Friday night and a sold out Headingley Carnegie Stadium will host the 2013 Carnegie World Club Challenge match between Leeds Rhinos and Melbourne Storm. To celebrate the occasion Melbourne Storm have a special World Club Challenge jersey which we are pleased to show you here: The World Club challenge sees a strong Storm outfit comprising 11 of the grand final team with … [Read more...]
Rhinos Win World Club Challenge
Well done to Leed Rhinos turning over the Manly Sea Eagles in the World Club Challenge last night. They are the first Super league winners since 2008. The result never looked in doubt as Leeds scored a couple of tries to give them a buffer, Manly came back but the Rhinos took a 16-6 lead into half time. The second period was more of the same and so we ended with the final … [Read more...]
Wigan fail to break the losing streak – Wigan Warriors 15-21 St George Illawarra Dragons
St George Illawarra started slowly but ultimately held on to win the World Club Challenge for the first time with victory over Wigan. The victory means that Australian sides have won the World Club Challenge, for the last three years. The Warriors made the ideal start, going 8-0 ahead within the first four minutes with a try from George Carmont and two goals from Paul Deacon. … [Read more...]
Storm take the World Club Challenge – Leeds 10-18 Melbourne
In a tight first half the only scores came from Kevin Sinfield and Rob Burrow slotting penalties for Leeds, with Cameron Smith replying with two for Melbourne giving us 4-4 at the break. In the second period Danny McGuire ran the length-of-the-field scoring a try to put Leeds in front. However Luke MacDougall got one for Melbourne and Smith kicked them in front, finally … [Read more...]
World Club Challenge 2010 28 February
Elland Road will the place to be this Sunday 28 February for the Gillette Fusion World Club Challenge between Leeds Rhinos and Melbourne Storm. The annual showdown between the engage Super League champions and their opposite numbers from the NRL will come back to the home of Leeds United FC for the third successive year and will be a repeat of the 2008 world title … [Read more...]