The 1994–95 Challenge Cup was the 94th 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 11 ...

's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the

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Challenge Cup (due to sponsorship by

cigarettes), the tournament commenced with the first round in December 1994 and culminated in March 1995's final between

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and

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

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. Wigan won the match 30–10.

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

Quarter-finals

Semi finals

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Final

The 1995

Challenge Cup Final was a replay of the previous season's final between Wigan and Leeds. The match was played at 2:30pm on the dry Saturday afternoon of 29 April 1995 at

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. This was the first Wembley Challenge Cup Final to use in-goal judges.

Notes

References

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Challenge Cup official website

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