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

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

's oldest knockout competition, the

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 ...

. 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 man of the match in the annual Challenge Cup Final. Introduced in 1945–46, the trophy was named in memory of Lance Todd, the New Zealand-born player and administrator, who was kill ...

was St Helens , Geoff Pimblett. 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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