Challenge Cup: When Did It All Begin?
Conner Cummings
2025-06-02 07:57:17
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The first Challenge Cup Final took place in 1897, just a year after rugby league chose to break away and create its own sport. That year, Batley overcame St Helens in a 10-3 victory in front just 10,000 people at Leeds’ Headingley Stadium. From that, the Challenge Cup competition quickly became rugby league’s most prestigious competition, with the tradition still going strong in the modern era.
Harvey Kirlin
2025-05-31 01:26:58
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The first Challenge Cup tournament was first played in 1896-97. 56 clubs competed, with Headingley, Leeds, showcasing the final, between Batley and St Helens, which Batley won 10-3 in front of 13,492 spectators. But, with the demands of both professionalism and competition playing key roles in the inception of the newly formed governing body in 1895, a national Northern Union knockout competition was quickly established.
Sarina Casper
2025-05-18 22:58:21
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Looking back in time since the first ever Challenge Cup Final in 1897, a total of 30 teams have won the showpiece with two of those sides – Broughton Rangers and Bradford FC – no longer existing.
Xander Aufderhar
2025-05-18 22:50:32
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Since it’s inception in 1896, it has become one of the most coveted prizes in British sport, and it has a unique history with Wembley too.
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