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Wigan had ended the regular season as the league leaders. The Challenge Cup Winners were Wigan who beat Bradford Northern 8–3 in the final. Wigan's 1948 Challenge Cup Final victory over Bradford Northern was the first ever televised Rugby League match and Cup Final – although it was shown in the Midlands only. [1]
In 1948 Wigan took part in the first televised rugby league match when its 8–3 Challenge Cup Final victory over Bradford Northern was broadcast to the Midlands. This was the first rugby league match to be attended by the reigning monarch, King George VI, who presented the trophy.
The 1947–48 Challenge Cup was the 47th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. [1]The final was contested by Wigan and Bradford Northern at Wembley Stadium, and was the first ever rugby league match to be televised.
The 1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season's Challenge Cup Final was the first rugby league match to be televised. [17] All spectator sports in the United Kingdom experienced a surge in interest in the years following the end of World War II and rugby league boomed. [ 20 ]
The First Kangaroos: 1988 Comedy, drama Rugby league Dennis Waterman stars in a story of an Australian team on a tour of Great Britain. Old Scores: 1991 Comedy, drama Rugby union A controversial match between New Zealand and Wales is replayed 25 years later with the original teams. Starring Windsor Davies, Martyn Sanderson, and John Bach. Up 'n ...
12 February – Live Super League matches are broadcast on free-to-air television for the first time when Channel 4 shows the first of ten matches each season for the next two years. This is the first time in its 40-year history that channel 4has broadcast rugby league. [23] Premier Sports broadcasts the RFL Championship. Coverage includes the ...
The Ashes series, similar to the cricket series of the same name, was a best-of-three series of test matches between Australia and Great Britain national rugby league football teams. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It had been contested 39 times from 1908 until 2003 largely with hosting rights alternating between the two countries.