The 1895 Cup Final between Wakefield Trinity and Sheffield Eagles will be broadcast live on Super League + – Total Rugby League

The 2024 AB Sundecks 1895 Cup Final between Sheffield Eagles and Wakefield Trinity will be broadcast live on SuperLeague+ next Saturday (June 8).

The match, which kicks off at 545, will be broadcast live from Wembley Stadium for free to all SL+ members, whether or not they have a subscription to Betfred Super League coverage, which has been available all season.

This will be the fifth final of the AB Sundecks 1895 Cup, a competition which was launched in 2019 to give non-Super League clubs a second and more realistic chance of reaching the Betfred Challenge Cup Final Day at Wembley.

Sheffield Eagles were the inaugural winners in 2019, defeating Widnes Vikings in the final, with Anthony Thackeray, their current captain, winning the inaugural Ray French Man of the Match award.

For Wakefield Trinity, this will be their first appearance at Wembley since the 1979 Challenge Cup final, when they were beaten by Widnes, and their seventh overall.

They were Challenge Cup winners against Hull in 1960, Huddersfield in 1962 and twice against Wigan in 1946 and 1963 before losing to Leeds in the famous 1968 Watersplash final.

The 1895 AB Sundecks Cup Final completes a full day of Rugby League at Wembley Stadium, which begins with the traditional curtain raiser, the inspiresport Champion Schools Year 7 Boys Final, this year between St Peter’s Catholic HS in Orrell (Wigan) and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf (Cardiff).

The 2024 Steven Mullaney Memorial Game, named after a young man who died in a road accident shortly after representing Wakefield Schools at Wembley in 1986, will be streamed live on the RFL’s YouTube channel from 10am .

Saturday June 8

Inspiresport Champion Schools Year 7 – Boys Final – St Peter’s Catholic HS v Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf – 10am Live on YouTube
Betfred Women’s Challenge Cup Final – Leeds Rhinos v St Helens – 1145, Live on BBC2
Betfred Challenge Cup Final – Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors – 3pm, live on BBC1
AB Sundecks 1895 Cup Final – Sheffield Eagles v Wakefield Trinity – 5.45pm, Live on SuperLeague+ – SuperLeague+ | Live Rugby League (superleagueplus.co.uk)

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