The 2008 Challenge Cup (also known as the Carnegie Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th staging of the most prestigious knock-out competition in the world of Rugby league , featuring teams from across Europe, including England, Scotland, Wales, France and Russia. It began in February 2008.
Teams from the National League were given byes to round three, and teams from the Super League entered in round four. Teams from outside the UK were introduced at various stages.
St. Helens successfully defended their title after beating Hull F.C. 28 - 16 in the final.
Round 1
(week ending 3 February, 3 fixtures played Saturday 9 February (indicated with * ), 1 on Saturday 16 February (indicated with ** ))
Tie no
Home team
Score
Away team
1
Askham
12 – 20
West Bowling
2*
Bradford Dudley Hill
72 – 0
Dewsbury Celtic
3
Bramley Buffaloes
24 – 16
Castleford Panthers
4
British Army
34 – 12
Thatto Heath
5
Castleford Lock Lane
18 – 32
Royal Navy
6*
Drighlington
10 – 20
Bank Quay Bulls
7
East Hull
54 – 6
Royal Air Force
8*
Eastmoor
10 – 23
Queens
9
Eccles & Salford
10 – 28
Leigh East
10
Ellenbrough Rangers
17 – 1
Saddleworth Rangers
11
Hull Wyke
18 – 40[1]
York Acorn
12
Ince Rose Bridge
28 – 6 ***
Hunslet Old Boys
13
Leigh Miners Rangers
24 – 18
Halton Simms Cross
14
Mayfield
48 – 4
Crosfields
15
Millom
38 – 0
Milford Marlins
16
Normanton Knights
38 – 8
Edinburgh Eagles
17
Oulton Raiders
48 – 4
Oldham St Annes
18
Seaton Rangers
6 – 38
Featherstone Lions
19
Siddal
62 – 6
Egremont Rangers
20
Skirlaugh
46 – 14
Waterhead
21
St Albans
16 – 42
Hull Dockers
22
St Marys
22 – 30
Warrington Wizards
23
Stanningley
16 – 10
Shaw Cross Sharks
24
Thornhill
20 – 26
Leeds Met
25
Wath Brow Hornets
58 – 4
Heworth
26*
West Hull
48 – 14
Widnes St Maries
27
Wigan St Patricks
44 – 14
Ovenden
*** - Match abandoned after Hunslet Old Boys had 4 players sent off. Hunslet Old Boys were subsequently thrown out of the competition.[2]
Round 2
(weekend of 23 – 24 February)
Russian team Vereya joined in this round. Vereya were runners-up in the Russian Championship to Lokomotiv Moscow . Lokomotiv Moscow joined in the third round.
Tie no
Home team
Score
Away team
1
Bank Quay Bulls
29 – 0
Millom
2
Bramley Buffaloes
16 – 26
Wigan St. Patricks
3
Hull Dockers
14 – 19
Skirlaugh
4
Ince Rose Bridge
25 – 26
British Army
5
Leeds Met Uni
20 – 8
Leigh East
6
Leigh Miners Rangers
64 – 12
Vereya
7
Normanton
18 – 38
East Hull
8
Oulton Raiders
18 – 14
West Hull
9
Royal Navy
6 – 36
Rochdale Mayfield
10
Siddal
6 – 17
Queens
11
Warrington Wizards
26 – 10
Stanningley
12
Wath Brow Hornets
8 – 6
Ellenborough Rangers
13
West Bowling
16 – 34
Featherstone Lions
14
York Acorn
14 – 6
Bradford Dudley Hill
Round 3
(weekend of 8 – 9 March)
The National Leagues teams, together with Lokomotiv Moscow , Pia, Lezignan and Toulouse joined in this round. Super League teams joined in Round 4.
Tie no
Home team
Score
Away team
1
Bank Quay Bulls
6 – 36
Hunslet
2
Batley
42 – 10
East Hull
3
Blackpool
16 – 23
Featherstone Rovers
4
British Army
10 – 56
Oldham
5
Celtic Crusaders
58 – 10
Lokomotiv Moscow
6
Gateshead Thunder
24 – 26
Pia
7
Keighley
14 – 17
Toulouse
8
Leeds Met Uni
16 – 44
Doncaster
9
Leigh
66 – 0
Featherstone Lions
10
Leigh Miners Rangers
14 – 40
Whitehaven
11
London Skolars
20 – 8
Queens
12
Rochdale Mayfield
10 – 30
Barrow
13
Oulton Raiders
24 – 54
Dewsbury
14
Rochdale Hornets
50 – 8
York Acorn
15
Salford
66 – 10
Warrington Wizards
16
Sheffield Eagles
22 – 37
Lezignan
17
Wath Brow Hornets
14 – 40
Swinton
18
Widnes
60 – 18
Skirlaugh
19
Wigan St. Patricks
14 – 50
Workington Town
20
York
12 – 34
Halifax
Round 4
(Weekend of 18 – 20 April)
Super League teams joined in Round 4. From Round 4 onwards, the competition was a straightforward knock-out , with no more teams joining.
All fixtures taken from BBC Sport
Round 5
(weekend of 9 – 12 May)
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Final
UK Broadcasting rights
Selected matches were televised solely by the BBC .
1 Except East and Yorkshire.
2 Except East, Northern Ireland and Yorkshire.
3 Except Yorkshire.
References
External links
The Club Home grounds League World Club Challenge (3) Championships (17) Challenge Cup (13) League Leaders Shield (9) Other honours Seasons Culture Affiliation