium. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW159085138 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Stadium gates open at 10am and there\u2019s lots of family friendly festive fun planned for fans.\u00a0Fans can kick off the festivities by vising Santa Claus who will be making\u00a0his way around the stadium.\u00a0Santa\u2019s Elves are also back in town ready to share their holiday cheer handing out fun surprises.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW159085138 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">A certain Christmas loathing Grinch will also be in attendance as he no doubt will once again be protesting about the Boxing Day festive celebrations, so expect some hilarious antics and a few surprises!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW159085138 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Frozen Princesses, Anna and Elsa, are heading to AMT Headingley for a meet and greet around the stadium so don\u2019t forget to snap our pictures with them before they head on pitch for a sing along \u2013 make sure you learn the words to Let It Go if you haven&#8217;t already.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW159085138 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Fans are encouraged to get to their\u00a0seats in plenty of time to watch the Rhinestones dance squad perform before welcoming Santa on pitch as he performs \u2018A letter to Santa\u2019, after which Anna and Elsa will lead the sing along. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW159085138 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">At half time, Ronnie will be calling the shots as he leads the charge against the Grinch for an epic snowball battle on pitch! \u00a0<br class=\"SCXW159085138 BCX4\"\/>\u00a0\u00a0<br class=\"SCXW159085138 BCX4\"\/>It will also be fans first chance to see new signings Ethan O\u2019Neill, Jeremian Mata\u2019utia and Danny Levi in action ahead of the 2026 season. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW159085138 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">So come see the new signings in action, enjoy some holiday treats and a Boxing Day full of festive magic. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBUY TICKETS \u00a0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW159085138 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Tickets for the Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge are available to purchase online via <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW159085138 BCX4\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.therhinos.co.uk\/conte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">tickets.therhinos.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0or by calling the Fan Experience team on 0371 423 1315. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW159085138 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Prices start at \u00a323 for Adults, \u00a319 for Concessions and \u00a310 for Juniors. 2025 &amp; 2026 Leeds Rhinos members can save on tickets if purchased by midnight on Thursday 25th December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds Rhinos take on Wakefield Trinity in our final game of 2025 in the Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,197479,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-362810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing-day-rugby-league-is-back","11":"tag-rugby","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362810","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=362810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}