1988–89 Challenge Cup

	1988–89 Challenge Cup The 1989 Challenge Cup was the 88th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, the final was contested by Wigan and St. Helens at Wembley. Wigan won the match 27–0. Preliminary round First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi finals ---- Final This was the first time since 1951 that a team had been held scoreless in a Challenge Cup Final at Wembley. References External linksChallenge Cup official websiteat Rugby League Project {{DEFAULTSORT:1988-89 Challenge Cup Challenge Cup Challenge Cup The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's old ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Wigan Warriors The Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club competes in the Super League, the top tier of the British rugby league system. Formed in 1872, the club is a founding member of the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union following the schism in 1895. The club is currently the most successful club in the history of the sport, having won 163 trophies in total (8 of these were won prior to the formation of the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union). The club has played its home games at the Brick Community Stadium since 1999. Before this time, the club's home was Central Park (Wigan), Central Park and had been since 1902. The club first wore the cherry and white colours it is now synonymous for in 1885 and adopted these colours on a permanent basis in late 1888. The club has won 24 List of British rugby league champions, league titles (17 first division and 7 Super League), 21 Challenge Cups a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Joe Lydon (rugby) Joseph Paul Lydon (born 26 November 1963) is an English former professional rugby league footballer and rugby union coach. He played during the 1980s and 1990s as a , or for Widnes, Wigan and Eastern Suburbs. He also represented Lancashire, and won 30 caps for Great Britain. He has coached representative level rugby union for England under-19's, and England Sevens and was a backs coach for the senior national team between 2004 and 2006. Since 2008, he has been appointed to several player development roles by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). Early life Born in Wigan, Lancashire, England, Lydon attended St John Rigby College. He played both rugby union and rugby league during his childhood. He played junior rugby league for Wigan St Patricks, and played for Wigan schoolboys at Wembley Stadium in the curtain-raiser to the 1975 Challenge Cup final. In rugby union, he was part of the England under-19's squad that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Adrian Shelford Adrian Tremain Shelford (4 January 1964 – 19 September 2003) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for New Zealand, and at club level for Wigan and Wakefield Trinity in the Championship as well as the Newcastle Knights and Manly Sea Eagles in the NSWRL Premiership, as a . Background Shelford was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. Early years Shelford played for Hornby and Canterbury before moving to Wellington to advance his career. He was named the Canterbury Rugby League Player of the Year in 1984. He made the Junior Kiwis in 1982 and 1983.Coffey, John. ''Canterbury XIII'', Christchurch, 1987. In Wellington, Shelford joined the Upper Hutt Tigers. Professional career Shelford moved to England in 1987 with both St Helens R.F.C. and Wigan claiming to have secured his signature. Shelford eventually joined Wigan after it was ruled by the High Court that he had not entered into a binding commitment to pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nicky Kiss Nicky Kiss is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Wigan, as a . Background Kiss is the son of Hungarian parents, who fled to England after the Hungarian Uprising in 1956. Playing career Kiss joined Wigan from junior club Saddleworth Rangers in December 1977. Kiss played in Wigan's 15–4 victory over Leeds in the 1982–83 John Player Special Trophy Final during the 1982–83 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 22 January 1983. Unhappy with Wigan coach Alex Murphy's decision to sign another hooker, Howie Tamati, Kiss requested to be placed on the transfer list in September 1983. He eventually quit the club altogether, but settled his differences with Wigan following Murphy's departure at the beginning of the following season. During the 1984–85 season, Kiss played , and scored a try in Wigan's 18–26 defeat by St Helens in the 1984 Lancashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]