2017 League 1 Cup

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2017 League 1 Cup
Duration4 Rounds
Number of teams16
Winners Barrow Raiders
Runners-up North Wales Crusaders
Biggest home win68–14 Barrow Raiders v Oxford (semi-final)
Biggest away win12–48 Hemel Stags v Gloucestershire All Golds (first round)

The 2017 League 1 Cup known as the 2017 iPro Sport cup for sponsorship reasons [1] is the third running of the competition, first played in 2015.

Contents

The 2017 competition was won by Barrow Raiders who defeated North Wales Crusaders 38–32 in the final at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool on 27 May 2017.

The League 1 Cup competition is for the rugby league clubs in the British League 1 - the third tier of rugby league in Britain. There are 16 teams in League 1 but Canadian club Toronto Wolfpack declined to enter the tournament. As a result, amateur team and 2016 Conference Challenge Trophy winners Rochdale Mayfield were invited into the competition to bring the numbers to 16. [2]

Teams

TeamAppearanceFirst appearanceLast appearance
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 3rd20152016
Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 3rd20152016
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 2nd20162016
New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 3rd20162016
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 3rd20162016
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 2nd20162016
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 3rd20152016
Broncoscolours.png London Skolars 3rd20152016
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 3rd20152016
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 3rd20152016
Oxfordcolours.png Oxford 3rd20152016
Rochdale Mayfield 1st2017N/A
Scorpions.png South Wales Ironmen 3rd20152016
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 1st2017N/A
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 1st2017N/A
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 3rd20152016

First round

The first round draw of the 2016 iPro Sport Cup was broadcast live on BBC Radio Leeds on 20 December 2016 from 6.45pm. For the first round the teams were split into two pools – Pool A (Northern regions) and Pool B (Midlands and Southern regions). Ties to be played over the weekend of 18–19 February 2017.

The draw was made by former Keighley player Paul Handforth (man of the match in 2016 final) and BBC Leeds presenter and former footballer Paul Ogden. [3]

Pool A

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Rochdale Mayfield 18 – 46 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 18 February 2017, 14:00Rochdale Mayfield RLFCT. Crashley300 (estimated)
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 6 – 22 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 19 February 2017, 14:00 Recreation Ground C. Straw908
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 10 – 34 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 19 February 2017, 15:00 South Leeds Stadium B. Robinson449
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 30 – 22 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 19 February 2017, 15:00 Cougar Park J. McMullen520
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 16 – 17 [lower-alpha 1] Cruscolours.svg North Wales Crusaders 19 February 2017, 15:00 Bootham Crescent N. Bennett620
Source: [4]
  1. ↑ After golden point overtime

Pool B

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Oxfordcolours.png Oxford Rugby League 30 – 28 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 18 February 2017, 14:00 Tilsley Park G. Dolan121
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 12 – 48 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 19 February 2017, 14:00 Pennine Way Stadium M. Rossleigh107
Scorpions.png South Wales Ironmen 16 – 24 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 19 February 2017, 15:00 The Wern L. Moore122
Source: [4]

Quarter finals

The draw was made immediately after the conclusion of the first round matches.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 30 – 22 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 1 April 2017, 14:30 Derwent Park [lower-alpha 1] M. Rossleigh378
Oxfordcolours.png Oxford Rugby League 24 – 20 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 1 April 2017, 14:30 Tilsley Park A. Sweet105
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 28 – 6 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 2 April 2017, 14:00 Craven Park N. Bennett828
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 16 – 24 Cruscolours.svg North Wales Crusaders 2 April 2017, 15:00 Kingston Park J. McMullen345
Source: [5]
  1. ↑ Gloucestershire forfeited home advantage due to the unavailability of their home ground

Semi finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made on 3 April 2017. Making the draw were England assistant coach Paul Anderson and BBC rugby league correspondent Dave Woods. [6]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 28 – 37 Cruscolours.svg North Wales Crusaders 30 April 2017, 15:00 Prince of Wales Stadium J Roberts202
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 64 – 14 Oxfordcolours.png Oxford 30 April 2017, 15:00 Craven Park L Moore962
Source: [7]

Final

The final between Barrow Raiders and North Wales Crusaders was played on 27 May at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool as the curtain raiser to the 2017 Summer Bash.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 38 – 32 Cruscolours.svg North Wales Crusaders 27 May 2017, 12:00 Bloomfield Road S Racenot given [lower-alpha 1]
Source: [8]
  1. ↑ Aggregate attendance for the four games played that day at Bloomfield Road was 11,557

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References

  1. ↑ "The iPro Sport Cup". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "League 1 Cup first round draw". The Rugby Football League. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "League 1 cup first round draw made". The Rugby Football League. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 "League 1 Cup: round one". Rugby Leaguer & League Express . No. 3058. 20 February 2017. p. 35.
  5. ↑ "Kingstone Press League 1 Cup Quarter-finals". Rugby Leaguer & League Express . No. 3064. 3 April 2017. p. 39.
  6. ↑ "League 1 Cup semi-final draw". Rugby Football League. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
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