{"id":401521,"date":"2026-02-01T01:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/401521\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T01:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:03:10","slug":"super-league-season-opener-nearing-sellout-as-york-knights-confirm-record-crowd-for-hull-kr-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/401521\/","title":{"rendered":"Super League season opener nearing sellout as York Knights confirm record crowd for Hull KR clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OHO9811.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"York Knights\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/came-out-of-the-blue-denive-balmforth-opens-up-on-his-york-knights-loan-and-hull-fc-future-112220\/#google_vignette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">York Knights<\/a> will play their first game in Super League in front of a record crowd with the club nearing a sellout for the season opener.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Applegarth\u2019s side were one of two sides to earn promotion to Super League through the application process with Lord Caine approving the North Yorkshire club, who had placed first in the Championship before losing the Grand Final to fellow promoted side Toulouse Olympique.<\/p>\n<p>There are no easy games in Super League but York have on paper the toughest opponents they could for their first game in the competition as treble winners Hull KR visit the LNER Stadium on Thursday, 12th February.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket sales have now surpassed the ground\u2019s record attendance with York nearing a sellout for their first game in Super League, something that would be a huge achievement.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s believed that the current record crowd at the LNER Stadium was actually when upcoming opponents Hull KR played Catalans Dragons at the ground in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/steve-mcnamara-comments-prompt-rfl-investigation-after-challenge-cup-semi-final-104446\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">semi-finals of the Challenge Cup last year<\/a>, as 8,402 turned out for the Robins\u2019 win.<\/p>\n<p>York Knights in line for Super League opener sellout<\/p>\n<p>On that occasion, the overwhelming majority of those in attendance were Hull KR fans and whilst that won\u2019t be the case on the opening night of Super League, plenty will have traveled across from Hull.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming news of the record and announcing that \u2018limited tickets remain\u2019, the Knights took to social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re set for a RECORD crowd as the Knights host @hullkrofficial in the @SuperLeague season opener at the LNER Community Stadium on Thursday, 12 February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory in the making. Limited tickets remain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It will mark the first real test that Hull KR have had this year as their sole pre-season trial saw Willie Peters field a squad mainly comprising fringe and academy players, whilst the Robins will also face community club Lock Lane in the Challenge Cup.<\/p>\n<p>A week after facing York, the Robins will face Brisbane Broncos in the World Club Challenge whilst York\u2019s first away trip in Super League will take them to Headingley for a clash with Leeds Rhinos.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest episode of The Serious About Rugby League Show on <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_e9WbvZO3iA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">our YouTube channel here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re set for a RECORD crowd as the Knights host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hullkrofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@hullkrofficial<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuperLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SuperLeague<\/a> season opener at the LNER Community Stadium on Thursday, 12 February.<\/p>\n<p>History in the making. Limited tickets remain.<br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qAXRJcosSR\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/qAXRJcosSR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/21ocdqD7JG\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/21ocdqD7JG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 York RLFC Knights (@YorkRLFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YorkRLFC\/status\/2017224951317549214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"York Knights will play their first game in Super League in front of a record crowd with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-401521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}