Wembley Stadium - Rugby League Challenge

The Rugby League Challenge Cup Final had earlier been played annually at the old Wembley Stadium since 1929, when Wigan were the champions, and in 2007 the cup final went back to its traditional home after the re-building of Wembley.
When Catalans Dragons played St Helens in the 2007 Challenge Cup Final on 25 August, they became the first non-English rugby league team to play in the final. The result saw St Helens retain the cup by a score of 30-8.
The first Rugby League team to win a game at the new Wembley Stadium, were in fact Normanton Freeston. The West Yorkshire secondary school beat Castleford High School in the Year 7 boys Carnegie Champion Schools final, which was took part in immediately prior to the 2007 Challenge Cup Final.
The first official attempt at Wembley was scored by James Roby of St Helens, although there had been several tries scored in the schools game that took place before the 2007 Challenge Cup final.