THE 2025 Super League Grand Final’s live coverage will reach as far as Ukraine as part of a deal with Sport Media Group covering five countries in eastern Europe and the Baltic States.
The news has already been welcomed by Artur Martyrosian, the President of the Ukraine Rugby League (URL) – and by Adam Hills MBE, the President of the Rugby Football League, who has been working with a number of British clubs led by Keighley Cougars to support the URL’s efforts to maintain Rugby League activity through the last three years of conflict.
Saturday’s Super League title decider between Hull KR and Wigan Warriors will be shown live through Ukraine, Moldova, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia by Sport Media Group on Channel 1 under a deal brokered by Rugby League’s long-term strategic partner IMG.
The game will also be broadcast with live German-language coverage across Germany, Austria and Switzerland through Sportdigital.
Further afield, the match will be shown live through Australia and the USA on Fox Sports, in Canada on SportsNet, across the Caribbean on SportsMax, on Digicel through the Pacific, Premier Sports in South East Asia, and on Dubai TV.
And in the UK, in addition to the live and exclusive coverage through Super League’s broadcast partner Sky Sports, there will be an extended highlights package on BBC Two on Sunday lunchtime at 1pm.
Adam Treeby, RL Commercial’s Head of Broadcast, said: “Grand Final night at Old Trafford is one of the big occasions of the British sporting year, so it’s important for us that it is seen as widely as possible.
“And we’re especially pleased that the match will be shown live in the Ukraine for the first time, reflecting the incredible efforts of Artur Martyrosian and the other people who have kept the sport going against the odds over the last three years.
“It’s the second year we’ve been able to offer live coverage around the world through Super League Plus, and we’ve already experienced huge demand after the success of our Play-Offs package.”