Super League: Challenge Cup could move from traditional Wembley home after club-led strategic review recommendations
The Challenge Cup final could move away from Wembley as part of a club-led strategic review recommended the Rugby Football League; Sky Sports the only place to watch every Super League game live in 2026
Friday 6 February 2026 14:17, UK
The Challenge Cup final could move away from Wembley after a club-led strategic review recommended the Rugby Football League to "consider a new venue for the final".
Attendances at Wembley have not topped 65,000 since 2017, prompting the review to suggest a change from the London venue, where the tournament final has been held for all but one year since 1929.
The suggestion was part of a 144-point list made by the club-led strategic group, with their findings to be reviewed by stakeholders in the coming weeks.
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Other stages of the Challenge Cup were also among the group's targets for change, suggesting that the round of 16 should be held at a neutral venue in a Magic Weekend style event to "put the magic back into the competition".
The group also proposed a 'Community Shield' style fixture between the winners of the Grand Final and the Challenge Cup, while recommending that Super League should remain a 14-team competition for now, with plans to expand to 16 teams in the future when financial and sustained player growth factors allow. An eight-team play-off series has been recommended.
"This should only happen when the sport can financially and operationally sustain such growth - including player supply - and where it will not negatively affect the current financial distribution to clubs," the review said.
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