2026 Hull Kingston Rovers season

The 2026 World Club Challenge was confirmed on 6 November 2025, and would be held at the MKM Stadium. The match was the first time since 1986 that Hull Kingston Rovers had played against an Australian team.^[4]

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Date and time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV[5]	Report
19 February, 19:30	Brisbane Broncos	H	MKM Stadium	W	30–24	Amone, Minchella, Burgess, Gildart, Hiku	Mourgue (2/2), Martin (3/3)	24,600	BBC Three Sky Sports	[6][7]

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From 2026, the Super League expanded to 14 teams, with Toulouse Olympique and York Knights being promoted from the RFL Championship via the IMG Grading system.^[8] At a meeting of all twelve Super League teams at the Headingley Rugby Stadium on 28 July 2025 to vote on the expansion proposal, Hull Kingston Rovers were one of two teams to vote against expanding the league, with the club preferring for expansion to have instead taken place ahead of the 2027 season.^[9]

On 14 May 2025, it was announced that Hull Kingston Rovers would be part of the 2026 Rugby League Las Vegas event, playing their Round 3 fixture against the Leeds Rhinos at the Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.^[10]

Fixtures

Hull Kingston Rovers' Super League 2026 fixtures were released on 27 November 2025:^[11][12]

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Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance[13]	TV[5]	Pos.	Report
12 February; 20:00	Round 1	York Knights	A	York Community Stadium	L	18–19	Whitbread (2), Sue	Martin (3/3)	8,500	Sky Sports + Main	8th	[14]
20 February; 20:00	Round 2	Warrington Wolves	H	Craven Park	N/A	P–P[a]				N/A	12th[b]
1 March; 00:00 (GMT)	Round 3 (Rugby League Las Vegas)	Leeds Rhinos	N	Allegiant Stadium	L	6–58	Burgess	Martin (1/1)	45,719	Sky Sports Main Event	14th[b]	[16]
8 March; 15:00	Round 4	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium	W	32–6	Davies (2), Lewis (2), Gildart, Burgess	Lewis (1/2), Martin (3/4)	4,827	Sky Sports +	12th[b]	[17]
21 March; 17:30 (GMT)	Round 5	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	20–26	May, Burgess, Amone	Lewis (3/3 + 1 pen.)	8,156	Sky Sports +	11th[b]	[18]
27 March; 20:00	Round 6	St Helens	H	Craven Park	W	52–10	Burgess (3), Lewis (3), Litten, Batchelor, Whitbread	Lewis (7/9 + 1 pen.)	12,169	Sky Sports Main Event	9th[b]	[19]
3 April; 12:30 (Good Friday)	Round 7 (Rivals Round)	Hull F.C.[c]	H	Craven Park	W	24–6	Burgess (2), Broadbent, Gildart, Litten	Lewis (2/5)	12,325[2]	Sky Sports + Main	7th[b]	[21]
17 April; 18:00 (BST)	Round 8	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest Wallon	W	46–0	Burgess (2), Minchella, Martin, Hadley, Litten, Hiku, Whitbread	Lewis (1/1), Martin (6/7)	6,135	Sky Sports +	7th[b]	[22]
25 April; 15:00	Round 9	Bradford Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium	W	48–12	Lewis (4), May, Martin, Broadbent, Hiku	Martin (8/8)	7,751	Sky Sports +	5th[b]	[23]
30 April; 20:00	Round 10	Castleford Tigers	H	Craven Park	W	50–6	Davies (3), Lawton (2), Amone, Hadley, Lewis, Burgess	Martin (7/9)	11,807	Sky One Sky Sports + Main	4th[b]	[24]
16 May; 17:30	Round 11	Leigh Leopards	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	20–16	Hiku, Davies, Mourgue	Martin (3/3 + 1 pen.)	9,028	Sky Sports Action	4th[b]	[25]
21 May; 20:00	Round 12	Wigan Warriors	H	Craven Park	W	62–4	Lewis (3), Davies, Litten, Whitbread, Martin, Hadley, Booth, Broadbent, Luckley	Martin (9/11)	10,246	Sky Sports + Main	4th[b]	[26]
6 June; 16:30[d]	Round 13	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	L	24–26	Lewis, Whitbread, Luckley, May	Lewis (2/2), Martin (2/2)	8,608	BBC Two Sky Sports +	5th[b]	[28]
12 June; 20:00	Round 14	York Knights	H	Craven Park	W	38–6	Davies (2), Lewis, Burgess, Batchelor, Broadbent, Martin	Martin (5/7)	11,408	Sky Sports +	3rd[b]	[29]
19 June; 20:00	Round 15	Leigh Leopards	H	Craven Park	W	22–8	Burgess, Hiku, Whitbread, Leyland	Martin (2/4 + 1 pen.)	11,625	Sky Sports + Main	3rd[b]	[30]
26 June; 20:00	Round 16	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Rugby Stadium	L	8–34	Booth	Martin (1/1 + 1 pen.)	18,456	Sky Sports + Main	6th[b]	[31]
4 July; 15:00	Round 17 (Magic Weekend)	Hull F.C.	N	Hill Dickinson Stadium	W	26–12	Lewis, Martin, Whitbread, May	Martin (3/4 + 2 pen.)	34,539	Sky Sports + Main	5th[b]	[32]
11 July; 17:30	Round 18	Wakefield Trinity	H	Craven Park	L	6–20		Martin (3 pen.)	11,408	Sky Sports Action	5th[b]	[33]
18 July; 15:00	Round 19	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	12–34	Gildart, Batchelor	Martin (2/2)	10,025	Sky Sports + Main	7th[b]	[34]
23 July; 20:00	Round 20 (Rivals Round Reversed)	Hull F.C.	A	MKM Stadium	W	34–20	Amone, Mourgue, Broadbent, Burgess, Dezaria	Mourgue (5/5 + 2 pen.)	18,809	Sky Sports + Main	6th[b]	[35]
31 July; 20:00	Round 21	Bradford Bulls	H	Craven Park	W	40–16	Burgess (2), Broadbent, May, Litten, Davies, Minchella	Hampshire (3/4), Martin (3/3)	12,126	Sky Sports +	5th[b]	[36]
7 August; 20:00	Round 22	Castleford Tigers	A	Wheldon Road	W	44–0	Davies (2), May (2), Litten, Burgess, Hiku, Martin	Hampshire (1/2), Martin (5/5)	9,203	Sky Sports +	5th[b]	[37]
13 August; 20:00[e]	Round 23	Catalans Dragons	H	Craven Park	W	28–10	Broadbent (2), Litten, Burgess, May	Martin (4/5)	11,294	Sky Sports +	5th[b]	[38]
18 August; 20:00	Round 2[a]	Warrington Wolves	H	Craven Park	L	28–34	Lewis, Lawton, Hadley, Pangai Junior	Martin (1 pen.), Mourgue (4/4 + 1 pen.)	11,785	Sky Sports Main Event	5th	[39]
22 August; 17:30[f]	Round 24	Toulouse Olympique	H	Craven Park	L	12–32	Minchella, Gorman	Martin (2/2)	11,798	Sky Sports +	6th	[40]
27 August; 20:02[g]	Round 25	Wigan Warriors	A	Brick Community Stadium	L	0–46			16,847	Sky Sports + Main	6th	[41]
4 September; 20:00	Round 26	Huddersfield Giants	H	Craven Park	W	36–6	Mourgue (2), Minchella, Broadbent, Litten, Davies	Mourgue (3/3), Martin (2/3 + 1 pen.)	11,541	Sky Sports +	6th	[42]
11 September; 20:00	Round 27	St Helens	A	BrewDog Stadium	L	12–36	Leyland, Holden	Charles (2/2)		Sky Sports +	6th	[43]

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Table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors (L)	27	22	0	5	851	439	+412	44	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Leeds Rhinos	27	20	0	7	904	426	+478	40
3	Warrington Wolves (A)	27	20	0	7	726	465	+261	40	Advance to Eliminators
4	Wakefield Trinity (A)	27	19	0	8	709	486	+223	38
5	Leigh Leopards (E)	27	17	0	10	644	497	+147	34
6	Hull KR (E)	27	16	0	11	748	503	+245	32
7	St Helens	27	15	0	12	636	614	+22	30
8	Toulouse Olympique	27	10	0	17	578	704	−126	20
9	Catalans Dragons	27	10	0	17	537	802	−265	20
10	York Knights	27	9	0	18	545	791	−246	18
11	Hull F.C.	27	8	0	19	488	597	−109	16
12	Huddersfield Giants	27	8	0	19	509	765	−256	16
13	Castleford Tigers	27	8	0	19	464	866	−402	16
14	Bradford Bulls	27	7	0	20	468	852	−384	14

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Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2026. Source:
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

Play-offs

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Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV[5]	Report
19 September; 17:30	Eliminators	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	12–35	Burgess, Hadley	Mourgue (2/2)	11,073	BBC Two Sky Sports + Main	[44]

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Hull Kingston Rovers were first drawn on 12 January to play Lock Lane ARLFC in Round 3, following Lock Lane's 42-6 defeat of Brighouse Rangers in their delayed Round 1 fixture on 17 January; as a result of Featherstone Rovers being removed from the competition, Lock Lane gained an automatic bye to enter Round 3.^[45] The fixture was originally set to be played away at Lock Lane's Hicksons Arena, with neighbouring Castleford Tigers offering their Wheldon Road stadium as an alternative venue, however both teams later agreed to swap the venue to Craven Park by the request of Lock Lane's players.^[46]

Following their victory against Lock Lane, which saw records for Hull Kingston Rovers' highest-scoring victory and most goals scored in a fixture broken,^[47] Hull Kingston Rovers beat the Huddersfield Giants away 52-12 in Round 4, entering them into the quarter-finals,^[48] then after beating the York Knights 48-10 at home,^[49] were drawn to play 2025 finalists Warrington Wolves in the semi-finals.

A 32–12 victory over Catalans qualified Hull Kingston Rovers to play in the 2026 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, where they played the Wigan Warriors in a 2025 Super League Grand Final rematch.^[50] Hull Kingston Rovers ultimately emerged as runners-up in the final against Wigan, who won the match 40-10 with a dominant display over Rovers amid hot conditions at Wembley.^[51]

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Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV[5]	Report
6 February; 20:00	Round 3	Lock Lane ARLFC	H	Craven Park	W	104–0[h]	Broadbent (3), Horne (3), Davies (2), Charles (2), Sue, Minchella, Booth, Lawton, Gildart, Mourgue, Whitehead, Brown	Martin (16/18)[i]		Not televised	[47]
14 March; 15:00	Round 4	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium	W	52–12	Lewis (2), Whitehead, Hiku, May, Leyland, Luckley, Gildart, Broadbent	Martin (8/9)	2,736[53]	The Sportsman	[48]
11 April; 13:30	Quarter-finals	York Knights	H	Craven Park	W	48–10	May (3), Sue, Broadbent, Whitbread, Lewis, Burgess	Martin (3/4 + 1 pen.), Lewis (3/3), Litten (1/1)	8,752[54]	BBC Two	[49]
10 May; 16:00	Semi-finals	Warrington Wolves	N	Eco-Power Stadium	W	32–12	Burgess (2), Batchelor (2), Gildart	Lewis (2/2 + 1 pen.), Martin (2/3 + 1 pen.)	12,054[55]	BBC Two	[50]
30 May; 14:00	Final	Wigan Warriors	N	Wembley Stadium	L	10–40	Hiku (2)	Martin (1/2)	56,383[56]	BBC One	[51]

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