2012 Challenge Cup

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2012 Carnegie Challenge Cup
Duration9 rounds
Highest attendance79,180
Broadcast partners Flag of the United Kingdom.svg BBC Sport
Winners Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves
Runners-up Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
Biggest home win Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 98-4
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders
Biggest away winMyton Warriors 4-94 Faxcolours.svg Halifax
Lance Todd Trophy Wolvescolours.svg Brett Hodgson

The 2012 Challenge Cup (also known as the Carnegie Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th staging of the most competitive European rugby league tournament at club level and was open to teams from England, Wales, Scotland and France. It began its preliminary stages in January 2012.

Contents

The pools in the preliminary round were dropped.

Wigan Warriors were the reigning champions, but lost 28–39 to Leeds Rhinos in the semi-finals, who avenged last season's final defeat. However, they went on to lose their third consecutive final, the second of which to the Warrington Wolves 18 - 35.

Preliminary round

A total of 44 teams played a preliminary-round tie. The clubs involved included 22 NCL Divisions 1 and 2, 5 regional league winners, the Yorkshire and Lancashire County Cup winners, 1 Cumberland ARL nomination and the British Police. Also in the draw were the Scottish champions and a Welsh representative, 4 teams from the 2011 Rugby League Conference National, 6 Student teams and a North West League representative.

The draw for the preliminary and first round were made on 19 December 2011. [1]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Sharlston Rovers1–0 Edge Hill University Bye – HWOWeeland Road
Shaw Cross Sharks1–0 Valley Cougars Bye – HWOPaul Hinchliffe Memorial Ground
Leeds Metropolitan University 15–14 Ovenden RLFC 4 February 2012 13:30Milford Sports ClubB Robinson
Egremont Rangers22–16Bank Quay Bulls11 February 2012 13:30Gillfoot ParkC Braithwaite
Kells 20–14Widnes West Bank11 February 2012 14:00Old ArrowthwaiteM Laing
Seaton Rangers8–24 Huddersfield Underbank Rangers 11 February 2012 14:00Station YardA Gill
Blackbrook Royals 18–8Eccles and Salford Juniors12 February 2012 14:00Recreation GroundM Woodhead
Millom RLFC20–10 British Police 12 February 2012 14:00Coronation FieldM Hebblethwaite
Wigan St Cuthberts24–18 Northumbria University 12 February 2012 14:00Montrose AvenueS Race
Normanton Knights 32–30Milford Marlins15 February 2012 19:00Queen Elizabeth DriveC Kendall
Castleford Lock Lane 24–18 Elland RLFC 15 February 2012 19:30Lock Lane Sports CentreJ Lowery
Loughborough University 22–50Hunslet Warriors18 February 2012 13:30Holywell ParkL Fellows
Bradford Dudley Hill 38–0Castleford Panthers18 February 2012 13:30Neil Hunt Memorial GroundJ Callaghan
Warrington Wizards 18–28East Leeds18 February 2012 13:30 Wilderspool Stadium M Mannifield
York Acorn 42–4Norland Sharks18 February 2012 13:30Acorn Sports and Social ClubC Dean
Oldham St Annes40–4Bentley Good Companions18 February 2012 13:30Higginshaw RoadM Craven
Featherstone Lions 14–22 Askam 18 February 2012 14:00Mill Pond StadiumG Evans
Rochdale Mayfield14–33 University of Gloucestershire 18 February 2012 14:00Mayfield Sports ArenaN Aspey
Eastmoor Dragons22–16Wigan St Judes18 February 2012 14:00King George V Playing FieldsS Ansell
Nottingham Outlaws 0–50Hunslet Old Boys18 February 2012 16:00 Harvey Hadden Stadium T Mather
Stanley Rangers 60–22 Edinburgh Eagles 19 February 2012 14:00Stanley Sports and Social ClubA Sweet
Hull University 10–68Waterhead RLFC19 February 2012 14:00Cottingham RoadJ Roberts
Source: [2] [3]

Round 1

The 22 winners from the preliminary round then progress to the first round where 11 games were drawn. Due to the amount of postponed matches, ties (other than Egremont v Leeds Met and Castleford Lock Lane v Sharlston) were played a week later on 25 February.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Egremont Rangers30–6 Leeds Metropolitan University 18 February 2012 13:30Gillfoot ParkM Laing
Castleford Lock Lane 24–32Sharlston Rovers18 February 2012 13:30Lock Lane Sports CentreS Mikalauskas
Wigan St Cuthberts46–22Eastmoor Dragons25 February 2012 13:30Montrose AvenueM Craven
Shaw Cross Sharks10–18 York Acorn 25 February 2012 14:00Paul Hinchliffe Memorial GroundA Gill
Hunslet Warriors32–8Oldham St Annes25 February 2012 14:00The OvalJ Roberts
Hunslet Old Boys26–14Waterhead25 February 2012 14:00Hillidge RoadB Robinson
Huddersfield Underbank Rangers 48–10 Stanley Rangers 25 February 2012 14:00The Cross GroundsJ Callaghan
Blackbrook Royals 24–20 (aet)East Leeds25 February 2012 14:00Recreation GroundM Laing
Millom 36–8 University of Gloucestershire 25 February 2012 14:00Coronation FieldC Braithwaite
Kells 34–12 Normanton Knights 25 February 2012 14:00Old ArrowthwaiteN Aspey
Bradford Dudley Hill 52–12 Askam 25 February 2012 14:00Neil Hunt Memorial GroundA Sweet
Source: [2] [3]

Round 2

The 11 first-round winners then progressed to round two where they met the 14 National Conference League Premier teams and the three Armed Forces teams who entered at this stage to total 28 teams to be drawn into 14 games.

The draw for the second round were made on 27 February 2012 aboard HMS Illustrious and was carried out by Commanding Officer, Captain Martin Connell, who drew the home teams and the away teams were pulled out by England Head Coach Steve McNamara. [4]

The second-round ties were played on the weekend of 10 and 11 March.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
East Hull 32–14 Royal Air Force 10 March 2012 13:30Rosemead Sports CentreA Sweet
Egremont Rangers32–22Ince Rose Bridge10 March 2012 13:30Gillfoot ParkJ Roberts
Siddal 62–12 West Hull 10 March 2012 14:00Siddal Sports & Community CentreM Hague
Hull Dockers 30–21 Kells 10 March 2012 14:00The WillowsL Fellows
Royal Navy 32–24 Leigh Miners Rangers 10 March 2012 14:00United Services Sport GroundM Mannifield
Thatto Heath Crusaders 32–10 Millom RLFC 10 March 2012 14:00Hattons Solicitors Crusader ParkP Stockman
York Acorn 26–10Skirlaugh RLFC10 March 2012 14:00Acorn Sports & Social ClubC Hancock
Hunslet Old Boys16–12 Blackbrook Royals 10 March 2012 14:00The Hunslet ClubJ McMullen
Sharlston Rovers20–19Wigan St Cuthberts10 March 2012 14:00Sharlston ARLFCP Marklove
Hunslet Warriors30–0 Wigan St Patricks 10 March 2012 14:30The OvalS Ansell
Oulton Raiders 19–5 British Army 10 March 2012 14:30Oulton & Woodlesford Sports & Social ClubA Gill
Saddleworth Rangers18–36Myton Warriors10 March 2012 14:30Shaw Hall Bank RoadM Laing
Leigh East 6–16 Bradford Dudley Hill 10 March 2012 14:30Leigh East ARLFCS Mikalauskas
Huddersfield Underbank Rangers 10–24Wath Brow Hornets11 March 2012 14:00The Cross GroundsM Woodhead
Source: [2] [3]

Round 3

A total of 14 community clubs would progress to round three, where they would be joined by the Co-operative Championships clubs as well as Toulouse Olympique and Lézignan Sangliers.

Cumbrian Rugby League stars Sol Roper and Rob Purdham conducted the draw for the third round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup at Whitehaven's Recreation Ground on 13 March. Roper, a scrum-half who played in two Wembley finals with Workington Town in 1955 and 1958, drew the home teams and former Whitehaven and London Broncos player Purdham drew the away teams. [5]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Egremont Rangers14–22 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 23 March 2012 20:00 Recreation Ground A Joe Cobb468
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 57–10Sharlston Rovers24 March 2012 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium Chris Leatherbarrow496
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 28–10 York Acorn 24 March 2012 15:00 Thunderdome Peter Brooke179
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 26–43 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 24 March 2012 15:00 New River Stadium Matthew Kidd367
Oulton Raiders 8–58 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 24 March 2012 15:00 Rapid Solicitors Stadium B Warren Turley1,020
Wath Brow Hornets22–24 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 24 March 2012 15:00 Recreation Ground A J Bloem
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 28–10 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique 24 March 2012 19:45 Racecourse Ground George Stokes567
Bradford Dudley Hill 6–58 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 25 March 2012 14:00 Cougar Park C B Robinson840
Hunslet Old Boys12–86 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 25 March 2012 14:00 Bigfellas Stadium D Tom Crashley785
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 34–14 Royal Navy 25 March 2012 14:00 South Leeds Stadium Ronnie Laughton302
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 66–0 Siddal 25 March 2012 14:00 Leigh Sports Village D Sharpe404
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 32–22 LezignanRLcolours.PNG Lézignan Sangliers 25 March 2012 15:00 Craven Park Greg Dolan1,340
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 84–12 Thatto Heath Crusaders 25 March 2012 15:00 Tetley's Stadium C Kendall606
East Hull 20–48 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 25 March 2012 15:00 Spotland Stadium E Dave Merrick303
Myton Warriors4–94 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 25 March 2012 15:00 The Shay F J Callaghan1,011
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 52–6Hunslet Warriors25 March 2012 15:00 Recreation Ground Scott Mikalauskas
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 6–22 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 25 March 2012 15:00 Derwent Park Jamie Leahy601
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 40–14 Hull Dockers 25 March 2012 15:00 Huntington Stadium Gareth Hewer346
Source: [2] [3]
Notes

A. ^ Game switched to Recreation Ground (Whitehaven) [6]
B. ^ Game switched to Rapid Solicitors Stadium (Wakefield) [7]
C. ^ Game switched to Cougar Park (Keighley) [8]
D. ^ Game switched to Bigfellas Stadium (Featherstone) [9]
E. ^ Game switched to Spotland (Rochdale) [10]
F. ^ Game switched to The Shay (Halifax) [11]

Round 4

The draw for round 4 took place at 8.50pm on 26 March 2012 and was conducted by Challenge Cup winners Andy Gregory and Lee Crooks. [12] The games took place over the weekend of 13, 14 and 15 April 2012 with BBC Sport showing the tie between Widnes Vikings and St. Helens and for the first time Sky Sports televised the Featherstone Rovers v Castleford Tigers. [13]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 38–18 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 13 April 2012 20:00 Headlingley Carnegie Stadium R Silverwood7,140
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 70–10 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 14 April 2012 14:00 Leigh Sports Village W Turley415
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 23–16 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 14 April 2012 15:00 Bigfellas Stadium B Thaler4,165
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 28–84 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 14 April 2012 15:00 The Shay R Hicks879
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 38–40 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 14 April 2012 17:30 Stobart Stadium J Child3,069
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 18–44 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 15 April 2012 14:00 Cougar Park T Roby2,196
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 72–4 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 15 April 2012 14:00 Twickenham Stoop M Tomason652
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 72–6 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 15 April 2012 15:00 Odsal Stadium J Leahy3,210
Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 16–42 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 15 April 2012 15:00 KC Stadium T Alibert8,327
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 18–20 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 15 April 2012 15:00 MS3 Craven Park P Bentham7,000
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 18–21 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 15 April 2012 15:00 South Leeds Stadium G Hewer664
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 68–18 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 15 April 2012 15:00 Leigh Sports Village C Leatherbarrow1,229
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 26–14 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 15 April 2012 15:00 Whitebank Stadium D Merrick773
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 18–58 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds 15 April 2012 15:00 Recreation Ground S Ganson751
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 98–4 NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 15 April 2012 15:00 DW Stadium G Stokes4,198
Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 12–50 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 15 April 2012 15:00 Huntington Stadium R Laughton551
Source: [2] [3]

Round 5

The draw, which took place at 3:00pm on 16 April 2012 [14] had an Olympic and Paralympic theme with the last 16 teams drawn by two athletes who were hoping for medal success at London 2012, Johanna Jackson and Louis Speight. Round 5 took place over the weekend of 28 and 29 April 2012, [15]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 0–76 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 27 April 2012 20:00 Langtree Park B Thaler5,742
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 16–32 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 27 April 2012 20:00 Bigfellas Stadium R Silverwood4,082
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 32–16 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 28 April 2012 14:40 Halliwell Jones Stadium J Child5,505
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 68–6 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 28 April 2012 18:30 CET Stade Gilbert Brutus R Hicks7,000
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 19–18 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 29 April 2012 14:00 Leigh Sports Village P Bentham2,182
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 16–22 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 29 April 2012 14:00 Mount Pleasant T Alibert1,025
Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds 10–16 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 29 April 2012 15:00 City of Salford Stadium S Ganson
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 52–0 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 29 April 2012 15:00 Galpharm Stadium T Roby2,617
Source: [2] [3]

Quarter finals

The quarter finals took place over the weekend of 12 and 13 May 2012. Two games were shown live on the BBC [15] and one on Sky Sports. The draw took place on 1 May 2012 at 8:20am BST, and was broadcast on BBC 5 Live.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 12–60 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 11 May 2012 20:00 Leigh Sports Village Ben Thaler5,290
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 18–4 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 12 May 2012 14:30 DW Stadium Richard Silverwood12,864
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 22–32 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 13 May 2012 16:10 CEST Stade Gilbert Brutus Steve Ganson11,000
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 50–14 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 13 May 2012 17:00 Galpharm Stadium James Child2,574
Source: [2] [3]

Semi finals

The semi-finals took place on 14 and 15 July 2012 at neutral venues and both games were televised by the BBC. [16] The draw took place on 13 May after the Catalans-Warrington match on BBC Two with the draw made by Ian Millward and Brian Noble

[2] [3]

14 July 2012
17:30 BST
Leeds Rhinos 39–28 Wigan Warriors
Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
Attendance: 12,860 [17]
Referee: Ben Thaler
15 July 2012
17:45 BST A
Warrington Wolves 33–6 Huddersfield Giants
Salford City Stadium, Salford
Attendance: 9,473 [18]
Referee: Richard Silverwood

Note:
A. ^ Match originally scheduled for 17:30 kick-off, but was delayed by 15 minutes due to BBC's coverage of Scottish Open golf over-running.

Final

The final was played on 25 August 2012 at Wembley Stadium with a 14:30 kick off time and was shown live on BBC One. [15] The game was a repeat of the 2010 Challenge Cup final, where Warrington beat Leeds 30–6. In the final the Warrington Wolves won the Challenge Cup for a third time in four years, beating Leeds 35–18. [2] [3] [19] [20]

25 August 2012
14:30
Leeds Rhinos 18–35 Warrington Wolves
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 79,180 [21]
Referee: Richard Silverwood

Teams:

Warrington: Brett Hodgson, Chris Riley, Ryan Atkins, Stefan Ratchford, Joel Monaghan, Lee Briers, Richie Myler, Garreth Carvell, Mickey Higham, Chris Hill, Trent Waterhouse, Ben Westwood, Ben Harrison
Replacements: Adrian Morley (c), Michael Monaghan, Paul Wood, Tyrone McCarthy Coach: Tony Smith
Tries: Monaghan, Waterhouse, Riley, Atkins, McCarthy, Hogdson. Goals: Hodgson (5).

Leeds: Zak Hardaker, Ben Jones-Bishop, Kallum Watkins, Carl Ablett, Ryan Hall, Kevin Sinfield (c), Stevie Ward, Kylie Leuluai, Rob Burrow, Jamie Peacock, Jamie Jones-Buchanan, Brett Delaney, Ryan Bailey
Replacements: Ian Kirke, Shaun Lunt, Darrell Griffin, Jimmy Keinhorst Coach: Brian McDermott
Tries: Kirke, Watkins (2) Goals: Sinfield (3).

UK Broadcasting rights

The tournament was jointly televised by the BBC and Sky Sports on the first of their five-year contracts.

RoundLive matchDateBBC channel
Round 4 Widnes Vikings 38 - 40 St. Helens 14 April 2012BBC Two*
Round 5 Warrington Wolves 32 - 16 Bradford Bulls 18 April 2012BBC One
Quarter finals Wigan Warriors 18 - 4 St. Helens
Catalans Dragons 22 - 32 Warrington Wolves 		12 May 2012
13 May 2012		BBC One
BBC Two
Semi finals Leeds Rhinos 39 - 28 Wigan Warriors
Warrington Wolves 33 - 6 Huddersfield Giants 		14 July 2012
15 July 2012		BBC Two & BBC HD
Final Leeds Rhinos 18 - 35 Warrington Wolves 25 August 2012BBC One

Sky Sports televised the round-4 match between Featherstone Rovers and Castleford Tigers on 12 April 2012 and the round-5 match between Featherstone Rovers and Wigan Warriors on 27 April 2012 as well as a quarter-final.

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