The 2014 Women's Challenge Cup was an English
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 ...
knockout tournament competed for during the summer of 2014. 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 ...
was won by
Thatto Heath St Helens who beat
Bradford Thunderbirds 32–24 in the final. The Challenge Shield was won by
Fetherstone Rovers who beat Stanningley 64–14 in the final. Both finals took place on 3 August 2014 at the
Tetley's Stadium,
Dewsbury
Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder, West Yorkshire, River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, ...
.
Preliminary round
Matches in the preliminary round took place on 27 April and 4 May:
*Cumbria Crusaders 0 – 46 Wigan St Patricks
*
Oulton Raidettes
The Oulton Raidettes Women's Rugby League Club are an women's rugby league football team based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They were founded in 2012 and have affiliations with the Oulton Raiders. they play in the RFL Women's Championship.
Histo ...
20 – 18 Selby Warriors
Round One
The first round took place on 11 May:
*
Bradford Thunderbirds 48 – 6 Stanningley
*Fryston Warriors 70 – 6 Hunslet Hawks
*Normanton Knights 22 – 20
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Post Office Road and currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league.
Featherstone ...
*
Rochdale Hornets
The Rochdale Hornets are a professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, competing in the League 1, the third tier of European rugby league. The Rochdale Hornets are one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs tha ...
8 – 18 Oulton Raidettes
*West Craven Warriors 4 – 76
Army RL
Round Two
The second round took place on 15 June:
*Bradford Thunderbirds 78 – 0 Oulton Raidettes
*Brighouse 8 – 48 Fryston Warriors
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Thatto Heath St Helens 30 – 16 Army RL
*Normanton Knights – ?
Semi Finals
The semi-finals had been completed before 24 July when the venue for the final was confirmed.
Final
The fixture was a repeat of the
2013 Final which had been won by Thatto Heath. The 2014 final took place on 3 August at the
Tetley's Stadium,
Dewsbury
Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder, West Yorkshire, River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, ...
.
[ The score was Thatto Heath St Helens 32–24 Bradford Thunderbirds.
]
Challenge Shield
Shield Round One
The first round took place on 15 June:[
*Rochdale Hornets 0 – 72 Featherstone Rovers
*Selby Warriors 30 – 14 West Craven Warriors
*Stanningley 34 – 16 Leigh Miners Rangers
]
Shield Semi Finals
The semi-finals had been completed before 24 July when the venue for the final was confirmed.[
]
Shield Final
The final took place on 3 August 2014 at the Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury.[ The score was Featherstone Rovers 64–14 Stanningley.]
References
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2014
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2014 in English rugby league
2014 in English women's sport