Current season or competition: 2024 Wheelchair Challenge Cup | |
 | |
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby league |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 2015[1] |
| Inaugural season | 2015 |
| Country |  England France Scotland Wales |
| Winners |  Catalans Dragons (2023) |
| Most titles |  Halifax Panthers (4 titles) |
| Broadcast partner | BBC Red Button (final only) |
| Related competition | RFL Wheelchair Super League |
The Wheelchair Challenge Cup is a wheelchair rugby league competition organised by the Rugby Football League. In 2024, the format of the competition changed to a knockout tournament.[2] It had previously been played with a round-robin format from which the top two teams advanced to the final in 2021 and 2023, and the top four teams advanced to semi-finals in 2022.[3][4][5]
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Finals
| Year | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Halifax Panthers
|
?–? | Mersey Storm | unknown | [6][7] |
| 2016 | Halifax Panthers
|
92–48 |  Leeds Rhinos
|
Huddersfield Sports Centre | [8][9] |
| 2017 | Halifax Panthers
|
110–48 | Leeds Rhinos
|
[10] | |
| 2018 | Halifax Panthers
|
62–18 | Dundee Dragons | Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford | [11] |
| 2019 | Leeds Rhinos
|
74–46 | Argonauts | English Institute of Sport, Sheffield | [12] |
| 2020 | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Leeds Rhinos
|
60–26 | Argonauts | English Institute of Sport, Sheffield | [13] |
| 2022 | Leeds Rhinos
|
48–34 | Catalans Dragons
|
Allam Arena, Hull | [14][15] |
| 2023 | Catalans Dragons
|
66–20 | Leeds Rhinos
|
English Institute of Sport, Sheffield | [16] |
Results by club
| Team | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| Halifax Panthers
|
4 | 0 |
| Leeds Rhinos
|
3 | 3 |
| Catalans Dragons
|
1 | 1 |
| Argonauts | 0 | 2 |
| Dundee Dragons | 0 | 1 |
| Mersey Storm | 0 | 1 |
Challenge Trophy
In 2018, the Rugby Football League introduced a Plate competition as part of the Challenge Cup.[17] It was planned to continue in 2019,[18] but was instead replaced by the inaugural Wheelchair Challenge Trophy.[19] The Challenge Trophy is played alongside the Challenge Cup, for teams outside the Super League. This was originally played as a separate competition,[20] but in 2024 it was announced that the two finalists would qualify to take part in the Challenge Cup.[2]
| Year | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Hereford Harriers | 63–32 |  North Wales Crusaders
|
Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford | [11] |
| 2019 | Gravesend Dynamite | 75–48 |  Hull FC
|
English Institute of Sport, Sheffield | [21] |
| 2020 | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Gravesend Dynamite | 19–12 |  Warrington Wolves
|
Warrington | |
| 2022 | Gravesend Dynamite | 82–40 | Mersey Storm | Allam Arena, Hull | [22] |
| 2023 | Gravesend Dynamite | 88–8 |  Sheffield Eagles
|
English Institute of Sport, Sheffield | [23] |
See also
References
- ^ "Wheelchair Rugby League 2015". www.rugby-league.com. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Format and fixtures revealed for Betfred Wheelchair Challenge Cup". www.rugby-league.com. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Leeds Rhinos and Argonauts to meet in Wheelchair Challenge Cup Final". www.rugby-league.com. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Leeds Rhinos to face Catalans Dragons in 2022 Betfred Wheelchair Challenge Cup Final". www.rugby-league.com. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Wheelchair Challenge Cup takes centre stage as Rugby League Inclusion Festival heads to Hull". www.rugby-league.com. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Challenge Cup round up". www.rugby-league.com. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Season Review". Spider-Y. Archived from the original on 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Halifax win 2016 Wheelchair RL Challenge Cup". www.rugby-league.com. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Wheelchair Challenge Cup final set for Huddersfield". www.rugby-league.com. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Brown scores 15 tries as Halifax win Wheelchair Challenge Cup". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Halifax retain Wheelchair Challenge Cup title". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ Hall, Ben (19 August 2019). "Rhinos Wheelchair Rugby League team win Challenge Cup". Leeds Rhinos Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Halliwell's Five Tries Inspire Leeds To Betfred Wheelchair Challenge Cup Triumph". The Sportsman. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ Hall, Ben (June 26, 2022). "Rhinos slay Dragons to win third Wheelchair Challenge Cup in a row".
- ^ "University to host Wheelchair Challenge Cup Final". www.hull.ac.uk. June 24, 2022.
- ^ "Catalans Dragons 66-20 Leeds Rhinos: French side clinch Wheelchair Challenge Cup final victory". Sky Sports.
- ^ "Wheelchair RL boasts growth for 2018". www.rugby-league.com. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Give Wheelchair Rugby League a try at the 2019 Season Launch this weekend". www.rugby-league.com. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Hull FC Wheelchair Rugby League". Hull F.C. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Leeds to face Catalans in 2023 Betfred Wheelchair Challenge Cup Final". www.rugby-league.com. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Wheelchair Challenge Cup triumph for Leeds Rhinos". www.rugby-league.com. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Rugby League Challenge Trophy success leaves Gravesend Dynamite on a roll as they prepare for 10th season of wheelchair rugby action". Kent Online. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Ltd, Go Media. "Wheelchair Trophy Final Report". Sheffield Eagles.
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