The 2014 Challenge Cup (also known as the Tetley's Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th staging of the

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tournament. The defending champions

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were knocked out in the quarter finals 4 - 16 at home to the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed i ...

, who went on to make the final, but lost 10 - 23 to the

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Headi ...

First round

The draw for the first round of the 2014 Challenge Cup was held on 8 January 2014 and broadcast live from the studios of

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by current

Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and were ...

prop forward Chris Green and former player

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. The first round took place on the weekend of 1 and 2 February 2014, although three fixtures did not take place until the following Saturday - 8 February 2014.

Second round

The draw for the second round took place on 6 February 2014 and was drawn by former

player

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and the owner of

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, Marwan Koukash.

Third round

The draw for the third round took place on 24 February 2014 and was made at the University of Gloucestershire's Park Campus in Cheltenham by the university's pro vice-chancellor Maxine Melling and Kevan Blackadder, the editor of the ''

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''. The third-round fixtures were drawn from two pools. Pool A comprised the 14

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teams plus four Championship 1 teams drawn at random. From this pool two teams were drawn and awarded a bye into the fourth round, the two teams drawn were

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and

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. The need to award byes came from the decision by the French teams invited into the competition to withdraw at a late stage. The remaining five Championship 1 sides and the 11 winners of second-round matches formed Pool B. All the third round fixtures comprised a team from Pool A vs a team from Pool B. The team with home advantage was also determined randomly for each fixture.

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round took take place at 3:45 pm on 18 March 2014 from Quay House, MediaCityUK, and was broadcast live on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Leeds and BBC Radio Humberside. The fourth round saw the entry of the 14 First Utility Super League clubs, including holders

, who joined the 16 winners of the third-round ties along with

and

, who received byes in the third round. The home teams were drawn by the Mayor of Wigan, Councillor Billy Rotherham; the away teams by David Barker, representing sponsors Tetley's. The fourth round of the Tetley's Challenge Cup was played over April 3–6.

Fifth round

The fifth round draw took place live on BBC TV after the end of the 4th round match between Huddersfield Giants and St Helens. Home teams were drawn by Alex Murphy and away teams by

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. Fixtures were played over the weekend of 26–27 April 2014. BBC TV broadcast the game between Leeds Rhinos and St Helens on Saturday 26 April.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the Quarter finals was held on Monday 28 April 2014 at 18:30 and televised on the

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. The home teams were drawn by Jason Robinson and the away teams by

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. Ties were played between June 5–8, 2014.

Semifinals

The draw for the semifinals was held on Sunday 8 June 2014 following the Bradford/Warrington game, which was televised on

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. The draw was conducted by

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and Brian Noble. The ties were played on the weekend of 9–10 August 2014. ----

Final

The final of the 2014 Challenge Cup took place on 23 August 2014 at

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with the match kicking off at 15:00 BST. The match was shown live on BBC One. Leeds Rhinos won the game 23–10.

Teams

Castleford Tigers:

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;

Kirk Dixon Kirk Dixon (born 19 July 1984), also known by the nickname of "Dicko", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a or for Hull FC and the Castleford Tigers ( Heritage No. 870) in the Super League. Career Dixon w ...

Jake Webster Jake Ngapera Webster (born 29 October 1983) is a New Zealand international rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Keighley Cougars in Betfred League 1. He previously played as a and er for the Melbourne Storm and Gold Coast Titans i ...

Michael Shenton Michael Shenton (born 22 July 1986), also known by the nickname of "Shenny", is a former English professional rugby league footballer who played as a and was the captain of the Castleford Tigers ( Heritage № 810) in the Super League. An Eng ...

Justin Carney Justin Robert Carney (born 19 June 1988), also known by the nickname of "The Tank on the Flank", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played on the or as a . He played for Canberra Raiders and the Sydney Roosters in ...

; Marc Sneyd,

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; Andy Lynch,

Daryl Clark Daryl Clark (born 10 February 1993) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Warrington Wolves in the Betfred Super League and England at international level. He played for the Castleford Tigers ( Heritage � ...

, Craig Huby, Oliver Holmes,

Weller Hauraki Weller Hauraki (born 18 February 1985) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played as a or and played for the New Zealand Māori at international level. He has played for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL, and Crus ...

, Nathan Massey. Substitutes:

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, Scott Wheeldon,

Jamie Ellis Jamie Ellis (born 4 October 1989) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the York City Knights in the RFL Championship. He has previously played for St Helens ( Heritage № 1179), Leigh, Hull FC, Castlef ...

, Lee Jewitt. Leeds Rhinos:

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;

Tom Briscoe Tom Briscoe (born 19 March 1990) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Leigh Centurions, Leigh Leopards in the Betfred Super League and has played for England national rugby league team, England at interna ...

Kallum Watkins Kallum Paul Watkins (born 12 March 1991) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or forward for the Salford Red Devils in the Betfred Super League and England at international level. He previously played for the Lee ...

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, Ryan Hall;

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;

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Rob Burrow Robert Geoffrey Burrow (born 26 September 1982) is an English former professional rugby league player. An England and Great Britain representative, he spent his entire 16-year professional career with Leeds Rhinos in the Super League, making o ...

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. Substitutes:

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, Ryan Bailey,

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Liam Sutcliffe Liam Sutcliffe (born 25 November 1994) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays in a variety of positions for the Hull FC in the Betfred Super League and England and the England Knights at international level. Sutcliffe has ...

UK Broadcasting rights

The tournament was jointly televised by the

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and

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on the third of their five-year contracts. The BBC screened, live, one match from each of the fourth and fifth rounds, two from the quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final. Sky screened the two quarter-final games not being shown by the BBC.

televised the other two quarter final matches live. The first was

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and

Keighley Cougars The Keighley Cougars are a professional rugby league club from Keighley in West Yorkshire, England who compete in League 1, the third tier of English rugby league. Keighley's home ground, Cougar Park has a capacity of 7,800. History Early y ...

and the second was

and

Leigh Centurions 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 Northern R ...

External links

*
Challenge Cup
official website''

References

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