2019 RFL 1895 Cup

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2019 RFL 1895 Cup
Duration5 Rounds
Number of teams20
Winners Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles
Runners-up Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings
Biggest home win Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 70–6
Canberra colours.svg West Wales Raiders (5 May 2019)
Biggest away win Faxcolours.svg Halifax 8–52
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles (5 June 2019)
Ray French Award Anthony Thackeray
(Sheffield Eagles)

The 2019 RFL 1895 Cup, known as the 2019 AB Sundecks 1895 Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the inaugural tournament for the RFL 1895 Cup, a rugby league football competition for clubs in the United Kingdom. The tournament was played between League 1 and Championship teams between May and August 2019. The format of the tournament was confirmed in December 2018, and consisted of five rounds. In round 1 eight League 1 teams played in a knock out round. Round 2 introduced the 12 English teams from the Championship who with the winners from round 1 will play eight ties. The quarter-finals and semi-finals followed in June and July, with the final played at Wembley Stadium on 24 August, with the Challenge Cup final also being played on this day. [1]

Contents

The competition commenced in May without sponsorship but in June it was announced that the cup would be sponsored by AB Sundecks, owned by former Leigh Centurions chairman Derek Beaumont. [2]

Teams

The teams participating in the inaugural 1895 Cup are as follows:

League 1

As some of the games in the later stages were scheduled for midweek, Coventry Bears, London Skolars and North Wales Crusaders decided against entering the competition for logistical reasons. [3]

Championship

Toulouse Olympique and Toronto Wolfpack were ineligible to enter the competition as the clubs are not full members of the Rugby Football League.

First round

The first round ties were played on 4–5 May. The draw was made at Odsal Stadium on 12 March immediately after the draw for the fourth round of the Challenge Cup. [4] The tie between Hunslet and Workington was streamed live on the RFL's OurLeague app. [5]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 38–12 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 4 May 2019, 14:30 Kingston Park T. Crashley340
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet 28–31 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 4 May 2019, 15:00 South Leeds Stadium C. Smith296
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 70–6 Canberra colours.svg West Wales Raiders 5 May 2019, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium C. Worsley248
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 48–12 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 5 May 2019, 15:00 Whitebank Stadium J. Roberts369
Source: [6]

Second round

The second round was played between 2–5 June. The draw was made on 5 May. [7]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 38–18 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 2 June 2019 15:00 Mount Pleasant B. Pearson700
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 44–26 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 2 June 2019 15:00 Tetleys Stadium J. Smith453
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 62–12 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 2 June 2019 15:00 Leigh Sports Village A. Sweet1,660
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 12–24 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 2 June 2019 15:00 Vestacare Stadium M. Rossleigh283
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 30–16 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 2 June 2019 15:00 Bootham Crescent N. Bennett796
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 50–6 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 5 June 2019 19:30 Craven Park J. Child1,161
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 8–52 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 5 June 2019 20:00 Cougar Park T. Grant312
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 22–16 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 5 June 2019 20:00 Halton Stadium G. Dolan1,515
Source: [8]

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played during the week starting June 24.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 28–32 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 26 June 2019 19:30 LD Nutrition Stadium C. Worsley374
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 19–18 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 26 June 2019 19:30 Totally Wicked Stadium G. Hewer1,012
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 16–17 [lower-alpha 1] Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 26 June 2019 19:30 Bootham Crescent T. Grant1,395
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 54–6 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 26 June 2019 20:00 Select Security Stadium M. Mannifield1,458
Source: [9]
  1. ↑ After golden-point extra time

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on Sunday 28 July.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 8–12 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 28 July 2019, 15:00 Leigh Sports Village B. Thaler4,460
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 18–2 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 28 July 2019, 15:00 Olympic Legacy Park G. Hewer727
Source: [9]

Final

The final was played at Wembley Stadium on 24 August. Sheffield Eagles beat Widnes Vikings 36–18 after being 12–18 down at half-time. The inaugural winner of the Ray French Award was Sheffield's Anthony Thackeray.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 36–18 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 24 August 2019, 17:45 Wembley Stadium C. KendallNot separately recorded [lower-alpha 1]
Source: [9]
  1. ↑ Due to the game being played directly after the challenge cup final, the official attendance was 62,717

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References

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  2. ↑ "Beaumont backs 1895 Cup as new title partner". 31 May 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "1895 Cup entrants and details announced". Love Rugby League. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "1895 Cup First Round Draw Details". RFL. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Our League to stream selected Challenge Cup and 1895 Cup fixtures". 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "1895 Cup Round One". Rugby Leaguer & League Express . No. 3, 172. 6 May 2019. p. 39.
  7. ↑ "1895 Cup second round ties revealed". Love Rugby League. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "1895 Cup Round Two". Rugby Leaguer & League Express . No. 3, 176. 2 June 2019. p. 35.
  9. 1 2 3 Butcher, Tim & Spencer, Daniel, eds. (2019). Rugby League Yearbook 2019–2020. League Publications. p. 308. ISBN   978-1901-347388.
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