2023 RFL 1895 Cup

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2023 RFL 1895 Cup
Duration2 rounds + qualifying
Number of teams4

The 2023 RFL 1895 Cup was the fourth playing of the RFL 1895 Cup, a rugby league football competition for clubs in the United Kingdom. As with 2022, the teams entering the competition were those teams in the RFL Championship and RFL League 1 which reached the sixth round of the Challenge Cup. The final was played at Wembley.

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Semi Final

The semi finals were played on the weekend of the 22 and 23 July. It featured the Championship teams that got to the sixth round of the Challenge Cup.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 6–10 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Panthers 22 July 2023, 17:00Rosslyn ParkL. Rush1,895
YorkRLFCcolours.png York Knights 8–22 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 23 July 2023, 12:00 York Community Stadium J. Vella
Source: [1] [2]

Final

12 August 2023
18:00 BST (UTC+01:00)
Batley Bulldogs 10–12 Halifax Panthers
Tries: Morton (72')
Kear (80')
Goals: Hooley (1/2) 72'
[3]
Tries: Moore (2')
Goals: Jouffret (4/4) 2', 32' (penalty), 57' (penalty), 61' (penalty)
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 58,213
Referee: Jack Smith
Touch judges: Warren Turley, Cameron Worsley
Player of the Match: Louis Jouffret
(Halifax)
Team details
Batley BulldogsPositionHalifax Panthers
NameNumberNumberName
Luke Hooley 3218 Brandon Pickersgill
Dale Morton225 James Saltonstall
Josh Hodson43Zack McComb
Elliot Kear1522 Jake Maizen
Aidan McGowan202 Lachlan Walmsley
James Meadows146 Louis Jouffret
Josh Wood71 James Woodburn-Hall
Adam Gledhill1116 William Calcott
Ben White69 Brandon Moore
James Brown1310 Dan Murray
Dane Manning1111 Ben Kavanagh
Kieran Buchannan312 Matty Gee
Martyn Reilly3013 Jacob Fairbank
Alistair Leak934 Adam O'Brien
Nyle Flynn268 Adam Tangata
Michael Ward1619 Ryan Lannon
Samy Kibula2031Kevin Larroyer
George Senior1828Alex Sutcliffe
Craig Lingard
Coach
Scott Grix

The final kicked off at 18:00 on 12 August at Wembley Stadium, following the women's and men's challenge cup finals.

References

  1. "Match Report: London Broncos 6–10 Halifax Panthers". Rugby Football League. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  2. "Match Report: York RLFC 8–22 Batley Bulldogs". Rugby Football League. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  3. "1895 Cup final: Batley Bulldogs 10-12 Halifax Panthers". BBC Sport. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2024.