{"id":1517,"date":"2020-02-21T13:39:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T13:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2020-06-18T10:35:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T10:35:51","slug":"rugby-world-club-challenge-live-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/rugby-world-club-challenge-live-on-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby World Club Challenge live on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The 28th World Club Challenge<\/strong> takes the stage on Saturday, Feb 22 at Totally Wicked Stadium, and features <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Super League (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.superleague.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Super League<\/a> champions <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"St. Helens R.F.C. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saintsrlfc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">St. Helens R.F.C.<\/a><\/strong> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NRL (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> winners<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roosters.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sydney Roosters. (opens in a new tab)\">Sydney Roosters<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roosters.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sydney Roosters. (opens in a new tab)\">.<\/a> <br>This will be the third time for these two teams to meet in the World Club Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St.-Helens-R.F.C.-Sydney-Roosters-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1518 img-fluid\" width=\"351\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St.-Helens-R.F.C.-Sydney-Roosters-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St.-Helens-R.F.C.-Sydney-Roosters-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St.-Helens-R.F.C.-Sydney-Roosters-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St.-Helens-R.F.C.-Sydney-Roosters-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/St.-Helens-R.F.C.-Sydney-Roosters.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Roosters finished the 2019 NRL season second with 36 points although they defeated <strong>Canberra Raiders<\/strong> 14-8 in the premiership final. St. Helens on the other hand, finished first in the regular season defeating <strong>Salford <\/strong>23-6 in the Grand Final. That was also <strong>Justin Holbrook&#8217;s <\/strong>final game form the Saints who are taking on the vacant coaching role at Gold Coast Titans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><br>Team news<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Roosters need this win to become the first consecutive winners since the Challenge is founded. That would also be their fifth World Club Challenge title, third time beating Saints. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/191012sthelensvsalford_7748.jpg\" alt=\"St Helens after winning the 2019 Super League grand final.\" class=\"wp-image-1521 img-fluid\" width=\"406\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/191012sthelensvsalford_7748.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/191012sthelensvsalford_7748-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/191012sthelensvsalford_7748-768x481.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><figcaption>nrl.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Tricolours will have to play without many of grand final stars, including the retired <strong>Cooper Cronk<\/strong> and captain <strong>Boyd Cordner<\/strong>, who is a late scratching. The Saints also have injury worries with two of their biggest names racing the clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ellery Hanley<\/strong>, a former World Club Challenge winner, said to superleague.co.uk that the WCC will be difficult for the Roosters.<em>\u201cSt Helens have got a number of games under their belt in friendlies and now three have gone by in the season, so I think it\u2019s going to be a tough game in terms of it being physically demanding for the Roosters.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2968770925364851\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9375035171\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Shark <strong>Kyle Flanagan<\/strong> will make his club debut in the halves while a fit-again <strong>Jake Friend<\/strong> reclaims his starting hooker role.<br>Fullback <strong>Lachlan Coote<\/strong> will miss the game due a injury in round one against Salford, but for the star hooker <strong>James Roby<\/strong> this will be his first game since the grand final win. Wales flyer <strong>Regan Grace<\/strong> is also out after suffering a head knock last week against Hull FC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/skysports-james-tedesco-sydney-roosters_4794371.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1520 img-fluid\" width=\"395\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/skysports-james-tedesco-sydney-roosters_4794371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/skysports-james-tedesco-sydney-roosters_4794371-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>All eyes will be on a duo clash between <strong>Jared Waerea-Hargreaves<\/strong> and <strong>Siosiua Taukeiaho<\/strong> versus <strong>Alex Walmsley <\/strong>and <strong>Luke Thompson <\/strong>to set the tone of the match and potentially decide the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Club Challenge, founded back in 1976, is an annual rugby league competition between the winners of the Australian National Rugby League and the Betfred Super League.Teams from England, Australia, New Zeland, Canada, France and Wales can participate in it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-5-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"sporteventz-app-light-and-dark-mode\" class=\"wp-image-807 img-fluid\" width=\"424\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-5-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-5-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-5.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><figcaption> SportEventz \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.evolutio.sporteventz&amp;hl=en\">Android<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/in\/app\/sporteventz-live-sport-on-tv\/id979406502\">iOS<\/a>&nbsp;App<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Connecting sports and TV in the best possible way<\/strong>. \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 28th World Club Challenge takes the stage on Saturday, Feb 22 at Totally Wicked Stadium, and features Super League champions St. Helens R.F.C. and NRL winners Sydney Roosters. This will be the third time for these two teams to meet in the World Club Challenge. The Roosters finished the 2019 NRL season second with 36 points although they defeated Canberra Raiders 14-8 in the premiership final. St. Helens on the other hand, finished first in the regular season defeating Salford 23-6 in the Grand Final. 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