preferred source on Google<\/a> and ensure you never miss our exclusives and breaking news!<\/p>\nThursday, April 2<\/p>\n
10am: NRL (R5) \u2013 Dolphins v Manly Sea Eagles \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
The Easter weekend gets underway on Thursday morning with an NRL clash between the Dolphins and Manly, with this the Sea Eagles\u2019 first outing since the departure of head coach Anthony Seibold.<\/p>\n
Friday, April 3 (Good Friday)<\/p>\n
6.05am: NRL (R5) \u2013 South Sydney Rabbitohs v Canterbury Bulldogs \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
10am: NRL (R5) \u2013 Penrith Panthers v Melbourne Storm \u2013 Sky Sports Main Event\/Sky Sports Action\/Watch NRL<\/p>\n
12.30pm: Super League (R7) \u2013 Hull KR v Hull FC \u2013 Sky Sports Main Event\/Sky Sports Action<\/p>\n
3pm: Super League (R7) \u2013 St Helens v Wigan Warriors \u2013 Sky Sports Main Event\/Sky Sports Action<\/p>\n
8pm: Super League (R7) \u2013 Bradford Bulls v Leeds Rhinos \u2013 BBC Red Button\/BBC iPlayer\/Sky Sports+ Red Button\/Super League+<\/p>\n
Relax as the lord would want you to on Good Friday and tune into FIVE mouthwatering rugby league match-ups. Down Under, there\u2019s a double-header early doors as Souths hosts the Bulldogs and two heavyweights meet as Penrith take on the Storm.<\/p>\n
The action does not stop there as there are three Super League derbies coming your way as part of Rivals Round. The Hull derby is up first, and then comes Sky\u2019s main event as Saints and Wigan square off.<\/p>\n
Once that\u2019s done and dusted, you\u2019ll have some time to say hello to the family before the first Bradford-Leeds Super League clash in more than a decade. The BBC are streaming that one live from Odsal.<\/p>\n
Saturday, April 4 (Easter Saturday)<\/p>\n
7.30am: NRL (R5) \u2013 St George Illawarra Dragons v North Queensland Cowboys \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
9.35am: NRL (R5) \u2013 Gold Coast Titans v Brisbane Broncos \u2013 Sky Sports Main Event\/Sky Sports Action\/Watch NRL<\/p>\n
3pm: Super League (R7) \u2013 Huddersfield Giants v York Knights \u2013 Sky Sports+ Red Button\/Super League+<\/p>\n
3pm: Super League (R7) \u2013 Warrington Wolves v Leigh Leopards \u2013 Sky Sports+ Red Button\/Super League+<\/p>\n
3pm: Super League (R7) \u2013 Catalans Dragons v Toulouse Olympique \u2013 Sky Sports+ Red Button\/Super League+<\/p>\n
Once again there are back-to-back NRL games for you to get your teeth stuck into on Saturday morning. St George welcome the Cowboys before the Titans tussle with the Broncos.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll have to choose between three Super League games on Saturday afternoon which all kick off at the same time (because why wouldn\u2019t they?!) unless you get can get your hands on multiple screens. Huddersfield-York, Warrington-Leigh and Catalans-Toulouse are your options, all on Sky\u2019s Red Button.<\/p>\n
Sunday, April 5 (Easter Sunday)<\/p>\n
5am: NRL (R5) \u2013 Cronulla Sharks v New Zealand Warriors \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
7.05am: NRL (R5) \u2013 Newcastle Knights v Canberra Raiders \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
3pm: Super League (R7) \u2013 Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Trinity \u2013 Sky Sports+ Red Button\/Super League+<\/p>\n
Waking up early on Easter Sunday might be a bit like rising from the dead depending on the Saturday night you\u2019ve enjoyed, but make sure you do get up in time to catch the back-to-back NRL clashes.<\/p>\n
Rest assured, you\u2019ll have plenty of time for a nap once they\u2019re over before rivals Cas and Wakey go up against one another at The Jungle come 3pm in Super League.<\/p>\n
Monday, April 6 (Easter Monday)<\/p>\n
7am: NRL (R5) \u2013 Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers \u2013 Watch NRL<\/p>\n
The Easter weekend just keeps on giving, and come Monday morning, you\u2019ll have chance to wind down as you enjoy one last rugby league game. Parramatta take on Wests in that one with a 7am start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rugby league continues at a pace in 2026, with Rivals Round taking place in Super League this Easter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-508652","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\/508652","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=508652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}