2016 League 1 Cup

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2016 League 1 Cup
IPro Sport Cup Logo.jpg
Duration4 Rounds
Number of teams16

The 2016 League 1 Cup known as the 2016 iPro Sport cup for sponsorship reasons [1] is the second playing of the competition, first played in 2015.

Contents

The competition is for the rugby league clubs in the British League 1 - the third tier of rugby league in Britain. As there are 15 teams in League 1 but French club Toulouse Olympique declined to enter the tournament, [2] two amateur teams were invited into the competition to bring the numbers to 16. In 2016 these clubs were Wath Brow Hornets and Leigh Miners Rangers.

Teams

TeamAppearanceFirst appearanceLast appearance
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 2nd20152015
Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 2nd20152015
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 1st2016N/A
Gloucestershirecolours.png Gloucestershire All Golds 2nd20152015
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 2nd20152015
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 1st2016N/A
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 2nd20152015
Leighminersrangerscolours.png Leigh Miners Rangers 1st2016N/A
Broncoscolours.png London Skolars 2nd20152015
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 2nd20152015
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 2nd20152015
Oxfordcolours.png Oxford 2nd20152015
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 2nd20152015
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 2nd20152015
Wath Brow Hornets 1st2016N/A
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 2nd20152015

First round

The first round draw of the 2016 iPro Sport Cup was broadcast live on BBC Radio Newcastle on Thursday November 26 from 6.45pm. Last year's winners, North Wales Crusaders, joined the other 13 Kingstone Press League 1 clubs and Kingstone Press National Conference League teams Leigh Miners Rangers and Wath Brow Hornets in the bag from which eight ties played over the weekend of February 20–21 will be selected.

The draw was made by former England, Huddersfield Giants, Hull FC and York City Knights player Chris Thorman and BBC Newcastle presenter and former footballer John Anderson . For the first round the teams were split into two pools – Pool A (Northern regions) and Pool B (Midlands and Southern regions).

Pool A

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereeAttendance
Wath Brow Hornets 4 – 10 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 20 February 2016, 14:30 Cleator Moor C Straw300
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 36 – 12 Leighminersrangerscolours.png Leigh Miners Rangers 20 February 2016, 18:30 Kingston Park T Crashley200
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 4 – 24 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 21 February 2016, 15:00 South Leeds Stadium D Merrick464
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 35 – 28 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 21 February 2016, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium A Sweet513
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 4 – 14 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 21 February 2016, 15:30 Craven Park S Mikalauskas659
Source: [3]

Pool B

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereeAttendance
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 44 – 6 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 20 February 2016, 16:00 New River Stadium J Smith100
Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 24 – 48 Gloucestershirecolours.png Gloucestershire All Golds 21 February 2016, 14:00 Butts Park Arena T Grant146
Oxfordcolours.png Oxford Rugby League 34 – 12 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 21 February 2016, 14:30 Maidenhead RFC G Hewer155
Source: [3]

Second round

The second round draw took place on Sunday February 21 live on BBC Radio Leeds. Home teams were drawn by former Great Britain and Leeds Rhinos player Francis Cummins; the away teams by BBC Radio Leeds presenter James Deighton. [4]

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereeAttendance
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 12 – 24 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 3 April 2016, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium J Roberts367
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 54 – 14 Oxfordcolours.png Oxford Rugby League 3 April 2016, 15:00 Cougar Park C Straw402
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 16 – 40 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 3 April 2016, 15:00 Spotland Stadium A Sweet451
Gloucestershirecolours.png Gloucestershire All Golds 36 – 28 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 3 April 2016, 15:00 Prince of Wales Stadium S Mikalauskas102
Source: [5]

Semi finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made on 3 April 2016.

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereeAttendance
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 22 – 31 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 30 April 2016, 14:30 New River Stadium Tom Grant436
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 58 – 14 Gloucestershirecolours.png Gloucestershire All Golds 1 May 2016, 15:00 Bootham Crescent Scott Mikalauskas469
Source: [6]

Final

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereeAttendance
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 22 – 18 Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 28 May 2016, 12:00 Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Scott Mikalauskas
Source: [7]

References

  1. ↑ "The iPro Sport Cup". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 League One fixtures revealed". 18 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Scoreboard". Rugby Leaguer & League Express . No. 3007. League Publications. 22 February 2016. p. 35.
  4. ↑ "iPro Sport Cup second round draw". 21 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Scoreboard". Rugby Leaguer & League Express . No. 3013. League Publications. 4 April 2016. p. 40.
  6. ↑ "iPro Sport Cup: Semi-finals". Rugby Leaguer & League Express . No. 3017. League Publications. 2 May 2016. p. 25.
  7. ↑ "Keighley win iPro Sport Cup". RFL. 28 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
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