2016 Challenge Cup

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2016 Ladbrokes Challenge Cup
Duration 9 Rounds
Number of teams 75
Lowest attendance 55 Oxfordcolours.png Oxford vs Lock Lane
(3rd Round)[1][note 1]
Broadcast partners BBC Sport
Sky Sports
Biggest home win Faxcolours.svg Halifax 80 – 4 Lock Lane
(5th round)
Biggest away win Pilkington Recs 0–78 Faxcolours.svg Halifax
(4th round)
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The 2016 Challenge Cup, (also known as the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup[2] for sponsorship reasons) was the 115th staging of the Challenge Cup the main rugby league knockout tournament for teams in the European Super League, the British National Leagues and a number of invited amateur clubs.

The defending champions, Leeds Rhinos who were looking to win the trophy three times in a row were defeated by Huddersfield Giants in the sixth round.[3]

The format of the competition is eight knock-out rounds followed by a final. The first two rounds are composed entirely of amateur teams. The nine winners of the second round ties are joined in round 3 by the 15 Championship 1 teams. For the fourth round the 12 Championship teams are included in the draw. Starting in 2015 and continuing for the 2016 competition round 5 sees four Super league teams entering the competition. These are the four teams that finished in the bottom four positions of the 2015 Super League and are Widnes Vikings, Hull KR, Salford Red Devils and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. These are the same four teams that joined at this stage in the 2015 competition. The remaining eight Super League teams join in round 6.

First round

The draw for the first round of the 2016 Challenge Cup was held on 7 January 2016 at Wembley Stadium and featured 36 amateur teams from around the United Kingdom including two student teams, all three armed services and the police. Home teams were drawn by Tom Briscoe and the away teams drawn by Lizzie Jones.

Fixtures for the first round were played over the weekend of the 30 - 31 January 2016.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Thatto Heath Crusaders 16 – 23 Hunslet Club Parkside 30 January 2016, 13:30 Hattons Solicitors Crusader Park M Griffiths
York Acorn 36 – 10 Sharlston Rovers 31 January 2016, 13:30 Acorn Sports & Social Club H Neville
London Chargers 14 – 22 Shaw Cross Sharks 30 January 2016, 14:00 Old Blues RFC G Dolan
Aberdeen Warriors 16 – 42 Northumbria University 30 January 2016, 14:00 Rubislaw Playing Fields P Marklove
Normanton Knights 18 – 31 Distington 30 January 2016, 14:00 Queen Elizabeth Drive A Haigh
West Bowling 0 – 16 Lock Lane 30 January 2016, 14:00 Odsal Recreation Ground M Rossleigh
Royal Navy 18 – 20 Featherstone Lions 30 January 2016, 14:00 United Services Recreation Ground G Evans
Hull Dockers 8 – 6 Thornhill Trojans 30 January 2016, 14:00 The Willows Sports & Social Club C Campbell
Kells 30 – 0 Nottingham Outlaws 30 January 2016, 14:00 Old Arrowthwaite J Stearne
East Leeds 0 – 32 Oulton Raiders 30 January 2016, 14:00 Richmond Hill S Ellis
Millom 32 – 14 University of Hull 30 January 2016, 13:30 Coronation Field C Braithwaite
Widnes West Bank 20 – 38 Rochdale Mayfield 30 January 2016, 14:00 Ted Gleave Sports Ground N Bennett
Leigh Miners Rangers 14 – 20 Underbank Rangers 30 January 2016, 13:30 Twist Lane J Jones
Wath Brow Hornets 26 – 4 Royal Air Force 30 January 2016, 14:30 Cleator Club B Pearson
Stanningley 16 – 28 Pilkington Recs 30 January 2016, 14:30 Arthur Miller Stadium L Staveley
Egremont Rangers 64 – 0 Blue Bulls 30 January 2016, 15:30 Gillfoot Park J McMullen
West Hull 36 – 4 Great Britain Police 31 January 2016, 14:00 West Hull Community Park K Moore
British Army 4 – 30 Siddal 31 January 2016, 14:30 Aldershot Military Stadium L Moore
Source:[4]

Second round

The draw for the second round was held at RAF Coningsby on 2 February 2016 and the teams were drawn by Sheffield Eagles coach Mark Aston and Batley Bulldogs coach John Kear.

Ties were played on 13 February.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Millom 12 – 46 Pilkington Recs 13 February 2016, 14:00 Coronation Field N Bennett
Shaw Cross Sharks 6 – 40 Lock Lane 13 February 2016, 14:00 Shaw Cross Club B Pearson
Hunslet Club Parkside 18 – 19 West Hull 13 February 2016, 14:00 Hillidge Road S Race
York Acorn 28 – 10 Distington 13 February 2016, 14:00 Acorn Sports & Social Club P Marklove
Hull Dockers 12 – 14 Featherstone Lions 13 February 2016, 14:00 The Willows Sports & Social Club M Griffiths
Egremont Rangers 22 – 26 Rochdale Mayfield 13 February 2016, 14:00 Gillfoot Park M Mannifield
Siddal 18 – 16 Northumbria University 13 February 2016, 14:00 Siddal Sport & Community Centre M Rossleigh
Kells 42 – 6 Underbank Rangers 13 February 2016, 14:30 Old Arrowthwaite G Dolan
Wath Brow Hornets 30 – 4 Oulton Raiders 13 February 2016, 14:30 Cleator Club J Jones
Source:[5]

Third round

The third round draw was held on 16 February at North Wales Crusaders ground, The Glyndwr University Racecourse Stadium, Wrexham. The draw was made by Paul Rowley and Lee Briers. The 12 ties are to be played over the last weekend of February.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Siddal RLFC 30 – 4 Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder 27 February 2016, 14:00 Reactiv Park B Pearson 405
Rochdale Mayfield 14 - 40 File:Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 27 February 2016, 14:00 Mayfield Sports Centre G Hewer 937
Pilkington Recs 13 – 0 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 27 February 2016, 14:30 Ruskin Drive L Moore 500 (estimated)
Kells ARLFC 12 – 6 Hemelcolours.png Hemel Stags 27 February 2016, 14:30 Copeland Athletics Club J Callaghan 250 (estimated)
Featherstone Lions 37 – 20 File:Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 27 February 2016, 15:00 Mill Pond Stadium S Mikalauskas 400 (estimated)
Wath Brow Hornets 14 – 32 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Olympique 27 February 2016, 15:00 Cleator Moor D Merrick 400 (estimated)
West Hull 0 – 54 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 28 February 2016, 14:00 West Hull Community Park T Crashley 268
NWCrucolours.png North Wales Crusaders 36 – 40 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 28 February 2016, 14:30 Glyndŵr University Racecourse Stadium J Bloem 324
Oxfordcolours.png Oxford RLFC 22 – 37 Lock Lane 28 February 2016, 14:30 Maidenhead RFC B Robinson 55
File:Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 66 – 0 York Acorn 28 February 2016, 15:00 Bootham Crescent A Sweet 2,293
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 46 – 12 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 28 February 2016, 15:00 South Leeds Stadium T Grant 354
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 54 – 28 Coventrycolours.png Coventry Bears 28 February 2016, 15:00 Cougar Park J Roberts 421
Source:[1]

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was made on 1 March at the White Lion pub in Swinton. The draw was made by retired players Adrian Morley and Paul Wellens.[6] The 24 teams in the draw comprise the 7 Championship 1 teams and 5 National Conference League teams who won through from the third round and the 12 teams of the Championship.

Ties were played over the weekend of 18–20 March.[6]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 48 – 6 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 18 March 2016, 19:30 South Leeds Stadium A Sweet 337
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 31 – 30 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 18 March 2016, 20:00 Tetley's Stadium C Campbell 2,021
Featherstone Lions 16 – 30 Lock Lane 19 March 2016, 14:00 The Big Fellas Stadium C Straw 1,738
Pilkington Recs 0 – 78 Faxcolours.svg Halifax RLFC 19 March 2016, 14:30 Langtree Park T Crashley 837
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 37 – 36 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven RLFC 19 March 2016, 15:00 Mount Pleasant J Cobb 457
Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 32 – 28 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 19 March 2016, 15:30 SHU Sports Park T Grant 412
File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Olympique 62 – 28 New South Wales colours.svg Gloucestershire All Golds 19 March 2016, 15:30 Stade Ernest-Argelès M Woodhead 1,053
Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 68 – 14 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 19 March 2016, 18:00 Leigh Sports Village C Kendall 2,049
Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 26 – 48 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 19 March 2016, 20:00 Trailfinders Sports Ground S Ansell 294
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham Roughyeds 40 – 6 Kells 20 March 2016, 15:00 Bower Fold J Bloem 385
File:Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 48 – 20 Siddal RLFC 20 March 2016, 15:00 Spotland Stadium W Turley 653
File:Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 20 – 12 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 20 March 2016, 15:00 Bootham Crescent J Roberts 624
Source:[7]

Fifth round

The fifth round draw was made on Tuesday 22 March. This round sees the first entry of Super League clubs when the teams that finished 9th – 12th in the 2015 season are in the draw. The draw was made by Sam Tomkins and Chris Hill (Hill was a late replacement for Sean Long). Ties were played over the weekend of 15–17 April.[8]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 44 – 10 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 15 April 2016, 20:00 Rapid Solicitors Stadium Ben Thaler 2,257
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 30 – 16 File:Yorkcolours.svg York City Knights 15 April 2016, 20;00 Tetley's Stadium Andy Sweet 707
HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 22 – 36 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham Roughyeds 16 April 2016, 14:00 KC Lightstream Stadium Sam Ansell 3,056
File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Olympique 10 – 8 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 16 April 2016 16:00 Stade Ernest-Argelès Chris Kendall 2,133
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 28 – 10 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 16 April 2016 17:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium Gareth Hewer 1,461
File:Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 6 – 62 File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 17 April 2016, 15:00 Spotland Stadium James Child 1,242
Hunsletcolours.svg Hunslet Hawks 14 – 50 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 17 April 2016, 15:00 South Leeds Stadium Chris Campbell 834
Faxcolours.svg Halifax RLFC 80 – 4 Lock Lane 17 April 2016, 15:00 The MBi Shay Jamie Bloem 1,108
Source:[9]

The tie between Batley and Featherstone was shown live on Sky Sports 5.[10]

Sixth round

The draw for the sixth round was made on 21 April 2016 live on BBC Radio 4 Today programme. The teams were drawn by Today presenter John Humphrys and former England and Great Britan international player Martin Offiah.[11] Ties were played over 6–8 May 2016.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 4 – 40 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 6 May 2016, 20:00 Fox's Biscuits Stadium Gareth Hewer 1,249
File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 36 – 22 File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 6 May 2016, 20:00 John Smith's Stadium Ben Thaler 4,979
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 32 – 18 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 7 May 2016, 14:30 Mend-a-Hose Jungle James Child 3,317
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham Roughyeds 10 – 70 File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 7 May 2016, 15:00 Bower Fold Jonathan Roberts 2,394
File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 40 – 22 File:ToulouseRLcolours.PNG Toulouse Olympique 8 May 2016, 14:00 Rapid Solicitors Stadium Chris Kendall 2.539
Ramscolours.svg Dewsbury Rams 4 – 54 File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 8 May 2016, 15:00 Tetley's Stadium Chris Campbell 3,102
Faxcolours.svg Halifax RLFC 18 – 28 File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 8 May 2016, 15:00 The MBi Shay Michael Woodhead 2,032
File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens 18 – 47 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC 8 May 2016, 16:30 Langtree Park Richard Silverwood 7,094
Source:[12]

Sky televised the Batley v Catalans game on Friday 6 May. The BBC broadcast Castleford v Salford on Saturday 7 May and St Helens v Hull on Sunday 8 May.[13]

Quarter finals

The quarter final draw was made after the conclussion of the St Helens vs Hull FC game, live on BBC 2. The home teams were drawn by Linzi Prescott (widows of the late Steve Prescott) and the away teams by Tommy Martyn. Ties will be played over the weekend of 23–25 June.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants – File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats| 23 June 2016, 20:00 Galpharm Stadium
File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves – File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 24 June 2016, 20:00 Halliwell Jones Stadium
Hullcolours.svg Hull FC – Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 25 June 2016, 13:30 KC Stadium
File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors – Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 25 June 2016, 17:30 DW Stadium

All four matches will be live broadcast live. The games at Huddersfield and Hull will be shown on Sky Sports and the other two games by BBC Sport.

Semi finals

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
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References

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Notes

  1. ↑ Attendances for 1st and 2nd rounds are not recorded, the 3rd round attendances are the first that are verified
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