The Cumbria League Cup is an annual

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

knockout club competition organized by the

Cumbria Rugby Union The Cumbria Rugby Union is the sports governing body, governing body for the sport of rugby union in the county of Cumbria in England. The union is the constituent body of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for Cumbria, and administers and organises ...

. It was first introduced during the 2011-12 season and the inaugural winners were Keswick. It is the second most important cup competition in

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, behind the

Cumbria Cup The Cumbria Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Cumbria Rugby Union. It was first introduced during the 1882-83 season, when it was known as the Cumberland Challenge Cup, and the inaugural winners were Aspat ...

but ahead of the

Cumbria Shield The Cumbria Shield is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Cumbria Rugby Union. It was introduced during the 1888-89 season, when it was known as the Cumberland Challenge Shield, and the inaugural winners were Millom ...

. The Cumbria League Cup is currently open to club sides playing at tier 8 (

Cumbria League Counties 1 Cumbria (formerly Cumbria League and Cumbria 1) is a competitive rugby union league at level 7 of the English rugby union system run by the English Rugby Football Union (RFU) for club sides based in Cumbria.English Rugby Football Uni ...

) of the

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. The present format is a knockout cup with a preliminary round, first round, semi-finals and final to be held at a neutral venue in April-May.

Cumbria League Cup winners

Number of wins

* Keswick (2) * Egremont (1) *

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Silloth Silloth (sometimes known as Silloth-on-Solway) is a port town and civil parish in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. Historically in the county of Cumberland, the town is an example of a Victorian seaside resort in the North of Engl ...

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Cumbria League Cup winners

Number of wins

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