Chrismas on hold: No Boxing Day game for Leeds Rhinos this year
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The Festive Challenge fixture, against Wakefield Trinity, will be played, but a day later on Tuesday, December 27, which is a bank holiday, with a 12.30pm kick-off.
The change avoids a clash with Leeds United’s Elland Road clash with Manchester City the day after Christmas.
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Hide AdRhinos traditionally had a Boxing Day fixture at Headingley, where under-soil heating guaranteed the game would go ahead, during the old winter era.
Since the start of Super League Leeds have begun their pre-season campaign on December 26, with the exception of one season when frost forced a delay until new year and 2020, when Covid meant the game did not go ahead.