Re: 1895 Cup : Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:36 am  

Our game against Newcastle Thunder is now going to be played at Featherstone https://www.thunderrugby.co.uk/article/ ... herstone--

Our game against Newcastle Thunder is now going to be played at Featherstone https://www.thunderrugby.co.uk/article/ ... herstone--

Re: 1895 Cup : Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:23 am  

Details of the draw for the quarter finals, making it on BBC radio Cumbria seems an odd choice to me https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/18 ... tage-games

Details of the draw for the quarter finals, making it on BBC radio Cumbria seems an odd choice to me https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/18 ... tage-games

Re: 1895 Cup : Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:58 pm  

Newcastle lost 88-12 today vs Sheffield..

It’s going to be interesting next week… fair play to Newcastle players though.

Re: 1895 Cup : Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:32 am  

PopTart wrote:

You can't do both. If you make the semis of the challenge cup you drop out of the 1895 cup automatically.

So better to beat Cas in the early rounds but then bow out gracefully to Warrington in the quarters.

I would love to see us in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley but, with the new IMG grading points, it's a no brainer to throw everything at the 1895 cup, which is a bit sad really (this applies to all lower league clubs. The "rules" effectively mean that the Challenge Cup is never going to be won by a side from the lower leagues.

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Re: 1895 Cup : Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:50 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

I would love to see us in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley but, with the new IMG grading points, it's a no brainer to throw everything at the 1895 cup, which is a bit sad really (this applies to all lower league clubs. The "rules" effectively mean that the Challenge Cup is never going to be won by a side from the lower leagues.

To the best of my knowledge it has never been won by a team from the lower leagues.
But the 1895 allows a team from the lower leagues to play at Wembley.

Re: 1895 Cup : Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:58 am  

PopTart wrote:

To the best of my knowledge it has never been won by a team from the lower leagues.

There's always a first time!

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Re: 1895 Cup : Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:27 pm  

WT_Midlander wrote:

There's always a first time!

Possibly so, but if they do or not has nothing to do with the 1895 Cup.

Re: 1895 Cup : Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:26 pm  

https://wakefieldtrinity.com/powell-nam ... w-raiders/

https://wakefieldtrinity.com/powell-nam ... w-raiders/

Re: 1895 Cup : Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:33 am  

PopTart wrote:

To the best of my knowledge it has never been won by a team from the lower leagues.
But the 1895 allows a team from the lower leagues to play at Wembley.

That's unbelievable.
It would be great to become the first club in history to win the Challenge Cup from The Championship but, sadly, it's not worth the gamble.
However highly the odds are stacked against the lower leagues, it's a pity that there isnt provision for any club that could make it to both finals, even if winning the Challenge Cup from the Championship is "impossible".
It doesn't help these days when the SL clubs are "protected" by coming into the cup so late.
Surely this takes away the "romance" of the comp ?

Re: 1895 Cup : Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:45 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

That's unbelievable.
It would be great to become the first club in history to win the Challenge Cup from The Championship but, sadly, it's not worth the gamble.
However highly the odds are stacked against the lower leagues, it's a pity that there isnt provision for any club that could make it to both finals, even if winning the Challenge Cup from the Championship is "impossible".
It doesn't help these days when the SL clubs are "protected" by coming into the cup so late.
Surely this takes away the "romance" of the comp ?

The final 4 lower league clubs will join the 12 super league clubs shortly. With an exceptionally fortunate draw that could see 2 lower league clubs advance to the last 8 then another similar piece of luck put 1 in the last 4. Last thing we want is missing out on 1895 final by joining Saints, Wigan and Catalans in the CC Semis.