The 1979–80 Challenge Cup, for sponsorship reasons known as the 1979–80
State Express Challenge Cup was the 79th 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 the first
Hull Cup final derby, with a heavy entourage of supporters from the East and West of the city making the trip to London. Hull Kingston Rovers defeated Hull 10–5 at Wembley before a crowd of 95,000.
The winner of the
Lance Todd Trophy was Rovers' prop,
Brian Lockwood, despite Rovers' Steve Hubbard's scoring 9 out of his side's 10 points.
This was Hull Kingston Rovers' first Cup final Win.
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links
Challenge Cup official websiteat Rugby League Project
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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 ...