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Channel 4 has announced that it will broadcast live Super League<\/a> matches, with coverage beginning early next year.<\/p>\n For the first time in its 26-year history, the rugby league tournament will be shown on free-to-air television as part of its two-year partnership with Channel 4.<\/p>\n Its coverage will start on 12th February 2022 as Leeds Rhinos take on Warrington Wolves in the first of 10 games to be shown on the channel.<\/p>\n The remaining games will be spread across the season, including two end-of-season play off fixtures.<\/p>\n Channel 4\u2019s Head of Sport, Pete Andrews, said in a statement: \u201cWe\u2019re absolutely thrilled to be bringing Super League to free-to-air television for the first time in its history.<\/p> \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic news for rugby fans and it\u2019s a really special addition to Channel 4\u2019s sports portfolio particularly since it\u2019s one of our first major partnerships since moving to our new National HQ building at the Majestic in Leeds.\u201d<\/p>\n Super League chairman Ken Davy added that he is \u201cdelighted\u201d to confirm the new partnership with Channel 4.<\/p>\n \u201cThe opportunity to offer live Betfred Super League action to fans on a free-to-air platform across the whole season is fantastic and one that we hope will continue to serve our current fans, as well as attract many new fans to the sport,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI must thank our principal broadcast partner, Sky Sports, without whose support this partnership would not have been possible.\u201d<\/p>\n In previous years, the Betfred Super League would air live on Sky Sports exclusively, with BBC Sport broadcasting highlights each week.<\/p>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Wednesday, 24 November 2021 at 12:00 am Channel 4 has announced that it will broadcast live Super League matches, with coverage beginning early next year. For the first time in its 26-year history, the rugby league tournament will be shown on free-to-air television as part of its two-year partnership with Channel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7712,"template":"","categories":[7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/super-league-to-air-on-channel-4.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/super-league-to-air-on-channel-4-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/super-league-to-air-on-channel-4-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/super-league-to-air-on-channel-4.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/super-league-to-air-on-channel-4.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/super-league-to-air-on-channel-4.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/11\/super-league-to-air-on-channel-4.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Wednesday, 24 November 2021 at 12:00 am Channel 4 has announced that it will broadcast live Super League matches, with coverage beginning early next year. For the first time in its 26-year history, the rugby league tournament will be shown on free-to-air television as part of its two-year partnership with Channel…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/7711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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