The 2006 Powergen Challenge Cup thread

[Evil Homer]

This thread will cover Challenge Cup results from the Preliminary Round right through to the final.I'll post fixtures when the relevant draw has been made.

Preliminary Round

Bank Quay 32-6 Elland
Barrow Island 44-10 Huddersfield Sharks
Castleford Panthers 40-20 St Mary's University
Clayton 20-16 Leeds Metropolitan University
Bransholme walkover v Royal Scots Steelers
Crossfields 20-8 Queens
Drighlington 20-44 Kells
Egremont 14-32 Ovenden
Heworth 18-24 Stanley Rangers
Millom 18-22 Widnes St Maries
Normanton Knights 30-4 Embassy
Saddleworth Rangers 28-22 Sharlston(aet)
Seaton Rangers 30-6 Waterhead
Stanningley 2-24 Simms Cross
Upton 12-30 Blackbrook
Illingworth 24-25 Gloucestershire Warriors

Round 1

Barrow Island 32-18 Stanley Rangers
Bradford Dudley Hill 42-12 Gateshead
Bramley 30-12 Thatto Heath
Clayton 24-32 Warrington Wizards
Crosfields 20-28 Oulton Raiders
East Hull 46-0 Castleford Lock Lane
East Leeds 28-12 Milford Marlins
Eccles & Salford 10-12 Hunslet Warriors
Gloucestershire Warriors 20-36 Blackbrook
Leigh East 86-10 Askam
Leigh MR 76-0 Bransholme
Ovenden 31-28 Bank Quay
Royal Navy 16-38 Wigan St Patricks
RAF 13-42 Siddal
Saddleworth Rangers 33-32 Hull Dockers
Seaton Rangers 34-4 Rochdale Mayfield
Shaw Cross Sharks 32-22 Oldham St Annes
Skirlaugh 12-8 Normanton Knights
The Army 38-18 West Hull
Thornhill 30-12 Eastmoor Dragons
West Bowling 15-14 Halton Simms Cross
Widnes St Maries 40-12 St Albans
Wigan St Judes 12-33 Kells
York Acorn 29-22 Ince Rose Bridge

Round 2

Barrow Island 18-28 Kells
Bramley Buffaloes 22-28 Shaw Cross Sharks
East Hull 10-8 Wigan St Patricks
East Leeds 22-46 Widnes St Maries
Hunslet Warriors 30-18 Siddal
Leigh East 14-32 Thornhill
Leigh MR 38-26 Oulton Raiders
Ovenden 38-24 Blackbrook
Skirlaugh 25-12 Wath Brow
The Army 14-20 West Bowling
Walney Central 0-28 Saddleworth
Warrington Wizards 20-22 Bradford Dudley Hill
York Acorn 35-16 Seaton Rangers

Round 3

Kells 6-26 Halifax
Ovenden 10-50 York City Knights
West Bowling 0-34 Keighley Cougars
Widnes St Maries 14-30 Barrow
Swinton 42-18 Sheffield
Batley 24-10 Limoux
Blackpool 10-18 Toulouse
Celtic Crusaders 64-4 Locamotiv Moscow
Dewsbury 68-0 Bradford Dudley Hill
Doncaster 34-18 Shaw Cross Sharks
East Hul 2-20 Hunslet Hawks
Hull KR 62-1 York Acorn
Hunslet Warriors 0-38 Widnes Vikings
Leigh Centurions 80-0 Strela Kazan
Oldham 34-10 Saddleworth
Skirlaugh 14-36 Featherstone Rovers
London Skolars 20-10 Gateshead Thunder
Thornhill Trojans 16-12 Workington
Whitehaven 72-0 Pia Donkeys
Leigh MR 6-34 Rochdale

Round 4

St Helens 56-6 Doncaster
Rochdale 32-8 Celtic Crusaders
Catalan Dragons 66-0 Thornhill Trojans
Bradford Bulls 23-12 Hull FC
Widnes Vikings 14-4 Castleford Tigers
Warrington Wolves 52-0 London Skolars
Wakefield 22-32 Wigan Warriors
Swinton 18-20 York City Knights
Salford City Reds 32-4 Dewsbury
Leigh Centurions 12-36 Leeds Rhinos
Hunslet 0-22 Hull KR
Harlequins RL 46-6 Toulouse
Halifax 8-40 Huddersfield Giants
Featherstone Rovers 44-10 Keighley Cougars
Batley Bulldogs 16-28 Whitehaven
Barrow 40-8 Oldham

Round 5

Salford16-4 Wigan
Huddersfield Giants 38-4 York City Knights
Widnes Vikings 16-34 Catalans Dragons
Leeds Rhinos 66-0 Rochdale
Hull KR 44-12 Featherstone
Harlequins RL 82-8 Barrow
Warrington Wolves 46-2 Whitehaven
St Helens 42-18 Bradford Bulls

Quarter Finals

Huddersfield Giants 44-14 Salford
St Helens 56-10 Catalans Dragons
Leeds Rhinos 32-18 Harlequins RL
Hull KR 40-36 Warrington Wolves

Semi Finals

St Helens 50-0 Hull KR
Leeds Rhinos 12-30 Huddersfield Giants

Cup Final

St Helens 42 - Huddersfield Giants 12 at Twickenham,August 26th.


Amatuer Sides are shown in italics.Teams not located in England are shown in underline.National League 1 and 2 teams are shown in plain text.Super League teams are shown in bold.

The Army,Navy and RAF sides,5 NL3 sides and leading Conference Sides joined at Round 1.Wath Brow and Walney joined at round 2.Semi-pro sides from NL1 and NL2 as well as 3 French and 2 Russian sides joined at Round 3.Super League sides joined at Round 4.

 

[bartman]

Good stuff EH.

Was it the Huddersfield Sharks that Keith Senior coaches? I guess with that result he won't be distracted when his Leeds season starts then.

 

[JasonE]

Saddleworth beating Sharlston must go down as a huge upset as well.

 

[Evil Homer]

Gloucestershire beating Illingworth was the best result IMO.Good to see a club from another part of the country beating an established heartland club.

Yeah,it is Huddersfield Sharks that Senior coaches.

 

[terracesider]

Hudds Sharks had ten first teamers out.

 

[Mr_Ugly]

Royal Scots a forfeit ... off in Iraq apparently (http://www.sportnetwork.net/boards/read/s347.php?f=600&i=789&t=789&sid=347).

 

[Mulch]

Bloody St Mary's University. How could they lose to Castleford Panthers?
Castleford Panthers 40-20 St Mary's University

 

[Mr_Ugly]

If the Royal Scots, as winners of the Scottish League, couldn't field a team, then shouldn't their spot have been offered to to Fife as the runners up?


Match reports:
:

http://www.lasttackle.co.uk/news/up_for_the_cup_pr.htm

http://www.leaguenews.co.uk/news.asp?NewsId=1518

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...up/4591618.stm

 

[Mr_Ugly]

Draw for the first round proper:

The first round games will be played on the weekend of the 4th Feb 2006
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Round 1

Thornhill Trojans v Eastmoor Dragons

West Bowling v Halton Simms Cross

Bramley Buffaloes v Thatto Heath

Clayton v Warrington Wizards

Royal Navy v Wigan St Patricks

Eccles & Salford v Hunslet Warriors

Leigh East v Askam

Shaw Cross Sharks v Oldham St Annes

Skirlaugh v Normanton Knights

East Leeds v Milford Marlins

Ovenden v Bank Quay Bulls

Bradford Dudley Hill v Gateshead Storm

York Acorn v Ince Rose Bridge

Royal Air Force v Siddal

Wigan St Judes v Kells

Walney Central v Ideal Isberg

East Hull v Lock Lane

Leigh Miners v Bransholme

Gloucestershire Warriors v Blackbrook

Seaton Rangers v Rochdale Mayfield

Barrow Island v Stanley Rangers

Crosfields v Oulton Raiders

Wath Brow Hornets v Castleford Panthers

Saddleworth Rangers v Hull Dockers

Widnes St Maries v St Albans Centurions

The Army v West Hull
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[natbradfordbulls1985]

GO Bradford Dudley Hill !!!!!

 

[brendothejet]

Go east leeds - My coach used to play for them.

f**k he has some funny stories from the road trips in the National Leagues/Challenge Cup etc

 

[roughyed8]

It's been announced today that this will be the last year of sponsorship by Powergen , The companies parent company E.ON Energy have decided to concentrate thier sponsorship on soccer they announced last week that they were to be sponsors of the FA Cup from next year, its a shame because powergen were very good sponsors not just of the Challenge cup but also the champion schools competition that culminated with a finals festival on Challenge Cup weekend, they have also withdrawn from sponsoring the union knock out cup.

 

[coldhardbitch]

Results and Draw for Round 3

Round 2 Results

Barrow Island 18 Kells 28
East Hull 10 Wigan St Patricks 8
East Leeds 22 Widnes St Maries 46
Hunslet Warriors 30 Siddal 18
Leigh East 14 Thornhill 32
Leigh MR 38 Oulton Raiders 26
Ovenden 38 Blackbrook 24
Skirlaugh 25 Wath Brow 12
The Army 14 West Bowling 20
Walney Central 0 Saddleworth 28
Warrington Wizards 20 Bradford Dudley Hill 22
York Acorn 35 Seaton Rangers 16
Bramley Buffaloes 22 Shaw Cross Sharks 28

Round 3 Draw
East Hull v Hunslet
Blackpool v Toulouse
Swinton v Sheffield
Widnes St Maries v Barrow
Leigh v Strela Kazan
Thornhill v Workington
Batley v Limoux
Hull KR v York Acorn
Skirlaugh v Featherstone
Doncaster v Shaw Cross Sharks
West Bowling v Keighley
Ovenden v York
Kells v Halifax
London Skolars v Gateshead
Oldham v Saddleworth
Celtic Crusaders v Locomotiv Moscow
Leigh Miners v Rochdale
Dewsbury v Bradford Dudley Hill
Whitehaven v Pia
Hunslet Warriors v Widnes.

 

[bartman]

Round Three this weekend!

I Hull KR put 30 points on York and they're in the same division, I hate to think how many they're going to put past amateur York Acorn...

 

[terracesider]

Widnes have an interesting game. After 4 years of discipline problems Hunslet Warriors have been booted out of the Conference at the end of the season. I think the appeals being heard tonight

On the face of it there's not much likelihood of upsets at this stage but the top 3 in the conference premier division - Thornhill, Leigh Miners and East Hull - are all at home. I've seen sides struggle to get going after the long hard journey to Cumbria so Halifax had better be awake against a side with a great cup tradition.

 

[roughyed8]

Thursday night result:
Leigh miners 6 Rochdale Hornets 34
Friday night result:
Whitehaven 72 Pia 0 long trip to the far northwest for the French side just to get a hammering!

 

[terracesider]

This afternoon: Thornhill 16 Workington 12.

 

[bamber]

fourth round draw.

Featherstone v West Bowling or Keighley
Catalan v Thornhill
Swinton or Sheff v York or Ovendon
Hunslet v Hull KR
Batley v Whitehaven
Widnes v Castlford
Saints v Doncaster
Warrington v London Skolors
Harlequins v Toulouse
Widnes t or Barrow v Oldham
Rochdale v Celtic Crusaders
Kells or Fax v Huddersfield
Wakefield v Wigan
Bradford v Hull FC
Leigh v Leeds
Salford v Dewsbury

 

[terracesider]

From the BBC: rearranged 3rd round games:

Tuesday 14 March: Swinton Lions v Sheffield Eagles (1930GMT, subject to 1400GMT pitch inspection)

Wednesday 15 March: Kells v Halifax (at Whitehaven, 1930GMT) Ovenden v York City Knights (at The Shay, 2000 GMT) West Bowling v Keighley Cougars (At Odsal, 1945 GMT) Widnes St Maries v Barrow Raiders (At Craven Park, Barrow, 1930 GMT)

 

[terracesider]

Swinton 42 v 18 Sheffield.

Some of the gates given on Sporting Life are disappointing.

Blackpool 176
Swinton 230
London 280
and 8 others in three figures.