2019 Challenge Cup

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2019 Challenge Cup
Coral Challenge Cup upright version.jpg
Duration9 Rounds
Number of teams87
Highest attendance62,717 ;
(Final)
Lowest attendance92;
West Hull v Dewsbury Moor (10 March 2019)
Aggregate attendance60,246 (est)
Broadcast partners BBC Sport
Sky Sports
Fox League
Winners Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves
Runners-up Saintscolours.svg St. Helens
Biggest home win Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 80–10 Haydock
(10 March 2019)
Biggest away win Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 14–54 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings
(31 March 2019)
Lance Todd Trophy Daryl Clark
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves

The 2019 Challenge Cup known as the Coral Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 118th staging of the Challenge Cup, the main rugby league knockout tournament for teams in the Super League, the British National Leagues and a number of invited amateur clubs.

Contents

The defending champions were Catalans Dragons, who beat Warrington Wolves 20–14 at Wembley Stadium on 25 August 2018, to become the first non-British team to win the challenge cup in its 117-year history. [1] [2] However, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals after a 51–8 defeat, away to Hull F.C.

The format of the competition will be eight knock-out rounds followed by the final. The final will be held on the August bank holiday weekend, and from 2020 the final will move to July, but will still be played at Wembley Stadium. The day of the final will see three matches played back-to-back, with the Challenge Cup final being preceded by the Steven Mullaney Memorial Match (the RFL Champion Schools Final for Year 7s), and the final of the newly announced 1895 Cup for clubs in the Championship and League 1. [3]

A new sponsorship deal was announced in January 2019, with Coral replacing Ladbrokes (although both are part of the Ladbrokes Coral group). [4]

Round details

RoundDateClubs involved this roundWinners from previous roundNew entries this roundLeagues entering at this round
Round 126–27 January52n/a52
  • 44 English amateur clubs
  • Scottish, Welsh & Irish champions
  • 3 Armed Forces teams
  • British Police
  • Serbian champions
Round 29–10 February2626n/a—
Round 39–10 March241311
Round 430–31 March241212*
Round 513–14 April16124
Round 69–12 May1688
Quarter-finals1–2 June88n/a—
Semi-finals27 July44n/a—
Final24 August22n/a—
Source: [5]

*Toulouse Olympique and Toronto Wolfpack declined to participate in the competition.

Entry

Entry into the Cup is mandatory for the English and Welsh professional teams, but is by invitation for all other clubs, either professional or amateur. French side Toulouse declined to enter for 2019, after also declining to play in the 2018 competition. Canadian side Toronto Wolfpack also declined to enter for 2019, after both clubs were presented with a demand by the Rugby Football League (RFL) for roughly £750,000 (€830,000; C$1,226,000 approximately) as a bond insurance against reduced ticket sales, if either team reached the final. [6] [7]

In January 2019 it was revealed that defending champions, Catalans Dragons, had also been asked to pay a £500,000 (€553,000) bond to enter the competition. Catalans informed the RFL, that the club had no intention of paying, leading to the possibility, that for the first time ever, the competition would take place without the defending champions being in the tournament. [8] However, after settling their dispute with the RFL, it was confirmed that they would be defending their title. [9]

The first and second rounds of the competition are competed for solely by amateur teams, and for 2019, 51 British based teams are joined by Serbian side Red Star in the draw for the first round of the cup. [10] Red Star's entry is on condition that they play away from home in the first and second rounds (assuming victory in the first round). [10] The 51 amateur clubs are 47 British teams together with four teams representing the armed forces and the British police. [10] This season will be the first since the 1990s, that no student sides will be playing in the competition. [11]

First round

The draw was made on 14 December 2018 at Headingley Rugby Stadium and was streamed live on the BBC Sport website. The home teams were drawn by Leeds Rhinos Women captain Lois Forsell and the away teams by Bradford Bulls coach John Kear. [12] Ties are to be played over the weekend of 26/27 January 2019. [13]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance [lower-alpha 1]
Bentley RLFC18–16 British Army 26 January 2019, 14:00Scawthorpe Social ClubJ. Stearne
Bradford Dudley Hill 0–16Milford26 January 2019, 14:00Neil Hunt Memorial GroundA. Moore
Clock Face Miners0–24 Siddal 26 January 2019, 14:00Clock Face Miners Recreation ClubC. Etchells
Dewsbury Moor24–10 Skirlaugh 26 January 2019, 14:00Heckmondwike RoadT. Arnold
Distington48–0 Torfaen Tigers 26 January 2019, 14:00Grass RpoadL. Rush
Drighlington32–4 All Golds 26 January 2019, 14:00Wakefield RoadD. Arnold
East Leeds 24–10Batley Boys26 January 2019, 14:00Richmond HillA. Billington
Hunslet Club Parkside16–30 Thornhill Trojans 26 January 2019, 14:00Hillidge RoadG. Houston
Hunslet Warriors16–28 Featherstone Lions 26 January 2019, 14:00The OvalK. Moore
Kells 4–14 Rochdale Mayfield 26 January 2019, 14:00Old ArrowthwaiteA. Sweet
London Chargers 6–34 Wath Brow Hornets 26 January 2019, 14:00Clapham CommonL. Staveley
Normanton Knights 50–16 Edinburgh Eagles 26 January 2019, 14:00Queen Elizabeth DriveJ. Jones
Orrell St James12–30 Underbank Rangers 26 January 2019, 14:00Bankes AvenueT. Jones
Ovenden22–20 Woolston Rovers 26 January 2019, 14:00Four FieldsH. Neville
Royal Navy 12–42 West Hull 26 January 2019, 14:00US Sports GroundS. Race
Shaw Cross Sharks18–28Haydock26 January 2019, 14:00Leeds RoadJ Seymour
Thatto Heath Crusaders 32–6Stanningley26 January 2019, 14:00Hattons Solicitors Crusader ParkE. McCarthy
West Bowling 42–12 Hammersmith Hills Hoists 26 January 2019, 14:00Emsley Recreation GroundJ. Butterfield
Wigan St Judes 15–14Crosfields26 January 2019, 14:00Keats AvenueN. Woodward
York Acorn 42–4Beverley26 January 2019, 14:00Thanet RoadP. Parker
Leigh East 12–24 Wigan St Patricks 26 January 2019, 14:30 Leigh Sports Village S. Chromiak
Leigh Miners Rangers 22–10 Oulton Raiders 26 January 2019, 14:30Twist LaneR. Dolan
Wallsend Eagles 18–44 British Police 26 January 2019, 14:30Benfield Sports CentreS. Ellis
North Herts Crusaders6–22 Royal Air Force 27 January 2019, 13:00King George V field, HitchinC. Astbury
Lock Lane 16–10Longhorns27 January 2019, 13:30Hicksons ArenaT. Crashley
Millom 38–10 Red Star Belgrade 27 January 2019, 13:30Coronation FieldB. Milligan
Source: [14]

Second round

The draw was made on 28 January 2019 at Wigan St Patricks and was streamed live on the BBC Sport website. The home teams were drawn by Leigh Centurions captain Mickey Higham and the away teams by Wigan Warriors halfback George Williams. [15] Ties are to be played over the weekend of 9–10 February 2019. [15]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance [lower-alpha 1]
Distington14–6 Royal Air Force 9 February 2019, 14:00Grass RoadD. Arnold
Drighlington16–20 Wigan St Judes 9 February 2019, 14:00Wakefield RoadS. Chromiak
East Leeds 16–20Dewsbury Moor9 February 2019, 14:00Richmond HillA. Gill
Milford22–28 Lock Lane 9 February 2019, 14:00Milford Sports ClubA. Moore
Millom 0–26 Siddal 9 February 2019, 14:00Coronation FieldA. Billington
Normanton Knights 22–32Haydock9 February 2019, 14:00Queen Elizabeth DriveP. Parker
Ovenden18–38 West Bowling 9 February 2019, 14:00Four FieldsT. Arnold
Thatto Heath Crusaders 36–6 Leigh Miners Rangers 9 February 2019, 14:00Close StreetN. Horton
Thornhill Trojans 20–30 Rochdale Mayfield 9 February 2019, 14:00Overthorpe ParkJ. Jones
Underbank Rangers 26–30 Featherstone Lions 9 February 2019, 14:00Dunford RoadE. McCarthy
Wath Brow Hornets 8–9 York Acorn 9 February 2019, 14:00Trumpet RoadC. Etchells
West Hull 36–0Bentley9 February 2019, 14:00West Hull Community ParkJ. Turner
Wigan St Patricks 28–20 British Police 10 February 2019, 14:30Clarington ParkT. Jones
Source: [16] [17]

Third round

The draw for the third round was made at St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry on 11 February and shown live on the BBC Sport website. The draw was made by Coventry born athletes Kare Adenegan and David Moorcroft. [18] During the draw ball number six (Haydock) was announced wrongly as number nine (Lock Lane) and vice versa. The RFL later confirmed that the draw would be as the balls drawn and not as they were announced. [19]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 38–16 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 8 March 2019, 19:45 Keepmoat Stadium N. Bennett381
Thatto Heath Crusaders 30–24 Rochdale Mayfield 9 March 2019, 14:00Close StreetP. Marklove350 (est)
Wigan St Judes 4–24 Lock Lane 9 March 2019, 14:00Keats AvenueC. Smith300 (est)
York Acorn 10–20 Featherstone Lions 9 March 2019, 14:00Thanet RoadJ. Stearne385
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 48–0 Canberra colours.svg West Wales Raiders 9 March 2019, 14:30 Kingston Park L. Staveley329
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet 56–10 West Bowling 9 March 2019, 15:00 South Leeds Stadium M. Smaill399
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 18–31 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 10 March 2019, 14:00 New River Stadium B. Pearson170
West Hull 26–10Dewsbury Moor10 March 2019, 14:30West Hull Community ParkA. Sweet92
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 28–14Distington10 March 2019, 15:00 Cougar Park S. Race508
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 80–10Haydock10 March 2019, 15:00 Vestacare Stadium A. Moore508
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 74–4 Wigan St Patricks 10 March 2019, 15:00 Recreation Ground C. Worsley464
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 22–0 Siddal 17 March 2019, 15:00 [lower-alpha 2] Derwent Park B. Pearson355
Source: [20] [21]

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was made at Odsal Stadium, home of the Bradford Bulls on 12 March and shown live on the BBC Sport website. The draw was made by former Bradford player Robbie Hunter-Paul and Simon Foster, son of former player Trevor Foster. [22]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 38–14 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 30 March 2019, 14:00 LD Nutrition Stadium L. Moore691
Thatto Heath Crusaders 16–14 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 30 March 2019, 14:30Crusader ParkJ. McMullen737
Featherstone Lions 6–46 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 31 March 2019, 14:00 LD Nutrition Stadium A. Sweetnot recorded
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 12–14 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 31 March 2019, 14:45 Cougar Park M. Griffiths1,881
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 16–32 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 31 March 2019, 15:00 Craven Park G. Hewer898
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 62–6 Lock Lane 31 March 2019, 15:00 The Fox's Biscuit Stadium N. Bennett501
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 32–6 West Hull 31 March 2019, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium C. Worsley366
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet 24–28 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 31 March 2019, 15:00 South Leeds Stadium B. Pearson731
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 14–54 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 31 March 2019, 15:00 Bower Fold J. Smith1,247
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 12–34 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 31 March 2019, 15:00 Olympic Legacy Park G. Dolan596
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 21–22 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 31 March 2019, 15:00 Recreation Ground M. Rossleigh889
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 21–20 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 31 March 2019, 15:00 Derwent Park T. Crashley590
Source: [23]

Fifth round

The fifth round ties were drawn on 1 April and shown live on BBC Sport. The home teams were drawn by Linzi Prescott (widow of Steve Prescott) and the away teams by Martin Offiah. [24] Ties will be played over the weekend of 11–14 April.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 24–16 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 11 April 2019, 19:30 The Shay T. Grant722
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 14–10 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 11 April 2019, 19:30 KCOM Craven Park L. Moore2,188
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 78–6 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 12 April 2019, 19:45 Emerald Headingley M. Griffiths4,197
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 76–6 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 12 April 2019, 19:45 AJ Bell Stadium G. Dolan1,101
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 44–12 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 13 April 2019, 19:30 Select Security Stadium J. Smith2,229
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 27–26 [lower-alpha 3] Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 14 April 2019, 15:00 Odsal Stadium M.Rossleigh1,691
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 16–12 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 14 April 2019, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium B. Pearson539
Thatto Heath Crusaders 10–36 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 14 April 2019, 15:00Crusader ParkC. Worsley1,000 (est)
Source: [25]

Sixth round

The draw for the sixth round was made on 15 April 2019. Originally planned to be shown live on the BBC News Channel, [26] the coverage was displaced due to ongoing coverage of the Notre-Dame de Paris fire and instead was restricted to live streaming on the BBC Sport website. [27] The home teams were drawn by Paul Sculthorpe and the away teams by Jon Wilkin. [27] Ties will be played over the weekend of 10–12 May.

Broadcasts of matches changed from on-line only to mainstream TV at this stage, with BBC and Sky Sports each televising two ties. BBC One will show the first competitive meeting of West Yorkshire rivals Bradford Bulls and Leeds Rhinos on Saturday 11 May. On Sunday 12 May, BBC One will show the repeat of the 2018 Super League Grand Final between Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves. [28] Sky Sports will show two all-Super League ties; Hull F.C. v Castleford Tigers on Friday 10 May, and Huddersfield Giants v St. Helens on Sunday 12 May. [28]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 28–12 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 10 May 2019, 19:35 KCOM Stadium Robert Hicks6,230
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 26–6 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 10 May 2019, 19:45 The Mobile Rocket Stadium Gareth Hewer3,055
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 6–34 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 10 May 2019, 20:00 Tetley's Stadium Mark Griffiths1,207
Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 18–32 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 11 May 2019, 14:00 AJ Bell Stadium Chris Kendall 1,842
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 24–22 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 11 May 2019, 14:30 Odsal Stadium Ben Thaler 10,258
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 62–6 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 11 May 2019, 15:00 Stade Gilbert Brutus Liam Moore3,466
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 26–24 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 12 May 2019, 14:15 Halliwell Jones Stadium James Child 7,086
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 16–22 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 12 May 2019, 18:05 John Smiths Stadium Scott Mikalauskus3,533
Source: [29]

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter finals was made on 12 May live on BBC1, directly after the televised sixth-round tie between Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves, with Ellery Hanley and Jonathan Davies conducting the draw. The ties will be played 30 May – 2 June.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 51–8 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 30 May 2019, 19:35 KCOM Stadium Ben Thaler 4,832
HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 22–28 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 31 May 2019, 19:35 KCOM Craven Park Robert Hicks3,311
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 48–10 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 1 June 2019, 15:15 Totally Wicked Stadium Chris Kendall 6,453
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 16–20 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 2 June 2019, 14:45 Odsal Stadium Scott Mikalauskus6,591
Source:

Semi-finals

Team AScoreTeam BMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 22–14 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 27 July 2019, 14:00 University of Bolton Stadium Robert Hicks24,364
Saintscolours.svg St Helens 26–2 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 27 July 2019, 16:30 Chris Kendall
Source:

Final

Team AScoreTeam BMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 18-4 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 24 August 2019 15:00 (UTC+1) Wembley Stadium Robert Hicks62,717

Teams

Warrington WolvesPositionSt Helens
1 Stefan Ratchford Fullback 23 Lachlan Coote
2 Tom Lineham Wing 2 Tommy Makinson
3 Bryson Goodwin Centre 3 Kevin Naiqama
18 Toby King Centre 4 Mark Percival
5 Josh Charnley Wing 5 Regan Grace
11 Ben Currie Stand-off 1 Jonny Lomax
15 Declan Patton Scrum-half 6 Theo Fages
8 Chris Hill Prop 8 Alex Walmsley
9 Daryl Clark Hooker 9 James Roby
10 Mike Cooper Prop 10 Luke Thompson
13 Ben Murdoch-Masila Second-row 11 Zeb Taia
12 Jack Hughes Second-row 17 Dominique Peyroux
14 Jason Clark Loose forward 15 Morgan Knowles
19 Sitaleki Akauola interchange 13 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
17 Joe Philbin interchange 16 Kyle Amor
23 Matthew Davis interchange 20 Jack Ashworth
22 Jake Mamo interchange 12 Joseph Paulo
Steve Price Coach Justin Holbrook

Broadcasts

The primary broadcast organisation for the competition was BBC Sport. As in 2018 the BBC streamed one tie from each of the first five rounds live on the BBC Sport website with two games from the 6th, 7th, 8th rounds and the final being broadcast live on BBC TV.

RoundMatchDateBroadcast method
1stOrrell St James v Underbank Rangers26 January 2019, 14:00streamed live on OurLeague [30]
Royal Navy v West Hull26 January 2019, 14:00streamed live on British Forces Broadcasting [31]
Millom v Red Star Belgrade27 January 2019, 13:30streamed live on BBC Sport [32]
2ndMilford v Lock Lane9 February 2019, 14:00streamed live on BBC Sport [33]
Wigan St Patricks v British Police10 February 2019, 14:30streamed live on OurLeague [33]
3rdThatto Heath Crusaders v Rochdale Mayfield9 March 2019, 14:00streamed live on BBC Sport [34]
Oldham v Haydock10 March 2019, 15:00streamed live on OurLeague [lower-alpha 4]
4thThatto Heath Crusaders v North Wales Crusaders30 March 2019, 14:30streamed live on OurLeague [36]
Keighley Cougars v Bradford Bulls31 March 2019, 14:45streamed live on BBC Sport and BBC Red Button [37]
5thThatto Heath Crusaders v Dewsbury Rams14 April 2019, 15:00streamed live on BBC Sport [38]
6thHull FC v Castleford Tigers10 May 2019, 19:35live Sky Sports [39]
Bradford Bulls v Leeds Rhinos11 May 2019, 14:30live BBC One [39]
Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors12 May 2019, 14:15live BBC One [39]
Huddersfield Giants v St Helens12 May 2019, 18:05live Sky Sports [39]
QFHull FC v Catalans Dragons30 May 2019, 19:35live Sky Sports
Hull KR v Warrington Wolves31 May 2019, 19:35live Sky Sports
St Helens v Wakefield Trinity1 June 2019, 15:15live BBC One
Bradford Bulls v Halifax2 June 2019, 14:45live BBC Two
SFWarrington Wolves v Hull FC27 July 2019, 14:00live BBC One
St Helens v Halifax27 July 2019, 16:30live BBC Two
FWarrington Wolves v St Helens24 August 2019, 15:00Live BBC One

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Attendances for games involving only community clubs are not recorded
  2. ↑ Game was postponed on 10 March due to unplayable pitch
  3. ↑ After golden point extra time
  4. ↑ Originally Workington Town v Siddal was to be streamed but the game was postponed. [35]

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