The 1999 Challenge Cup, known as the

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Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 98th staging of the

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, a European

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cup competition. The competition ended with the final on 1 May 1999, which was played at

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, and was the last year the cup final was played there before the stadium was closed for redevelopment. The tournament was won by

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, who beat

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52–16 in the final, and was the club's first major silverware since 1978. The

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was won by

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, who had become the first player to score four tries in a Challenge Cup final.

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

: 1

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4 Brad Godden 5

Francis Cummins Francis Cummins (born 12 October 1976) is the former Head Coach of the Widnes Vikings in the Super League and an English professional rugby league coach and former player. He was the head coach of Super League team the Bradford Bulls from Septe ...

6 Daryl Powell 7 Ryan Sheridan 8

Barrie McDermott Barrie "Baz" McDermott (born 22 July 1972) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1990s and 2000s. A Great Britain international representative , he played his club football at Oldham ( Heritage № 970), t ...

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10 Darren Fleary 11 Adrian Morley 12

Anthony Farrell Anthony Farrell (born 17 January 1969) is an English former professional rugby league footballer. He played at representative level for England, Wales, and at club level for the Huddersfield Giants, Sheffield Eagles, Leeds Rhinos, Widnes Viking ...

13 Marc Glanville 14 Marcus St Hilaire 15

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16 Andy Hay 17 Jamie Mathiou Coach:

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: 1

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2 Rob Smyth 3 John Timu 4 Greg Fleming 5

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6 Karle Hammond 7

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8 Steele Retchless 9

Robbie Beazley Robbie Beazley (born 18 March 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. His position of choice was as a . Background Beazley was born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. While attending Dubbo South High School, Be ...

10 Matt Salter 11 Shane Millard 12

Robbie Simpson Robbie Simpson (born 15 March 1985 in Poole, Dorset) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a forward. Simpson is currently manager at National League South club Chelmsford City. His previous clubs include Cambridge City, ...

13 Peter Gill 14

Mat Toshack Mat Toshack (born 18 February 1973 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, and 2000s. Toshack's position of choice was as a or . Toshack played for the North Sydney B ...

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16 Dean Callaway 17

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Coach: Dan Stains

References

External links

Challenge Cup official website
{{1999 in rugby league Challenge Cup