Northern announces trainline offers for Grand Final as partners send 300 young rugby league fans tickets

Northern, which is an official partner of the league, has sent fans who are involved with amateur rugby clubs tickets to watch Wigan Warriors take on Hull Kingston Rovers at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United Football Club.

They include winners of the Northern Trains Community Try of the Month competition, from clubs such as Warrington Girls, Thatto Heath Crusaders, Halton Hornets, York Acorn and Brotherton Bulldogs.

Players from Farnley Falcons, Shrewsbury Lions, Drighlington ARLFC, Isle Junior Rugby, New College Pontefract, Wigan St Patricks Girls, Clock Face Minors ARLFC, and Axholme Rugby Club are also being sent tickets for the final.

It comes after those sides entered a competition at the beginning of the Super League season for a chance to win tickets, training equipment and match kit, as part of Northern’s £10,000 giveaway.

They were invited to submit a 30-second video featuring a player or coach explaining why they love the game and footage of their best try or slickest training ground move.

Mark Powles, commercial and customer director at Northern, said: “As proud partners of Super League, we’re delighted to be able to give 300 young fans the chance to watch the final at Old Trafford.

“We’re always working with the league to support the grassroots clubs that are important to communities across the North of England.”

It comes after Northern sent young fans from local grassroots rugby clubs 40 tickets to watch the Super League semi-finals over the weekend.

The train operator is also making a special offer to supporters who decide to ditch the car and travel by train to the final in Manchester on Saturday, which is expected to have the biggest crowd since 2017.

It will be selling ranger tickets, which allow Wigan Warriors and Hull Kingston Rovers fans to travel across the Northern network and get to the game for just £10 per person.

Northern is the second largest train operator in the UK, with 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations across the North of England.