The World Club Challenge is an annually held competition between the winners of the Australian NRL and the European Super League. The first such match was played in 1976 but did not become a regular fixture until the late 1980s. It was also punctuated in the 1990s by the Super League war but has been held every year since 2000. The North Queensland Cowboys are the current champions, having defeated the Leeds Rhinos 38–4 in 2016.