2016 Challenge Cup

2016 Ladbrokes Challenge Cup

Duration

9 Rounds

Number of teams

Lowest attendance

Oxford vs Lock Lane
(3rd Round)^[1]^{[note 1]}

Broadcast partners

BBC Sport
Sky Sports

Biggest home win

Halifax 80 – 4 Lock Lane
(5th round)

Biggest away win

Pilkington Recs 0–78

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 rugby league tournament for teams in the European Super League, the British National Leagues and a number of invited amateur clubs.

The defending champions are Leeds Rhinos who retained the trophy beating Hull Kingston Rovers 50-0 at Wembley Stadium on 29 August 2015.^[3]

The format of the competition is eight knock-out rounds followed by a final. The first two rounds are comprised 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
Home	Score	Away	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
Home	Score	Away	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
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Siddal RLFC	30 – 4	Newcastle Thunder	27 February 2016, 14:00	Reactiv Park	B Pearson	405
Rochdale Mayfield	14 - 40	Rochdale Hornets	27 February 2016, 14:00	Mayfield Sports Centre	G Hewer	937
Pilkington Recs	13 – 0	London Skolars	27 February 2016, 14:30	Ruskin Drive	L Moore	500 (estimated)
Kells ARLFC	12 – 6	Hemel Stags	27 February 2016, 14:30	Copeland Athletics Club	J Callaghan	250 (estimated)
Featherstone Lions	37 – 20	South Wales Scorpions	27 February 2016, 15:00	Mill Pond Stadium	S Mikalauskas	400 (estimated)
Wath Brow Hornets	14 – 32	Toulouse Olympique	27 February 2016, 15:00	Cleator Moor	D Merrick	400 (estimated)
West Hull	0 – 54	Doncaster	28 February 2016, 14:00	West Hull Community Park	T Crashley	268
North Wales Crusaders	36 – 40	Gloucestershire All Golds	28 February 2016, 14:30	Glyndŵr University Racecourse Stadium	J Bloem	324
Oxford RLFC	22 – 37	Lock Lane	28 February 2016, 14:30	Maidenhead RFC	B Robinson	55
York City Knights	66 – 0	York Acorn	28 February 2016, 15:00	Bootham Crescent	A Sweet	2,293
Hunslet Hawks	46 – 12	Barrow Raiders	28 February 2016, 15:00	South Leeds Stadium	T Grant	354
Keighley Cougars	54 – 28	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
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Hunslet Hawks	48 – 6	Doncaster	18 March 2016, 19:30	South Leeds Stadium	A Sweet	337
Dewsbury Rams	31 – 30	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	Halifax RLFC	19 March 2016, 14:30	Langtree Park	T Crashley	837
Batley Bulldogs	37 – 36	Whitehaven RLFC	19 March 2016, 15:00	Mount Pleasant	J Cobb	457
Sheffield Eagles	32 – 28	Swinton Lions	19 March 2016, 15:30	SHU Sports Park	T Grant	412
Toulouse Olympique	62 – 28	Gloucestershire All Golds	19 March 2016, 15:30	Stade Ernest-Argelès	M Woodhead	1,053
Leigh Centurions	68 – 14	Workington Town	19 March 2016, 18:00	Leigh Sports Village	C Kendall	2,049
London Broncos	26 – 48	Featherstone Rovers	19 March 2016, 20:00	Trailfinders Sports Ground	S Ansell	294
Oldham Roughyeds	40 – 6	Kells	20 March 2016, 15:00	Bower Fold	J Bloem	385
Rochdale Hornets	48 – 20	Siddal RLFC	20 March 2016, 15:00	Spotland Stadium	W Turley	653
York City Knights	20 – 12	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
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	44 – 10	Sheffield Eagles	15 April 2016, 20:00	Rapid Solicitors Stadium	Ben Thaler	2,257
Dewsbury Rams	30 – 16	York City Knights	15 April 2016, 20;00	Tetley's Stadium	Andy Sweet	707
Hull Kingston Rovers	22 – 36	Oldham Roughyeds	16 April 2016, 14:00	KC Lightstream Stadium	Sam Ansell	3,056
Toulouse Olympique	10 – 8	Leigh Centurions	16 April 2016 16:00	Stade Ernest-Argelès	Chris Kendall	2,133
Batley Bulldogs	28 – 10	Featherstone Rovers	16 April 2016 17:00	Fox's Biscuits Stadium	Gareth Hewer	1,461
Rochdale Hornets	6 – 62	Widnes Vikings	17 April 2016, 15:00	Spotland Stadium	James Child	1,242
Hunslet Hawks	14 – 50	Salford Red Devils	17 April 2016, 15:00	South Leeds Stadium	Chris Campbell	834
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 will be drawn by Today presenter John Humphrys and former England and Great Britan international player Martin Offiah.^[11] Ties will be played over 6–8 May 2016.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Batley Bulldogs	–	Catalans Dragons	6 May 2016, 20:00	Fox's Biscuits Stadium
Huddersfield Giants	–	Leeds Rhinos	6 May 2016, 20:00	John Smith's Stadium
Castleford Tigers	–	Salford Red Devils	7 May 2016, 14:30	Mend-a-Hose Jungle
Oldham Roughyeds	–	Warrington Wolves	7 May 2016, 15:00	Bower Fold
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	–	Toulouse Olympique	8 May 2016, 14:00	Rapid Solicitors Stadium
Dewsbury Rams	–	Wigan Warriors	8 May 2016, 15:00	Tetley's Stadium
Halifax RLFC	–	Widnes Vikings	8 May 2016, 15:00	The MBi Shay
St Helens	–	Hull FC	8 May 2016, 16:30	Langtree Park
Source:

Sky will be televising the Batley v Catalans game on Friday 6 May. The BBC will broadcast Castleford v Salford on Saturday 7 May and St Helens v Hull on Sunday 8 May.^[12]

References

1 2 "Ladbrokes Challenge Cup scoreboard". Rugby Leaguer & League Express (3008) (League Publications). 29 February 2016. p. 40.
↑ "Challenge Cup: Ladbrokes replace Tetley's as title sponsor". BBC Sport. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
↑ "Challenge Cup final:Hull KR 0-50 Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
↑ "Ladbrokes Challenge Cup scoreboard". Rugby Leaguer & League Express (3004) (League Publications). 1 February 2016. p. 29.
↑ "Round Two scoreboard". Rugby Leaguer & League Express (3006) (League Publications). 15 February 2016. p. 30.
1 2 "Morley and Wellens to conduct fourth round draw". 28 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
↑ "Scoreboard". Rugby Leaguer & League Express (3011) (League Publications). 21 March 2016. p. 39.
↑ "Challenge Cup: League leaders Widnes draw Rochdale". BBC Sport. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
↑ "Scoreboard". Rugby Leaguer & League Express (3015) (League Publications). 18 April 2016. p. 39.
↑ "Batley v Featherstone to be shown live on Sky". loverugbyleague.com. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
↑ "BBC Radio 4's Today programme to host sixth round draw". rugby-league.com. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
↑ "Televised Challenge Cup games revealed". 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

Notes

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

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