Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium is gearing up to host a non-football match

Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium is gearing up to host its first non-football sporting event as the rugby league Ashes arrives on Merseyside.

The 52,000 capacity Bramley-Moore Dock venue is the newest in the Premier League, hosting its first trial match in February, and will this weekend add a new sport to its roster.

England head to Liverpool 1-0 down in the first Ashes series in two decades after Australia romped their way to victory at Wembley last weekend.

The three-Test series will conclude next weekend at Leeds Rhinos’ Headingley.

When rugby league heads to Premier League grounds in the north, it tends to be to Old Trafford for the Super League Grand Final or St James’ Park and Elland Road for Magic W

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