The Rugby Football League have confirmed that the 1895 Cup Final will take place on Bank Holiday Monday in August \u2013 as part of a new-look charity round organised by the governing body.<\/p>\n
The 2026 Rugby League Cares Charity Round will start on Thursday August 27 in a rematch of this month\u2019s Challenge Cup final, when Hull KR travel to Wigan Warriors.<\/p>\n
Over the course of the Bank Holiday weekend, a full round of Super League fixtures will be staged which will give fans at all matches the opportunity to support the newly-renamed Seriously Injured Players Fund, which was previously known as the Rugby League Benevolent Fund.<\/p>\n
There is also a round of Championship fixtures on that weekend but perhaps most notably of all, the governing body has finally revealed when the final of the 1895 Cup will take place: though not where.<\/p>\n
It will be staged on Monday August 31 at an as-yet undisclosed venue. Wakefield Trinity\u2019s DIY Kitchens Stadium had been mooted as a possible location.<\/p>\n
But it will be a standalone fixture on the Monday, that much has now been confirmed.<\/p>\n
London Broncos or Midlands Hurricanes will be in the final, with the pair meeting in one of the semi-finals. The other final four showdown sees Widnes Vikings take on Rochdale Hornets.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted to confirm a sport-wide Charity Round across the August Bank Holiday weekend, which represents the very best of the Rugby League community coming together for a greater purpose,\u201d RL Commercial CEO Rhodri Jones said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSport has the power to inspire, unite and support people through difficult times, and this initiative will help shine a light on the vital assistance the Seriously Injured Players Fund delivers to athletes who are in recovery and rebuilding their lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope this round not only raises important funds, but also gives fans and clubs the opportunity to celebrate Foundation Day which is of course a very important day for the sport. On behalf of everyone involved, we\u2019re honoured to support such an important cause.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rugby Football League have confirmed that the 1895 Cup Final will take place on Bank Holiday Monday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-597463","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\/597463","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=597463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}