Challenge Cup 2005
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The 2005 Powergen Rugby League Challenge CupChallenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout cup competition for rugby league clubs organised by the Rugby Football League. Originally it was contested only by British teams but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to take part....
was played by teams from across Europe during the 2005 rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
season.
Results
- 2 April Leeds 26 - Warrington 22
- 2 April Pia 53 - Keighley 26
- 2 April Toulouse 60 - Wath Brow 12
- 3 April Barrow 33 - Sheffield 26
- 3 April Batley 8 - Leigh 25
- 3 April Doncaster 34 - Workington 18
- 3 April Bradford 80 - Featherstone 14
- 3 April Halifax 23 - Castleford 14
- 3 April St Helens 26 - Huddersfield 22
- 3 April London 70 - Hunslet 4
- 3 April York 32 - Oldham 28
- 3 April Salford 30 - Roachdale 24
- 3 April UTC 32 - Hull KR 18
- 3 April Hull 36 - Wakefield 12
- 3 April Widnes 32 - Swinton 18
- 3 April Wigan 42 - Whitehaven 4
- 6 May Leeds 70 - Pia 0
- 6 May St Helens 62 - York 0
- 6 May Wigan 16 - UTC 10
- 7 May Hull 26 - Bradford 24
- 7 May Toulouse 32 - Doncaster 18
- 8 May Widnes 50 - Barrow 8
- 8 May Leigh 40 - Halifax 20
- 24 June Leeds 32 - London 12
- 26 June St Helens 75 - Wigan 0
- 26 June Toulouse 40 - Widnes 24
- 30 July Hull 34 - St Helens 8
- 31 July Leeds 56 - Toulouse 18
Final
Katherine JenkinsKatherine Jenkins
Katherine Jenkins is a Welsh mezzo-soprano. She is a classical-popular crossover singer who performs across a spectrum of operatic arias, popular songs, musical theatre and hymns.-Early life and education:...
performed at the match which was on August 27 at Millennium Stadium
Millennium Stadium
The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital, Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and also frequently stages games of the Wales national football team, but is also host to many other large scale events, such as the Super Special Stage...
, Cardiff and attended by 74,213 spectators. Leeds came to the final 4/1 favourites to win and stamped their authority on the game in the early stages with a penalty try which was converted by Kevin Sinfield
Kevin Sinfield
Kevin Sinfield is an English professional rugby league player. He is the captain of the Leeds Rhinos in Super League. His recognised position is /, although he can cover both /, and . He has represented both England and Great Britain at international level.-Career:Sinfield began his career at...
. Hull fought back with a try from Motu Tony
Motu Tony
Iosefo Motu Tony is a Samoan-New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and previously played for Hull and Whitehaven...
converted by Danny Brough
Danny Brough
Danny Brough is a Dewsbury born English international rugby league footballer.Danny Brough plays for the Huddersfield Giants in Super League. He has also played for the Scotland...
. Hull took the lead for the first time through Gareth Raynor
Gareth Raynor
Gareth Raynor is a rugby league player and former Great Britain international who previously played for the Crusaders and Hull in the Super League. and from his release from prison on 31 December 2010 he will be playing for the Bradford Bulls having signed a 1 year contract.- Early career:Raynor...
's try in the corner after a superb offload by Nathan Blacklock
Nathan Blacklock
Nathan Blacklock is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union player who primarily played as a winger.-Playing career:...
. Brough converted brilliantly to make the score 12-6. Leeds fought back and a try from Danny Ward
Danny Ward
For the footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Town, see Danny Ward Danny Ward is an English professional rugby league footballer for Harlequins RL in Europe's Super League. His usual position is as at Prop-forward...
convert by Sinfield to draw the scores level. A dreadful Marcus Bai
Marcus Bai
Marcus Bai is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. Primarily a winger, he played his final season in 2006 for English Super League team Bradford Bulls. He is the only man to win the World Club Challenge with three different clubs...
error in his own in-goal area as he tried to keep the ball alive gifted Richard Whiting
Richard Whiting (rugby league)
Richard Whiting is an English rugby league footballer who plays for Hull.A former Featherstone Rovers player in the British rugby league National League One, being voted young player of the year, before moving to the European Super League club Hull....
a try for Hull which was converted by Brough. Minutes later Brough added a drop goal to make the score 19 - 12 to Hull. A Mark Calderwood
Mark Calderwood
Mark Calderwood is an English professional rugby league footballer who is currently looking for a new club after being released by Super League club Hull. He plays as a winger....
converted try set up a tense finish with the score at 19 - 18.
It seemed as though Leeds were going to walk away with the spoils as Marcus Bai rectified his earlier error by grabbing a late try which was converted by Sinfield and left the score 24-19 but it wasn't meant to be. The immense noise of the loyal hull fans as Hull-born Paul Cooke broke through the Leeds defense and cleverly put the ball down underneath the posts to make sure Hull got the conversion. The youngster Danny Brough capped off an outstanding performance by converting the try under pressure to make the score 25 - 24 to Hull. In the dying seconds Richard Swain
Richard Swain
Richard Swain is a retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New Zealand international representative Hooker, he played club football in Australia for the Hunter Mariners, Melbourne Storm and Brisbane Broncos and in England for Hull.-Early years:Swain went to Farrer...
charged down a drop goal attempt to keep the scores as they were and hull held on for arguably the best challenge cup final ever. Hull overturned all the odds, beating champions Bradford Bulls and cup holders St Helens along the way.
Scores
- 4-0 penalty try (Calderwood)
- 6-0 Sinfield con
- 6-4 Tony try
- 6-6 Brough con
- 6-10 Raynor try
- 6-12 Brough con
- 10-12 Ward try
- 12-12 Sinfield con
- 12-16 Whiting try
- 12-18 Brough con
- 12-19 Brough drop goal
- 16-19 Calderwood try
- 18-19 Sinfield con
- 22-19 Bai try
- 24-19 Sinfield con
- 24-23 Cooke try
- 24-25 Brough con
Leeds
Coach: Tony Smith- 1. Richie Mathers
- 2. Mark CalderwoodMark CalderwoodMark Calderwood is an English professional rugby league footballer who is currently looking for a new club after being released by Super League club Hull. He plays as a winger....
- 3. Chev WalkerChev WalkerChev Walker is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Bradford Bulls of Super League. He has played both rugby league and rugby union professionally. Since 2007 he has played rugby league for Hull KR. Until 2010 when he signed a 1 year contract with the Bradford Bulls. Usually a ,...
- 4. Keith SeniorKeith SeniorKeith Senior is an English professional rugby league or who most recently played for the Leeds Rhinos in Super League. He has won every honour in the English domestic game. He holds the record for the most Super League appearances & the most Super League tries...
- 5. Marcus BaiMarcus BaiMarcus Bai is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. Primarily a winger, he played his final season in 2006 for English Super League team Bradford Bulls. He is the only man to win the World Club Challenge with three different clubs...
- 6. Kevin SinfieldKevin SinfieldKevin Sinfield is an English professional rugby league player. He is the captain of the Leeds Rhinos in Super League. His recognised position is /, although he can cover both /, and . He has represented both England and Great Britain at international level.-Career:Sinfield began his career at...
- 7. Rob BurrowRob BurrowRob Burrow is an English professional rugby league footballer with the Leeds Rhinos of Super League. He has represented both England and Great Britain as a hooker/half. He has spent his whole career to date at Leeds, having won the Super League championship with them five times...
- 8. Ryan Bailey
- 9. Matt DiskinMatt DiskinMatt Diskin is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Bradford Bulls of Super League. A Great Britain and England international representative hooker, he played ten years with Leeds Rhinos, having won four Super League championships with the club, before moving to the Bulls for the...
- 10. Danny WardDanny WardFor the footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Town, see Danny Ward Danny Ward is an English professional rugby league footballer for Harlequins RL in Europe's Super League. His usual position is as at Prop-forward...
- 11. Ali LauitiitiAli LauitiitiAli Lauitiiti is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer for English club Leeds Rhinos in the European Super League. Both a Samoa and New Zealand international representative forward, he previously played in the National Rugby League for the Warriors...
- 12. Chris McKennaChris McKennaChris McKenna is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Queensland and Australia as well as club sides the Brisbane Broncos, South Queensland Crushers and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. His usual position was second row, though while he played...
- 13. Gareth EllisGareth EllisGareth Ellis is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League . He has represented at international level for Great Britain and England and primarily plays in the back row...
Subs
- 14. Danny McGuireDanny McGuireDanny McGuire is an English professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. His preferred position is at /. He has played his entire career to date with the Rhinos, having come through the club's Academy....
- 15. Andrew DunemannAndrew DunemannAndrew Dunemann is a former coach of the Northern Pride a QRL club and is a former Australian National Rugby League player. He now works as the NYC coach of the Canberra Raiders...
- 16. Willie PochingWillie PochingWillie Poching is a New Zealand professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the current coach of Samoa national team and assistant coach of English Super League club Warrington Wolves...
- 17. Jamie Jones-BuchananJamie Jones-BuchananJamie Jones-Buchanan is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for Leeds of Super League. An England international representative second-rower, he has played his entire professional career to date with Leeds and has won four Super League championships with the club.His Leeds...
Hull
Coach: John KearJohn Kear
John Kear is an English rugby league coach and former rugby league player. Kear is currently the coach of Batley Bulldogs...
- 1. Motu TonyMotu TonyIosefo Motu Tony is a Samoan-New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and previously played for Hull and Whitehaven...
- 2. Nathan BlacklockNathan BlacklockNathan Blacklock is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union player who primarily played as a winger.-Playing career:...
- 3. Kirk YeamanKirk YeamanKirk Yeaman is an English professional rugby league footballer for Hull FC of Super League. An England international representative centre three-quarter back, he also previously played for the Great Britain national rugby league team....
- 4. Richard WhitingRichard WhitingRichard Whiting may refer to:* Richard Whiting , the last Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey before the Dissolution of the Monasteries...
- 5. Gareth RaynorGareth RaynorGareth Raynor is a rugby league player and former Great Britain international who previously played for the Crusaders and Hull in the Super League. and from his release from prison on 31 December 2010 he will be playing for the Bradford Bulls having signed a 1 year contract.- Early career:Raynor...
- 6. Richard HorneRichard HorneRichard Horne is an English-born Scotland international rugby league footballer with the European Super League team, Hull. His preferred position is /....
- 7. Danny BroughDanny BroughDanny Brough is a Dewsbury born English international rugby league footballer.Danny Brough plays for the Huddersfield Giants in Super League. He has also played for the Scotland...
- 8. Ewan DowesEwan DowesEwan Dowes is a rugby league footballer who plays for Hull. Dowes' usual position is .He attended Sedbergh School.Dowes signed for Hull in 2003 and won the 2005 Challenge Cup and played in the 2006 Super League XI Grand Final....
- 9. Richard SwainRichard SwainRichard Swain is a retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New Zealand international representative Hooker, he played club football in Australia for the Hunter Mariners, Melbourne Storm and Brisbane Broncos and in England for Hull.-Early years:Swain went to Farrer...
- 10. Garreth CarvellGarreth CarvellGarreth Carvell is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for Warrington Wolves of Super League. His position is prop-forward...
- 11. Shayne McMenemyShayne McMenemyShayne McMenemy played Rugby League for Western Reds in the Jim Beam Cup.Has played for Western Suburbs Magpies in the NRL. A local junior he played in every grade for the club from 1993-1999...
- 12. Stephen KearneyStephen KearneyStephen Peter Kearney, ONZM is a professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Parramatta Eels in the NRL as well as the New Zealand national team...
- 13. Paul Cooke
Subs
- 14. Paul KingPaul King (rugby league)Paul King is an English rugby league footballer, who at club level has played Hull, and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, playing at , i.e. number 8 or 10.He went to Secondary School at Sydney Smith School in Hull....
- 15. Jamie ThackrayJamie ThackrayJamie Thackray is an English rugby league footballer for the Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship. A former Great Britain international, Thackray has played for several teams over his career. He plays as a ....
- 16. Tommy SaxtonTommy SaxtonTommy Saxton born 3 October 1983 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England is an English rugby league player for the Featherstone Rovers of National League One. He plays as a full-back and can play in the centre's and on the wing....
- 17. Chris ChesterChris Chester (rugby league)Chris Chester is an English retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played in the forwards for the Halifax, Wigan Warriors, Hull F.C...