preferred source on Google<\/a> and ensure you never miss our exclusives and breaking news!<\/p>\nThursday, March 12<\/p>\n
9am: NRL (R2) \u2013 Brisbane Broncos v Parramatta Eels \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
Thursday morning brings an NRL clash between two sides searching for their first win of the year. Both reigning champions Brisbane and Parramatta were beaten heavily in Round 1, and now square off with wrongs to put right. Don\u2019t miss it!<\/p>\n
Friday, March 13<\/p>\n
7am: NRL (R2) \u2013 New Zealand Warriors v Canberra Raiders \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
9am: NRL (R2) \u2013 Sydney Roosters v South Sydney Rabbitohs \u2013 Sky Sports+ TV channel\/Sky Sports Action\/Watch NRL<\/p>\n
8pm: Challenge Cup (R4) \u2013 Wakefield Trinity v Leeds Rhinos \u2013 BBC Red Button\/BBC iPlayer<\/p>\n
Friday morning sees Round 2 action continue Down Under with a double-header that begins with the Wahs hosting Canberra, both having won their openers. Then there\u2019s the Sydney derby as the Roosters take on the Rabbitohs.<\/p>\n
Come Friday night, the Fourth Round of the Challenge Cup begins here in the UK, and the game selected for broadcast is an all-West Yorkshire affair between Wakefield and Leeds. The BBC will stream that tie.<\/p>\n
Saturday, March 14<\/p>\n
4am: NRL (R2) \u2013 Wests Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
6.30am: NRL (R2) \u2013 St George Illawarra Dragons v Melbourne Storm \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
8.35am: NRL (R2) \u2013 Penrith Panthers v Cronulla Sharks \u2013 Sky Sports Action\/Watch NRL<\/p>\n
3pm: Challenge Cup (R4) \u2013 Huddersfield Giants v Hull KR \u2013 The Sportsman\u2019s YouTube channel<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a triple-header of NRL action coming your way on Saturday morning, though you\u2019ll need an early rise to catch it all \u2013 starting at 4am as Wests host the Cowboys. The Dragons then take on Melbourne before Penrith go up against Cronulla.<\/p>\n
And on Saturday afternoon there\u2019s more Challenge Cup action for you to enjoy completely free of charge via The Sportsman, who will stream Hull KR\u2019s Fourth Round trip to Huddersfield on YouTube. Of course, it\u2019ll be the second meeting in just six days between the pair after the Robins ran out comfortable winners at the Accu Stadium in Super League last weekend.<\/p>\n
Sunday, March 15<\/p>\n
5.05am: NRL (R2) \u2013 Manly Sea Eagles v Newcastle Knights \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
7.15am: NRL (R2) \u2013 Dolphins v Gold Coast Titans \u2013 Sky Sports+ TV channel\/Sky Sports Action\/Watch NRL<\/p>\n
Two early morning NRL games round off the weekend on Sunday, with the first of those seeing Manly, who lost a thrilling opener to Canberra, take on the Knights, winners in Round 1.<\/p>\n
The Dolphins then go up against the Titans, with both of those sides having been beaten in Round 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rugby league continues at a pace in 2026, with the Fourth Round of the Challenge Cup taking place…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-471238","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\/471238","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=471238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}