Here\u2019s why<\/a>.<\/p>\nFriday, March 20<\/p>\n
7am: NRL (R3) \u2013 Sydney Roosters v Penrith Panthers \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
9am: NRL (R3) \u2013 Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos \u2013 Sky Sports Main Event\/Sky Sports Action\/Watch NRL<\/p>\n
6pm: Super League (R5) \u2013 Toulouse Olympique v St Helens \u2013 Sky Sports+ Red Button\/Super League+<\/p>\n
8pm: Super League (R5) \u2013 Bradford Bulls v Huddersfield Giants \u2013 Sky Sports+ Red Button\/Super League+<\/p>\n
8pm: Super League (R5) \u2013 Wakefield Trinity v Leigh Leopards \u2013 Sky Sports Action<\/p>\n
There are five games to get your teeth stuck into on Friday, and the first two of those come back-to-back Down Under. The Roosters welcome the Panthers before the Storm take on the Broncos in a repeat of last year\u2019s Grand Final, both mouthwatering clashes!<\/p>\n
Saints\u2019 trip to Toulouse in Super League comes at 6pm, and then at 8pm, you\u2019ll have to choose between either Bradford-Huddersfield or Wakefield-Leigh. The Leopards\u2019 trip to Belle Vue is Sky\u2019s sole \u2018exclusive\u2019 game this weekend, so is on one of their main channels.<\/p>\n
Saturday, March 21<\/p>\n
4am: NRL (R3) \u2013 Newcastle Knights v New Zealand Warriors \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
6.30am: NRL (R3) \u2013 Cronulla Sharks v Dolphins \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
8.35am: NRL (R3) \u2013 South Sydney Rabbitohs v Wests Tigers \u2013 Sky Sports Action\/Watch NRL<\/p>\n
3pm: Super League (R5) \u2013 Warrington Wolves v Castleford Tigers \u2013 BBC Two\/Sky Sports+ Red Button\/Super League+<\/p>\n
5.30pm: Super League (R5) \u2013 Catalans Dragons v Hull KR \u2013 Sky Sports+ Red Button\/Super League+<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re prepared for an early rise, you could watch all five games on Saturday. In the early hours, there\u2019s a triple-header of NRL back-to-back-to-back, although only the last of those games is on Sky in the shape of the Bunnies against Wests.<\/p>\n
The BBC are then showing Saturday afternoon\u2019s Super League clash between Warrington and Castleford. Hull KR\u2019s trip over to Catalans should have been televised by the free-to-air broadcaster, but their plans have changed due to the World Indoor Championships \u2013 so it\u2019s the BBC at the HJ and then Sky\u2019s Red Button for the game at the Stade Gilbert Brutus.<\/p>\n
Sunday, March 22<\/p>\n
5.05am: NRL (R3) \u2013 Parramatta Eels v St George Illawarra Dragons \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
7.15am: NRL (R3) \u2013 North Queensland Cowboys v Gold Coast Titans \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
3pm: Super League (R5) \u2013 Hull FC v Leeds Rhinos \u2013 Sky Sports+ Red Button\/Super League+<\/p>\n
3pm: Championship (R7) \u2013 London Broncos v Salford RLFC \u2013 London\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\nFour games round off the weekend, starting with a back-to-back double-header of NRL action on Sunday morning early doors which sees the Eels take on the Dragons before the Cowboys host the Titans.<\/p>\n
Come 3pm, Hull FC welcome Leeds to the MKM Stadium in the final Super League action of the weekend. But if that doesn\u2019t take you fancy, Championship pace-setters London are streaming their home game against Salford live for free on YouTube. The Broncos will be odds-on favourites to beat the Reds for the first time since 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rugby league continues at a pace in 2026, with Round 5 of the Super League season taking place…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-550066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550066","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=550066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}