The 1975–76 Challenge Cup was the 75th staging of

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

's oldest knockout competition, the

Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...

. The final was contested by St Helens and

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. St Helens beat

20–5 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 89,982. The winner of the

Lance Todd Trophy The Lance Todd Trophy is a trophy in rugby league, awarded to the annual Challenge Cup Final's man of the match. Introduced in 1945–46, the trophy was named in memory of Lance Todd, the New Zealand-born player and administrator, who was killed in ...

was St Helens ,

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. This was St Helens’ fifth Cup final win in eight Final appearances.

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links

Challenge Cup official website

at Rugby League Project
1976 Challenge Cup final at saints.org.uk
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