2004 Challenge Cup

2004 Powergen Challenge Cup
Duration	9 Rounds
Highest attendance	73,734
Broadcast partners	BBC Sport
Winners	St. Helens
Runners-up	Wigan Warriors
Lance Todd Trophy	Sean Long
	← 2003 ; 2005 → ;

Last updated January 01, 2025

The 2004 Challenge Cup, known as the Powergen Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 103rd staging of the Challenge Cup, a European rugby league cup competition.

First round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
28 Nov	Leigh Miners R.	Blackbrook	52-24
29 Nov	Aberavon	Ince Rose Bridge	6-28
29 Nov	Birkenshaw	St Albans	22-10
29 Nov	Bradford Dudley	Embassy	38-8
29 Nov	British Army	East Hull	12-22
29 Nov	Cas. Lock Lane	Batley Vic	48-8
29 Nov	Castleford Panthers	Shaw Cross	18-10
29 Nov	East Leeds	Queens	20-6
29 Nov	Elland	Kells	26-12
29 Nov	Featherstone Lions	Coventry Bears	60-21
29 Nov	Hensingham	Wath Brow Hornets	10-18
29 Nov	Hunslet Warriors	Orrell St James	9-8
29 Nov	Leigh East	Milford	28-10
29 Nov	Normanton	Navy	14-20
29 Nov	Oldham St Annes	Hull Dockers	19-12
29 Nov	Oulton	Loughborough University	40-22
29 Nov	RAF	Huddersfield UR	16-12
29 Nov	Saddleworth	Rochdale Mayfield	0-51
29 Nov	Sheffield Hills	Crosfields	2-31
29 Nov	Siddal	Simms Cross	14-2
29 Nov	South London	West Bowling	4-36
29 Nov	Walney	Thatto Heath	8-12
29 Nov	West Hull	Askam	30-8
29 Nov	Widnes Albion	Eastmoor	2-21
29 Nov	Widnes St Maries	Sharlston Rovers	6-20
29 Nov	Wigan St Pats	Ideal Isberg	12-17
30 Nov	Heworth	Edinburgh	34-8
06 Dec	Woolston	Eccles & Salford Jrs	18-22

Second round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
13 Dec	Birkenshaw	Bradford Dudley	6-46
13 Dec	Cas. Lock Lane	Ideal Isberg	13-6
13 Dec	Cott. Phoenix	Crosfields	12-20
13 Dec	East Hull	Navy	46-18
13 Dec	East Leeds	Featherstone Lions	12-18
13 Dec	Eccles & Salford Jrs	Castleford Panthers	6-11
13 Dec	Elland	Eastmoor	28-4
13 Dec	Ince Rose Bridge	Hunslet Warriors	28-14
13 Dec	Leigh Miners R.	Siddal	34-6
13 Dec	Rochdale Mayfield	Leigh East	20-10
13 Dec	RAF	Thatto Heath	0-32
13 Dec	Sharlston Rovers	Oldham St Annes	14-9
13 Dec	West Bowling	Dinamo	18-22
13 Dec	West Hull	Heworth	76-4

Third round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
06 Feb	Chorley Lynx	Locomotiv	54-6
06 Feb	Leigh Miners R.	Sheffield Eagles	12-14
06 Feb	Oldham	Castleford Panthers	16-8
06 Feb	Sharlston Rovers	Dewsbury	30-28
07 Feb	Hunslet Hawks	Featherstone Lions	32-0
07 Feb	London Skolars	Rochdale Mayfield	22-16
08 Feb	Barrow	Pia	20-22
08 Feb	Bradford Dudley	Keighley	16-14
08 Feb	Crosfields	Workington Town	14-46
08 Feb	Doncaster	West Hull	28-6
08 Feb	Elland	Leigh	4-64
08 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Cas. Lock Lane	96-0
08 Feb	Gateshead	Limoux	22-26
08 Feb	Halifax	Oulton	66-10
08 Feb	Hull Kingston Rovers	UTC	22-23
08 Feb	Ince Rose Bridge	Batley	8-42
08 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Dinamo	60-24
08 Feb	Swinton	East Hull	14-26
08 Feb	Thatto Heath	Whitehaven	12-26
08 Feb	York City Knights	Villeneuve	28-8

Fourth round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
27 Feb	Chorley Lynx	Wakefield Trinity	6-88
28 Feb	Castleford Tigers	UTC	32-20
28 Feb	Dudley Hill	Batley	14-76
29 Feb	Bradford	St Helens	10-30
29 Feb	Huddersfield	Pia	50-16
29 Feb	Hunslet Hawks	Doncaster	20-48
29 Feb	Leigh	Hull FC	14-21
29 Feb	Limoux	Halifax	19-18
29 Feb	London	Salford City	24-8
29 Feb	London Skolars	Featherstone Rovers	6-52
29 Feb	Sheffield Eagles	York City Knights	24-32
29 Feb	Wigan	Widnes	38-12
29 Feb	Workington Town	Leeds	18-68
02 Mar	East Hull	Whitehaven	4-14
02 Mar	Rochdale Hornets	Warrington	0-80
03 Mar	Oldham	Sharlston Rovers	24-4

Fifth round

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
13 Mar	St Helens Saints	Leeds Rhinos	24-14
14 Mar	Huddersfield Giants	Doncaster Dragons	36-12
14 Mar	Batley Bulldogs	Whitehaven Warriors	6-29
14 Mar	Limoux Grizzlies	Wigan Warriors	20-80
14 Mar	Hull FC	Castleford Tigers	26-0
14 Mar	Featherstone Rovers	York City Knights	26-29
14 Mar	Oldham R.L.F.C.	Warrington Wolves	10-44
14 Mar	London Broncos	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	10-29

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
26 Mar	St Helens Saints	Hull FC	31-26
28 Mar	Huddersfield Giants	York City Knights	50-12
28 Mar	Whitehaven Warriors	Warrington Wolves	10-42
28 Mar	Wigan Warriors	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	20-4

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
18 Apr	St Helens Saints	Huddersfield Giants	46-6
25 Apr	Wigan Warriors	Warrington Wolves	30-18

Final

15 May 2004

St. Helens	32 – 16	Wigan Warriors
Tries: Gilmour, Talau (2), Wellens, Sculthorpe Goals: Long (6)	Report^[1]	Tries: Newton, Dallas (2) Goals: Farrell (2)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 73,734
Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick (Warrington)

Teams:

St Helens: Paul Wellens, Ade Gardner, Martin Gleeson, Willie Talau, Darren Albert; Jason Hooper, Sean Long, Nick Fozzard, Keiron Cunningham, Keith Mason, Chris Joynt, Lee Gilmour, Paul Sculthorpe (c)
Subs: Dominic Fe'aunati, Jon Wilkin, Ricky Bibey, Mark Edmondson Coach: Ian Millward

Wigan: Kris Radlinski, David Hodgson, Sean O'Loughlin, Kevin Brown, Brett Dallas, Danny Orr, Adrian Lam, Quentin Pongia, Terry Newton, Craig Smith, Danny Tickle, Gareth Hock, Andy Farrell (c)
Subs: Stephen Wild, Mick Cassidy, Danny Sculthorpe, Terry O'Connor Coach: Mike Gregory

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References

↑ Wilson, Andy (17 May 2004). "St Helens virtuoso now faces the music". The Guardian . Retrieved 18 June 2015.

External links

Challenge Cup official website

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[1] Wilson, Andy (17 May 2004). "St Helens virtuoso now faces the music". The Guardian . Retrieved 18 June 2015.

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