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1970–71 Challenge Cup
The 1970–71 Challenge Cup was the 70th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Leeds and Leigh at Wembley. First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final The final was played on Saturday 15 May 1971, where Leigh beat Leeds 24-7 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 85,514. The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was Leigh's captain-coach, Alex Murphy who was stretchered off after a clash with Leeds player, Syd Hynes. For his part in the "clash", Hynes was sent off, and became the first player to be sent-off in a Challenge Cup final after the headbutt on Leigh's Murphy. This was Leigh's second Cup final win in two final appearances. It was their last appearance in a Challenge Cup final until 2023. References External linksChallenge Cup official websiteat Rugby League Project {{DEFAULTSORT:1970-71 Challenge Cup Challenge Cup Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh RLFC
The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League. The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. Leigh have been Rugby Football League Championship, Rugby League Champions twice, in 1906 and 1982, and have won the Challenge Cup twice, in 1921 and 1971. The club was known simply as Leigh until 1995-96 Rugby Football League season, 1995, when they became known as Leigh Centurions. On 20 October 2022, the club rebranded to its current identity. History 1878–1915: Early history Leigh RFC was founded in 1878 by a surveyor named Fred Ulph. Leigh's first practice match was on 5 October 1878 at Buck's Farm in Pennington, Greater Manchester, Pennington and their first game was against Eccles two weeks later. In 1879, the club moved to a field behind the Three Crowns in Bedford, Greater Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
