Boxing Day at Headingley: Rhinos v Wakefield in the Festive Challenge, Saturday 26 December

Boxing Day rugby returns to AMT Headingley Stadium on Saturday 26 December 2026, as Leeds Rhinos host Wakefield Trinity in the annual Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge, kick-off 11.30am.

(Image: Headingley Stadium, home of Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire cricket — Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

The festive friendly is a family occasion as much as a match: Father Christmas takes over the game-day proceedings, with elves, a singalong and the Great AMT Headingley Snowball Fight against the Grinch. Tickets are on sale now.

Source: Leeds Rhinos

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