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Challenge Cup 2016

langpark

First Grade
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Oldham have beaten Hull KR 36-24 today too! It's all happening! I wonder if there are any more upsets still in store yet.
 

JonB95

Juniors
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Very rarely. Leigh beat two SL teams last year but they have a full time squad, Featherstone beat Castleford in 2012 but I think their squad was also full time or mostly full time, before that you're probably going back to about 2006. The last time a part-time Championship team like Oldham beat a SL club was I think 2003.

Barrow beat Castleford in 2010, I think that was the last major one.
 

adamkungl

Immortal
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Toulouse knocking off the top Championship team is a big result for international RL. Building a lot of momentum for a SL team within 5 years
 

JonB95

Juniors
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That was Feav I thought I remember watching people cramming in at post office Rd, also Leigh got a few SL scalps but this is something else up the Roughyeds

Fev beat Cas in 2012 but Barrow (who I think were completely part time?) also beat them in 2010.

That said, these were teams at the top end of the Championship at the time, I can't remember seeing anything like what Oldham have done. They were in League 1 last season and have been strapped for cash for a long time. And they won comprehensively.
 

roughyedspud

Coach
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To put it into context...our wage bill has been banded about as being around £150,000...id put good money that probably isn't even that much? Our players are on a basic match fee plus a win bonus...


And hull kr are spending the full salary cap of £1.8m
 

langpark

First Grade
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Next round:

Castleford vs Salford

Oldham vs Warrington

Dewsbury vs Wigan

Batley vs Catalans

Halifax vs Widnes

St Helens vs Hull

Wakefield vs Toulouse

Huddersfield vs Leeds


I can't see any non-SL team surviving this round I'm afraid.
 
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