covers all rugby league internationally and has featured Ireland's domestic season, road to the world cup and interviewed Luke Ambler. A rugby union publication called Emerald Rugby covers rugby league in Ireland each month. BBC Sport own the rights to broadcast a highlights package called the Super League Show which was first broadcast in Northern Ireland in 2008. Prior to this it had only been broadcast in the North of England. Rugby League Raw is not broadcast in Northern Ireland despite the BBC owning the rights to do so. The BBC covers the Rugby League Challenge Cup from the rounds in which the top clubs enter. BBC Radio Five Live and BBC Five Live Sports Extra carry commentary from a selection of Super League matches each week,. Live Super League and National Rugby League games are shown on Sky Sports Arena with highlights also being shown on the channel. From the 2022 season, 10 live Super League games per season will be shown on Channel 4, the first time the league will be shown on terrestrial television. Championship games are shown on Premier Sports, with one game a week being aird. Setanta Sports Ireland broadcast highlights of the 2005 and 2006 pre-season Dublin challenge matches, and the 2005 European Nations Cup, on its Sports Weekly and Sports Monthly programmes. Manchester based Channel M show some National League and amateur rugby on their Code XIII programme. Challenge Cup heritage Since its formation in 1997, winners of the Irish Elite League have been eligible to play in the Rugby Football League's Challenge Cup. Resuts of Irish teams are: See also Rugby League Ireland Ireland national rugby league team Great Britain national rugby league team Rugby league in the British Isles References External links Rugby League Ireland Irish History Rugby league in the United Kingdom