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Sky Sports will be launching a pop-up channel dedicated to rugby league ahead of the start of the 2021 Betfred Super League season. Ahead of the new campaign getting underway next month, Sky Sports Arena, the channel which typically shows Super League as well as a number of other sports, will show non-stop rugby league action from Monday, March 22 to Friday, March 26 - the day of the season's start. Across the week leading up to the opening games of the 2021 season, Sky Sports will be showing 40 classic rugby league games in full to get viewers up to speed for the season ahead. Featuring games from 1992 right up until last season's Super League Grand Final, there is plenty to whet the appetite ahead of a new season. Matches included St Helens versus Bradford Bulls from 2000, featuring the iconic 'Wide to West' moment, as well as the 1994 Premiership Final between Castleford and Wigan, along with some World Club Challenge games and crunching derby fixtures from years … [Read more...] about Super League: Sky Sports to launch pop-up rugby league channel ahead of 2021 season

A Timaru rugby club is locking horns with the South Canterbury Rugby Union over attempts to have all its senior matches played at home instead of the sport’s headquarters which has a $7 million redevelopment in the pipeline . The Old Boys’ Rugby Club (OBRC), which celebrated its centenary in 2019, wants all its senior A and B matches to be permanently played at its home ground, School Park, withpresident Ben Rawlcliffe saying they were trying to make the club more sustainable. OBRC's desire passed one hurdle on Tuesday when the council of South Canterbury rugby clubs voted 5-3 in favour of allowing it to use School Park for its 2021 season's senior matches instead of playing at Alpine Energy Stadium . South Canterbury Rugby Union chief executive Craig Calder said he had no comment other than the decision did not have union approval and an SCRU board meeting would be held next week to resolve the matter. OBRC's council of clubs delegate, and club vice-president, Scott … [Read more...] about Timaru rugby club punts for home games, turning back on Alpine Energy Stadium

Josh Warrington will be sporting Rob Burrow's name and number on his shorts when the Leeds featherweight returns to the boxing ring on Saturday evening. Featherweight Warrington, who vacated his IBF world title last month, takes on Mexico's Mauricio Lara at London's SSE Arena live on Sky Sports Arena and will be honouring the Leeds Rhinos great to show support for Burrow in his ongoing campaign to raise awareness for motor neurone disease. It is not the first time another sporting icon associated with his home city has been honoured by the 30-year-old for one of his fights, with Leeds United stars Pablo Hernandez and Liam Cooper, and former player Lucas Radebe having previously joined him for his ring walk. There was only ever going to be one man to share the ring walk with me if restrictions would have allowed. I am honoured and extremely privileged to wear the Inspired by 7 logo on my shorts. @Rob7Burrow @leedsrhinos @mndassoc pic.twitter.com/47svlMNrBb — … [Read more...] about Josh Warrington to wear Rob Burrow’s name and number on his shorts in ring return against Mauricio Lara

STUFF Stuff's Duncan Johnstone and Todd Niall take a look at how Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa are shaping up, despite Auckland's Covid-19 alert level 3, postponing the start of the America's Cup. Auckland’s latest lockdown period was another blow for New Zealand’s ‘biggest beach festival,’ one that festival organiser Laurence Carey described as “simply devastating”. Waterbourne Beach Festival officially kicked off on February 27 with a number of smaller events, but it’s opening ceremony and biggest events were due to come this weekend. A large rooftop bar and stage was being built in preparation, which had to be abandoned mid-build before being pulled down earlier this week upon news of a snap seven-day, alert-level 3 lockdown . “We have spent two years planning Waterbourne, and to have this happen days before our opening ceremony is a hard pill to swallow,” said Carey. READ MORE: Immersive swirl of Shakespeare, smoke and light opens Christchurch Arts Festival … [Read more...] about Covid-19: Waterbourne Beach Festival organiser ‘devastated’ event won’t go ahead