2021 Challenge Cup Opening Rounds Draw : Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:11 pm  

2021 Challenge Cup Opening Rounds Draw The draw for the opening two rounds of the 2021 Betfred Challenge Cup took place on Thursday evening.  Under new sponsors, the competition will start with the Championship 1 and Championship clubs as the sides start the shortened journey to Wembley and the Cup Final scheduled for the 17th July. The Cup competition will kick off on the weekend of the 21st/22nd March with eight ties including three clubs from Championship 1 (Barrow, Keighley and West Wales) and the thirteen UK based Championship sides. The twelve Super League clubs will join in for round three which will be played over the weekend of the 11th April. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

2021 Challenge Cup Opening Rounds Draw The draw for the opening two rounds of the 2021 Betfred Challenge Cup took place on Thursday evening.  Under new sponsors, the competition will start with the Championship 1 and Championship clubs as the sides start the shortened journey to Wembley and the Cup Final scheduled for the 17th July. The Cup competition will kick off on the weekend of the 21st/22nd March with eight ties including three clubs from Championship 1 (Barrow, Keighley and West Wales) and the thirteen UK based Championship sides. The twelve Super League clubs will join in for round three which will be played over the weekend of the 11th April. READ MORE ON THIS STORY...

Re: 2021 Challenge Cup Opening Rounds Draw : Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:35 pm  

Wonder how many of us watched it on the BBC Sports website?

Re: 2021 Challenge Cup Opening Rounds Draw : Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:13 pm  

Keighley Cougars @ Ealing
My Nephew once spent a Saturday night in Keighley looking for Cougars in the Pubs & Clubs Apparently he only discovered Dragons
Nowt to do with RL Team names I reckon !!

Re: 2021 Challenge Cup Opening Rounds Draw : Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:24 pm  

Nowt wrong with keighley! He says trying not to giggle too much.

Re: 2021 Challenge Cup Opening Rounds Draw : Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:44 pm  

northernbloke wrote:

Nowt wrong with keighley! He says trying not to giggle too much.

It's been at least 20/25 years since I wentto watch SRD Play Keighley Isn't the Road by the Stadium Very popular with Ladies of the Night? I Remember they weren't very happy when they was a Night match Scared all the Punters away.

Re: 2021 Challenge Cup Opening Rounds Draw : Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:10 am  

Lawkholme lane certainly used to be an interesting road to walk up at certain times.
Not sure now, its an age since i have been back to that bit of w yorks.
Traditional little stadium but bitterly cold at times because of where it sat in the valley.

Town end of lawkholme lane had one of the best and probably cheapest chippies i have ever known.

Re: 2021 Challenge Cup Opening Rounds Draw : Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:24 am  

Now we have had peoples memories of West Yorkshire. What do people think of the game ?
I expect we will roll over and give it up as usual.

Re: 2021 Challenge Cup Opening Rounds Draw : Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:52 am  

Hope not! They need to win it, then go up against York, assuming they turn sheff over. Will tyen give an idea of how pre season training has actually gone and what the squad looks like before the league kicks off

[brian2]

Re: 2021 Challenge Cup Opening Rounds Draw : Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:36 pm  

Agree, we need to win it and start to get momentum and possible exposure if we go forward. Especially as we are moving again, any exposure on TV etc has to be good, and may attract a few people to give it a go when lockdown ends ( I am not being overly optimistic and don’t expect thousands of new followers, but any would be welcome!