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- ↑ "Challenge Cup: Super League clubs to join competition earlier in 2025". BBC Sport. 25 June 2024.
- ↑ "Challenge Cup draw and round dates revealed as competition adopts new format for 2025". Love Rugby League. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
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