{"id":463006,"date":"2026-02-06T20:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463006\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T20:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:59:09","slug":"nrl-pre-season-challenge-week-1-full-guide-live-stream-how-to-watch-fixtures-teams-players-to-watch-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463006\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL pre-season challenge Week 1 full guide: Live stream, how to watch, fixtures, teams, players to watch – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NRL<\/a> pre-season challenge has arrived, with the teams heading to Las Vegas to get a head start on the competition this weekend at Kogarah.<\/p>\n

In a Saturday evening double-header, the Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a> will clash with the North Queensland Cowboys<\/a>, before the St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> face the Newcastle Knights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is your full guide to the fixtures.<\/p>\n

Full NRL pre-season challenge Week 1 fixtures<\/p>\n

Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a> vs North Queensland Cowboys<\/a>, Saturday, February 7, 5:30pm (AEDT) at Jubilee Stadium, Kogarah
St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> vs Newcastle Knights<\/a>, Saturday, February 7, 7:30pm (AEDT) at Jubilee Stadium, Kogarah<\/p>\n

How to watch the NRL pre-season challenge Week 1<\/p>\n

As has been the case in recent years, all pre-season challenge games are broadcast on Fox Sports through Fox League.<\/p>\n

To watch the games on TV, you will need an active Foxtel subscription with the sports package of channels, with coverage to commence at 5pm (AEDT).<\/p>\n

To live stream the games, you’ll need an active subscription to Foxtel’s digital platform included with your TV package, or an online only subscription to Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n

Team lists<\/p>\n

Canterbury Bulldogs
1. Taye Cochrane
2. Cooper Toy
3. Sosaia Alatini<\/a>
4. Jed Reardon
5. Jonathan Sua<\/a>
6. Joseph Teaupa
7. Alex Conti<\/a>
8. Daniel Suluka-Fifita<\/a>
9. Gordon Chan Kum Tong<\/a>
10. Samuel Hughes<\/a>
11. Alekolasimi Jones<\/a>
12. Logan Spinks<\/a>
13. Lipoi Hopoi<\/a><\/p>\n

Interchange
14. Fletcher Baker<\/a>
15. Sosefo Finau
16. Zyon Maiu’u<\/a>
17. Aaymon Fitzgibbon<\/a>
19. Jack Underhill<\/a>
20. Raymond Puru
21. Hamish Wilson
22. Jope Rauqe<\/a>
23. Mikey Nassar
24. Justin Matamua<\/a>
25. Bud Smith
26. Bailey Myers
27. Louis Grossemy<\/p>\n

North Queensland Cowboys
1. Mason Barber<\/a>
2. Robert Derby<\/a>
3. Zac Laybutt<\/a>
4. Liam Sutton<\/a>
5. Jaxson Paulo<\/a>
6. Jaxon Purdue<\/a>
7. Jake Clifford<\/a>
8. Harrison Edwards<\/a>
9. Xavier Kerrisk<\/a>
10. Thomas Mikaele<\/a>
11. Heilum Luki<\/a>
12. Kai O’Donnell<\/a>
13. Sam McIntyre<\/a><\/p>\n

Interchange
14. Zac Herdegen<\/a>
15. Kaiden Lahrs<\/a>
16. Mason Kira<\/a>
17. Matthew Watts<\/a>
18. Creedence Toia
19. Ronald Philitoga<\/a>
20. Maddox Goodwin
21. Wiremu Greig<\/a>
22. Tyler Moriarty<\/a>
23. Joseph Doyle
24. Isaiah Latu
25. Mitchell Prest
26. Aitasi James<\/a><\/p>\n

St George Illawarra Dragons
1. Tyrell Sloan<\/a>
2. Christian Tuipulotu<\/a>
3. David Fale<\/a>
4. Mathew Feagai<\/a>
5. Setu Tu<\/a>
6. Lyhkan King-Togia<\/a>
7. Kade Reed<\/a>
8. Josh Kerr<\/a>
9. Haele Finau
10. Toby Couchman<\/a>
11. Ryan Couchman<\/a>
12. Jacob Halangahu<\/a>
13. Hame Sele<\/a><\/p>\n

Interchange
14. Tyler Peckham-Harris
15. Charlie Hiedke
16. Hayden Buchanan<\/a>
17. Nick Tsougranis<\/a>
18. Joseph O’Neill<\/a>
19. Loko Pasifiki Tonga<\/a>
20. Isaiah Fagalilo
21. Blake Lawrie<\/a>
22. Dylan Coutts<\/a>
23. Cyrus Stanley-Traill<\/a>
24. Ryan Hutchinson<\/p>\n

Newcastle Knights
1. Fletcher Hunt<\/a>
2. James Schiller<\/a>
3. Kyle McCarthy<\/a>
4. Wilson De Courcey<\/a>
5. Greg Marzhew<\/a>
6. Fletcher Sharpe<\/a>
7. Sandon Smith<\/a>
8. Jacob Saifiti<\/a>
9. Harrison Graham<\/a>
10. Trey Mooney<\/a>
11. Thomas Cant<\/a>
12. Jermaine McEwen<\/a>
13. Tyson Frizell<\/a><\/p>\n

Interchange
14. Tyson Gamble<\/a>
15. Mat Croker<\/a>
16. Matthew Arthur
17. Pasami Saulo<\/a>
18. Brodie Jones<\/a>
19. Cody Hopwood<\/a>
20. Connor Votano<\/a>
21. Sosaia Latu<\/a>
22. Asu Kepaoa<\/a>
23. Logan Aoake<\/a>
24. Matthew Hunter<\/a>
25. Peter Hola<\/a>
26. Elijah Salesa-Leaumoana<\/a>
27. Francis Manuleleua<\/a>
28. Lachlan Crouch<\/a><\/p>\n

Full NRL pre-season Week 1 challenge team lists<\/a> (to be updated)<\/p>\n

Players to watch<\/p>\n

From players returning from injury, led by Heilum Luki<\/a> to Ryan Couchman<\/a>, to others fighting for places and minutes like Sandon Smith<\/a> and Jaxon Purdue<\/a>, there will be plenty of storylines from the opening weekend of trial action.<\/p>\n

For our full list of the ten players to watch, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Match officials<\/p>\n

Canterbury Bulldogs vs North Queensland Cowboys
Referee: Liam Kennedy
Review official: Ashley Klein<\/p>\n

St George Illawarra Dragons vs Newcastle Knights
Referee: Peter Gough
Review official: Wyatt Raymond<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL pre-season challenge has arrived, with the teams heading to Las Vegas to get a head start…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-463006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463006","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=463006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}