The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, usually called the Challenge Cup, is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League and held annually since 1896. It is described as the world's oldest cup competition in either code of rugby. The competition is open to all eligible clubs down to Tier 5, with some amateur clubs having to qualify for Round One while others can apply through the Rugby Football League to enter, and a Women's Challenge Cup and a Wheelchair Challenge Cup have been held since 2012 and 2015. The final is traditionally played at Wembley Stadium, and the hymn Abide with Me, sung before the game, has become a rugby league anthem. Wigan Warriors are the most successful club in its history with a record 22 wins.
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Source Bobbie Goulding (Wikipedia)
Source Chris Joynt (Wikipedia)
Source Clive Sullivan (Wikipedia)
Source Garreth Carvell (Wikipedia)
Source Garry Schofield (Wikipedia)
Source Gene Miles (Wikipedia)
Source Jamie Jones-Buchanan (Wikipedia)
Source Keiron Cunningham (Wikipedia)
Source Kris Radlinski (Wikipedia)
Source Paul Sculthorpe (Wikipedia)
Source Roger Millward (Wikipedia)
Source Ryan Hall (Wikipedia)
Source Sam Tomkins (Wikipedia)
Source Shaun Edwards (Wikipedia)
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held annually since 1896
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held annually since 1896
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knockout rugby league cup competition
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knockout rugby league cup competition
View the SourceGarreth Carvell (Wikipedia)
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Carvell played for Warrington in the 2009 Challenge Cup final victory over Huddersfield
Clive Sullivan (Wikipedia)
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winning Challenge Cup medals with both clubs
Gene Miles (Wikipedia)
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Miles played 29 matches for Wigan as they won a treble of Championship, Challenge Cup and Premiership
Paul Sculthorpe (Wikipedia)
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led the team to victory over Wigan in the 2004 Challenge Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Keiron Cunningham (Wikipedia)
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Cunningham played for St Helens at hooker in the 1996 Challenge Cup Final
Kris Radlinski (Wikipedia)
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In the 2002 Challenge Cup Final at Murrayfield Stadium Radlinski won the Lance Todd Trophy for man of the match
Ryan Hall (Wikipedia)
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He played in the 2014 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Castleford Tigers
Jamie Jones-Buchanan (Wikipedia)
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one Challenge Cup Final with the club
Chris Joynt (Wikipedia)
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Joynt played for St Helens at second-row in their 1996 Challenge Cup Final victory over Bradford Bulls.
Bobbie Goulding (Wikipedia)
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Goulding captained St Helens at scrum-half in the 1996 Challenge Cup Final
Roger Millward (Wikipedia)
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in the 1980 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on 30 May 1980
Garry Schofield (Wikipedia)
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defeat by Wigan in the 1985 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium
Sam Tomkins (Wikipedia)
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as well as two Challenge Cup finals in 2011 and 2013
Shaun Edwards (Wikipedia)
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In total he played in eleven Challenge Cup finals, also a record.
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