Wheelchair Challenge Cup
Current season or competition:
2023 Wheelchair Challenge Cup
The women's, men's, and wheelchair Challenge Cup trophies
SportWheelchair rugby league
Instituted2015[1]
Inaugural season2015
Country England
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Winners Catalans Dragons (2023)
Most titles Halifax Panthers (4 titles)
Broadcast partnerBBC Red Button
(final only)
Related competitionRFL Wheelchair Super League

The Wheelchair Challenge Cup is a wheelchair rugby league competition organised by the Rugby Football League.

Finals

List of finals
Year Winning team Score Losing team Venue Ref.
2015 Halifax Panthers unknown [2]
2016 Halifax Panthers 92–48 Leeds Rhinos Huddersfield Sports Centre [3][4]
2017 Halifax Panthers 110–48 Leeds Rhinos [5]
2018 Halifax Panthers 62–18 Dundee Dragons Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford [6]
2019 Leeds Rhinos 74–46 Argonauts English Institute of Sport, Sheffield [7]
2020 Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Leeds Rhinos 60–26 Argonauts English Institute of Sport, Sheffield [8]
2022 Leeds Rhinos 48–34 Catalans Dragons Allam Arena, Hull [9][10]
2023 Catalans Dragons 66–20 Leeds Rhinos English Institute of Sport, Sheffield [11]

Challenge Trophy Finals

The Wheelchair Challenge Trophy is played alongside the Challenge Cup, for teams outside the Super League.

List of finals
Year Winning team Score Losing team Venue Ref.
2018 Hereford Harriers 63–32 North Wales Crusaders Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford
2019 Gravesend Dynamite 75–48 Hull FC English Institute of Sport, Sheffield
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
2023 Gravesend Dynamite 88–8 Sheffield Eagles English Institute of Sport, Sheffield [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wheelchair Rugby League 2015". www.rugby-league.com. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Challenge Cup round up". www.rugby-league.com. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Halifax win 2016 Wheelchair RL Challenge Cup". www.rugby-league.com. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Wheelchair Challenge Cup final set for Huddersfield". www.rugby-league.com. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Brown scores 15 tries as Halifax win Wheelchair Challenge Cup". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Halifax retain Wheelchair Challenge Cup title". www.rugby-league.com. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Hall, Ben (19 August 2019). "Rhinos Wheelchair Rugby League team win Challenge Cup". Leeds Rhinos Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Halliwell's Five Tries Inspire Leeds To Betfred Wheelchair Challenge Cup Triumph". The Sportsman. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  9. ↑ https://www.leedsrhinosfoundation.org/rhinos-slay-dragons-to-win-third-wheelchair-challenge-cup-in-a-row/
  10. ↑ https://www.hull.ac.uk/work-with-us/more/media-centre/news/2022/university-to-host-wheelchair-challenge-cup-final
  11. ↑ https://www.skysports.com/amp/rugby-league/news/12196/12944001/catalans-dragons-66-20-leeds-rhinos-french-side-clinch-wheelchair-challenge-cup-final-victory
  12. ↑ https://www.sheffieldeagles.com/Eagles-News/article/wheelchair-trophy-final-report/
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