2018 Challenge Cup

Last updated
2018 Ladbrokes Challenge Cup
Duration9 Rounds
Number of teams85
Highest attendance50,672
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons v Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves
(Final, 25 August)
Lowest attendance115
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags v Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder (25 February)
Aggregate attendance162,075
Broadcast partners BBC Sport
Sky Sports
Winners Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons
Runners-up Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves
Biggest home win Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 90–0 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears (21 April)
Biggest away win Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 0–74 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder (25 February)
Lance Todd Trophy Catalanscolours.svg Tony Gigot
Top point-scorer(s) Catalanscolours.svg Josh Drinkwater (50)
Top try-scorer(s) Wolvescolours.svg Josh Charnley (9)

The 2018 Challenge Cup, also known as the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup [1] for sponsorship reasons, was the 117th 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 cup was won by Catalans Dragons, who beat Warrington Wolves 20–14 at Wembley on 25 August 2018 to become the first non-British team to win the challenge cup in its 117-year history. [2] [3] The defending champions, Hull F.C., went out at the quarter-final stage.

The Catalans fullback, Tony Gigot, was voted the winner of the Lance Todd Trophy, becoming the first Frenchman to win the trophy since it was first awarded in 1946. [4]

The format of the competition was eight knock-out rounds followed by a final. The first two rounds were composed entirely of 48 amateur teams. The 12 winners of the second round ties were joined in round three by the 14 League 1 teams. For the fourth round, the 13 winners from round 3 were joined by 11 of the 12 Championship teams (Toulouse Olympique. who play in the Championship, chose not to enter the 2018 cup competition). [5] Round five saw four Super League teams entering the competition, namely those that finished in the top four positions of the 2017 Qualifiers—Warrington Wolves, Widnes Vikings, Hull Kingston Rovers and Catalans Dragons. The remaining eight Super League teams joined in round six.

Round details

RoundDateClubs involved this roundWinners from previous roundNew entries this roundLeagues entering at this round
Round 127–28 January48n/a4839 English amateur clubs
Scottish, Welsh & Irish champions
3 Armed Forces teams
British Police
2 University rugby league representatives
Round 210–11 February24240n/a
Round 324–25 February261214 League 1
Round 417–18 March241311* Championship
Round 521–22 April16124 2017 Super League Qualifiers top 4
Round 612–13 May1688 2017 Super League top 8
Quarter-finals2–3 June88n/an/a
Semi-finals5 August44n/an/a
Final25 August22n/an/a

*Toulouse Olympique did not participate in the competition.

First round

The draw for the first round was made on 12 December 2017 at Media City and streamed live on the BBC Sport website. The draw was made by recently retired Hull F.C. captain, Gareth Ellis, and former Lance Todd Trophy winner, Paul Wellens. The 48 teams in the draw comprised 39 English amateur teams, the winners of the Scottish, Welsh and Irish leagues, two teams from the Universities rugby league and representative teams for the three armed services and the police.

Ties were played over the weekend of 27–28 January 2018 with the exception of one game postponed to the following weekend. [5]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance [upper-alpha 1]
Leigh Miners Rangers 18–22 Myton Warriors 27 January 2018, 2:30pmTwist Lane
Underbank Rangers 16–17 [lower-alpha 1] Batley Boys27 January 2018, 2:00pmThe Cross Grounds
Kells 40–8 British Police 27 January 2018, 2:00pmOld ArrowthwaiteD. Arnold
Wallsend Eagles 6–42 Pilkington Recs 27 January 2018, 2:30pmBenfield Sports Centre
Rochdale Mayfield 28–0Crosfields27 January 2018, 2:30pmMayfield Sports CentreL. Staveley
Lock Lane 48–0Hindley27 January 2018, 2:00pmHicksons ArenaJ. Barr
Hunslet Club Parksidewalkover [lower-alpha 2] Valley Cougars 27 January 2018, 2:00pmHillidge Road
London Chargers18–0 Hammersmith Hills Hoists 27 January 2018, 1:00pm New River Stadium T. Jones
Royal Air Force 12–4 Drighlington 27 January 2018, 1:30pm RAF Cranwell N.Woodward
Oulton Raiders 28–26 Siddal 27 January 2018, 2:00pmOulton & Woodlesford Sports club
Millom 36–18 Strathmore Silverbacks 27 January 2018, 1:30pmCoronation FieldD. Bowmer
Loughborough University 4–38 Bradford Dudley Hill 27 January 2018, 12:00pmRugby RubbercrumbS.Ellis
University of Hull 24–10Hensingham RLFC27 January 2018, 2:30pmHull Uni Sports & Fitness CentreM. Smaill
Orrell St James34–0Northampton Demons27 January 2018, 2:30pmBankes Avenue
Royal Navy 11–12 [lower-alpha 3] Normanton Knights 27 January 2018, 2:00pmUS Sports Ground
York Acorn 16–32Askam RLFC27 January 2018, 2:00pmThanet Road
Saddleworth Rangers12–22 Thatto Heath Crusaders 27 January 2018, 2:00pmShaw Hall Bank Road
Shaw Cross Sharks18–0Beverley3 February 2018, 2:00pm [lower-alpha 4] Bywell FieldC. Astbury
West Hull 58–10Longhorns ARLFC28 January 2018, 2:00pmCommunity Park
East Leeds 10–28 Thornhill Trojans 27 January 2018, 2:30pmEast End ParkJ. Stearne
Hunslet Warriors0–30 Wath Brow Hornets 27 January 2018, 2:00pmThe OvalH. Neville
Featherstone Lions 34–14 Skirlaugh 27 January 2018, 2:00pmThe Millpond
British Army 48–10Milford Marlins27 January 2018, 3:00pmAldershot Rugby StadiumC. Worsely
Distington ARLFC 32–24Queens ARLFC27 January 2018, 2:00pmGrass Road
Source: [6]
  1. ↑ after golden point extra time
  2. ↑ Tie was scratched and awarded to Hunslet Club Parkside as Valley Cougars were unable to raise a team for the scheduled date and scheduling issues made re-arranging the fixture impossible
  3. ↑ after golden point extra time
  4. ↑ Match postponed from 27 January due to waterlogged pitch.

Second round

The draw for the second round was made on 31 January 2018 at Warrington's Halliwell Jones Stadium and streamed live on the BBC Sport website. The draw was made by Warrington Wolves former prop forward and Swinton Lions coach, Gary Chambers, and current Warrington forward Sitaleki Akauola. The 24 teams in the draw comprised the winners from the first round. [7]

Ties were played on 10 February 2018. Batley Boys won their tie with a drop goal in golden point extra time, having won their first round tie in the same fashion. [8]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance [upper-alpha 2]
British Army 26–14 London Chargers 10 February 2018, 1:00pm Aldershot Military Stadium K. Moore
Millom24–12 Bradford Dudley Hill 10 February 2018, 1:30pmCoronation FieldN.Woodward
Kells 16–4Orrell St James10 February 2018, 2:00pmOld ArrowthwaiteL. Rush
Batley Boys13–12 [lower-alpha 1] Royal Air Force 10 February 2018, 2:00pmHalifax RoadJ. Stearne
Oulton Raiders 24–10Shaw Cross Sharks10 February 2018, 2:00pmOulton Community Sports ClubG.Houston
Distington12–4 Lock Lane 10 February 2018, 2:00pmDistington Community Sports ClubM. Smaill
Hunslet Club Parkside24–6 Wath Brow Hornets 10 February 2018, 2:00pmHillidge RoadP. Marklove
Pilkington Recs 16–0 Thornhill Trojans 10 February 2018, 2:00pmRuskin DriveJ. Jones
Featherstone Lions 18–6 Thatto Heath Crusaders 10 February 2018, 2:00pmThe Mill Pond StadiumM. Rossleigh
Askam16–4 West Hull 10 February 2018, 2:00pmSandy LaneJ. Barr
Rochdale Mayfield 4–8 Normanton Knights 10 February 2018, 2:30pmMayfield Sports ArenaC. Smith
University of Hull 18–22 Myton Warriors 10 February 2018, 2:30pmUniversity of HullC. Worsley
Source: [8]
  1. ↑ after golden point extra time

Third round

The draw for the third round was made on 13 February live on the BBC Sport website. The draw was made by Super League players Alex Walmsley and Kriss Brining. Ties were played over the weekend of 24–25 February. [9]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Kells 30–4 British Army 24 February 2018, 2:00pmOld ArrowthwaiteC. Smith300
Normanton Knights18–0Batley Boys24 February 2018, 2:00pmQueen Elizabeth DriveM. Smaill350
Askam6–64 YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 24 February 2018, 2:30pmFallowfield ParkB. Milligan750
Hunslet Club Parkside16–24 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 24 February 2018, 2:30pm John Charles Stadium T. Crashley285
Pilkington Recs 32–16 Millom 24 February 2018, 2:30pmRuskin DriveJ. Stearne285
Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 0–74 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 25 February 2018, 2:00pm Pennine Way stadium A.Sweet115
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 28–24 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 25 February 2018, 2:30pm Racecourse Ground J.Jones281
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 82–6 Scorpions.png West Wales Raiders 25 February 2018, 3:00pm Odsal Stadium N.Woodward1,505
Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 42–12Distington25 February 2018, 3:00pm Butts Park Arena C. Worsley267
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 82–6 Myton Warriors 25 February 2018, 3:00pm Keepmoat Stadium M.Mannifield388
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet 72–16 Oulton Raiders 25 February 2018, 3:00pm South Leeds Stadium B. Pearson896
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 42–0 Featherstone Lions 25 February 2018, 3:00pm Vestacare Stadium L. Staveley364
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 16-14 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 25 February 2018, 6:00pm Recreation Ground M. Griffiths439
Source: [10]

Fourth round

The draw was conducted by former player (and Challenge Cup winner) Rob Parker and former Scottish international Andrew Henderson. [11] [12]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Kells 6–56 New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack 16 March 2018, 6:15pm Recreation Ground [lower-alpha 1] N. Bennett1,000
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 34–0 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 16 March 2018, 8:00pm Keepmoat Stadium L. Staveley398
Normanton Knights 8–20 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 17 March 2018, 2:00pm L.D. Nutrition Stadium [lower-alpha 2] G. DolanNot recorded
Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 28–16 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 18 March 2018, 3:00pm Craven Park B. Robinson936
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 4–8 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 18 March 2018, 3:00pm Fox's Biscuits Stadium T. Grant606
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 25–18 Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 18 March 2018, 3:00pm Recreation Ground A. Sweet414
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 20–22 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 18 March 2018, 3:00pm Derwent Park M. Griffiths548
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 26–12 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 18 March 2018, 3:00pm L.D. Nutrition Stadium [lower-alpha 3] M. Mannifield525
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 6–27 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 20 March 2018, 7:30pm [lower-alpha 4] The Shay B. Pearson688
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 6–66 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 20 March 2018, 7:30pm [lower-alpha 4] L.D. Nutrition Stadium [lower-alpha 5] J. Roberts1,098
Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 31–20 Pilkington Recs 25 March 2018, 3pm [lower-alpha 4] Butts Park Arena A. Sweet395
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet RLFC 10–34 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 2 April 2018, 2:00pm [lower-alpha 4] South Leeds Stadium N. Bennett1,081
Source: [17] [18]
  1. ↑ Match played at Whitehaven's Recreation Ground [13]
  2. ↑ Played at Featherstone Rovers' ground
  3. ↑ Played at Featherstone Rovers' ground due to the pitch at Bootham Crescent being waterlogged. [14]
  4. 1 2 3 4 Fixture postponed on 18 March due to bad weather. [16]
  5. ↑ After being postponed on 18 March and with North Wales' ground being unavailable mid-week, the clubs agreed to reverse the fixture and play at Featherstone to enable the fixture to be played as soon as possible. [15]

Fifth round

The draw was made on 20 March 2018 by two Women's Super League players, Faye Gaskin of St. Helens and Gemma Walsh of Wigan Warriors. [19]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 90–0 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 21 April 2018, 13:00 Select Security Stadium J McMullen1,438
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 54–6 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 21 April 2018, 15:00 Halliwell Jones Stadium T Grant4,710
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 16–26 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 22 April 2018, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium M Rossleigh1,076
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 40–0 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 22 April 2018, 15:00 Leigh Sports Village L Moore2,507
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 0–32 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 22 April 2018, 15:00 Bower Fold G Hewer1,064
New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack 16–12 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 22 April 2018, 15:00 Furness Heating Components Stadium [lower-alpha 1] G Dolan1,140
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 38–0 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 22 April 2018, 15:00 Recreation Ground L Staveley604
YorkRLFCcolours.png York City Knights 22–34 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 22 April 2018, 15:00 Bootham Crescent C Kendall3,081
Source: [20]
  1. ↑ Tie was played at Barrow even though Toronto were drawn as the home team. [19]

Sixth Round

The draw for the Sixth Round was made on 25 April 2018, live on Chris Evans' Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Two, alongside Leeds Rhinos veteran forward Jamie Jones-Buchanan, and Warrington Wolves winger Josh Charnley. [21]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 20–38 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 10 May 2018, 7:35pm LD Nutrition Stadium S. Mikalauskas2,322
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 22–10 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 11 May 2018, 7:35pm Leigh Sports Village L. Moore4,024
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 24–14 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 11 May 2018, 7:45pm John Smith's Stadium G. Hewer2,631
Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 20–23 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 11 May 2018, 8:00pm Select Security Stadium G. Dolan1,865
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 18–36 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 12 May 2018, 2:30pm Mend-A-Hose Jungle J. Child 5,342
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 56–10 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 12 May 2018, 3:30pm Stade Gilbert Brutus M. Rossleigh2,533
HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 10–28 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 13 May 2018, 3:00pm MS3 Craven Park C. Kendall3,524
New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack 10–66 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 13 May 2018, 4:00pm Halliwell Jones Stadium [lower-alpha 1] B. Thaler 6,507
Source: [22]
  1. ↑ Toronto were drawn as the home team, but the game was played at Warrington. [21]

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made live on BBC Two directly after the conclusion of the Toronto v Warrington game. The draw was made by former players Nathan McAvoy and Robbie Hunter-Paul. Ties were played 31 May – 3 June with all four ties being televised either on Sky Sports or the BBC. [23]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 6–20 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 31 May 2018, 7:35pm John Smith's Stadium G. Hewer2,151
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 52–22 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 1 June 2018, 7:35pm LD Nutrition Stadium [lower-alpha 1] C. Kendall3,277
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 23–0 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 2 June 2018, 2:30pm Halliwell Jones Stadium R. Hicks10,213
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 25–22 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 3 June 2018, 3:30pm Totally Wicked Stadium B. Thaler 9,644
Source: [25]
  1. ↑ Tie moved to Featherstone Rovers' ground due to cricket Test match between England and Pakistan taking place at Headingley Stadium commencing 1 June 2018. [24]

Semi-final

On 30 May 2018 the RFL announced that the semi-finals would be played as a double header at the University of Bolton Stadium in Bolton on Sunday 5 August 2018. [26] The draw was made live on BBC Two, directly after the end of the St Helens v Hull FC match. The draw was made by Sophie Rohan and Emily Burnette (the members of Belle Voci), who would sing "Abide with Me" before the final on 25 August. [27]

Team 1ScoreTeam 2Match Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 16–35 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 5 August 2018, 12:30pm University of Bolton Stadium R. Hicks26,086
Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 48–12 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 5 August 2018, 2:45pmC. Kendall
Source: [28]

Final

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 20–14 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 25 August 2018, 3:00pm Wembley Stadium R. Hicks50,672
Source: [29]
Catalans Dragons lifting the Challenge Cup at Wembley following victory in the Final Challenge Cup Final Winners 2018.jpg
Catalans Dragons lifting the Challenge Cup at Wembley following victory in the Final

Teams: [29]
Catalans: Tony Gigot, Lewis Tierney, David Mead, Brayden Williame, Fouad Yaha, Samisoni Langi, Josh Drinkwater, Mickael Simon, Michael McIlorum, Sam Moa, Benjamin Jullien, Benjamin Garcia, Remi Casty (c).
Substitutes (all used): Julian Bousquet, Jason Baitieri, Kenny Edwards, Mickael Goudemand.
Tries: Tierney, Garcia, Williame. Goals: Drinkwater (4/4)

Warrington: Stefan Ratchford, Tom Lineham, Bryson Goodwin, Toby King, Josh Charnley, Kevin Brown, Tyrone Roberts, Chris Hill (c), Daryl Clark, Mike Cooper, Harvey Livett, Jack Hughes, Ben Westwood.
Substitutes (all used): Ben Murdoch-Masila, George King, Declan Patton, Joe Philbin.
Tries: Murdoch-Masila, G King. Goals: Roberts (3/3)

Broadcasts

The primary broadcast organisation for the competition is BBC Sport. As in 2017 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 and 8th rounds being broadcast live on BBC TV. [30]

Live matches

RoundMatchDateBroadcast method
1st Rochdale Mayfield v Crosfields [30] 27 January, 2:00pmstreamed BBC Sport
2nd Featherstone Lions v Thatto Heath Crusaders [31] 10 February, 2:00pmstreamed BBC Sport
3rd Coventry Bears v Distington [32] 25 February, 3:00pmstreamed BBC Sport
4thNormanton Knights v Rochdale Hornets [33] 17 March, 2:00pmstreamed BBC Sport
5th York City Knights v Catalans Dragons [34] 22 April, 2:00pmstreamed BBC Sport
6th Featherstone Rovers v Hull F.C. [35] 10 May, 7:35pm Sky Sports Arena
Leigh Centurions v Salford Red Devils [35] 11 May, 7:35pmSky Sports Arena
Castleford Tigers v St Helens [35] 12 May, 2:30pm BBC One
Toronto Wolfpack v Warrington Wolves [35] 13 May, 3:30pm BBC Two
QF Huddersfield Giants v Catalans Dragons 31 May, 7:35pmSky Sports Arena
Leeds Rhinos v Leigh Centurions 1 June, 7:35pmSky Sports Arena
Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors 2 June, 2:30pmBBC One
St. Helens v Hull F.C. 3 June, 3:30pmBBC Two
SF St. Helens v Catalans Dragons 5 August, 12:30pmBBC One
Warrington Wolves v Leeds Rhinos 5 August, 2:45pmBBC One
F Catalans Dragons v Warrington Wolves 25 August, 3:00pmBBC One

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Attendances for the first round are not reported.
  2. ↑ Attendances for the second round are not reported.

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