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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 ]
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Rugby league tours are a series of matches in the sport of rugby league against multiple opponents from one geographic area. Numerous tours have occurred throughout history and have been mostly carried out by the top three rugby league nations Australia (Kangaroos), Great Britain (Lions), and New Zealand (All Blacks/Kiwis).
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]
The final was broadcast live on BBC television, with George Duckworth providing commentary, [4] and was the first time a rugby league match had ever been televised. [5] The match was only broadcast to viewers in the London area, as the first television transmitter in the North of England was not completed until 1951. [6]
The 1948 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia was the fourteenth tour by New Zealand's national rugby league team, and the eleventh tour to visit Australia. The eight-match tour included two Test Matches, which were the first played by New Zealand in Australia since 1909.
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.