The World Club Challenge will return to being played when Super League champions Hull KR host NRL title holders Brisbane Broncos on 19 February next year.
The match did not take place in 2025 because the Penrith Panthers could not agree a date to play Wigan Warriors.
Hull KR, whose Craven Park home holds 11,000 fans, have said the game against the Broncos will take place at Hull FC’s 25,000-capacity MKM Stadium to «allow as many fans [as possible to] be there to see it unfold live».
«With offers from around the world to host the game, we are delighted to bring the World Club Challenge home to Hull,» said Hull KR chief executive Paul Lakin.
«We’re determined to put on the biggest rugby league event the city has ever seen.»
The Broncos will be aiming to win the World Club Challenge, which has taken place 30 times, for the first time since 1997.
«It’s a special opportunity to take a group of players and staff across to the other side of the world to take on the Super League champions,» said Broncos head coach Michael Maguire.
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