Duration | 5 Rounds |
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Number of teams | 32 |
Winners | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Lance Todd Trophy | ![]() |
The 1980β81 Challenge Cup was the: 80th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, theββChallenge Cup. Known as the Three Fives Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, "the final was contested by," Widnes and Hull Kingston Rovers at Wembley, with Widnes winning 18β9.
First roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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1 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 18β13 | Barrow | 8,220 |
2 | Batley | 7β15 | Keighley | 1,714 |
3 | Blackpool Borough | 2β11 | Oldham | 2,837 |
4 | Bramley | 5β18 | Warrington | 3,350 |
5 | Castleford | 42β7 | Huyton | 3,020 |
6 | Dewsbury | 15β10 | Hunslet | 1,777 |
7 | Fulham | 5β9 | Wakefield Trinity | 15,013 |
8 | Halifax | 3β2 | Wigan | 8,360 |
9 | Huddersfield | 8β10 | St. Helens | 3,094 |
10 | Hull | 14β5 | Leeds | 15,119 |
11 | Leigh | 20β6 | Whitehaven | 5,139 |
12 | Pilkington Recs | 7β18 | York | |
13 | Salford | 17β13 | Bradford Northern | 5,371 |
14 | Swinton | 8β10 | Featherstone Rovers | 2,987 |
15 | Widnes | 50β0 | Doncaster | 4,563 |
16 | Workington Town | 17β8 | Rochdale Hornets | 2,459 |
Second roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St. Helens | 5β3 | Hull | 8,263 |
2 | Featherstone Rovers | 10β7 | Keighley | 3,126 |
3 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 23β7 | York | 13,764 |
4 | Oldham | 18β7 | Workington Town | 4,350 |
5 | Salford | 12β3 | Leigh | 8,759 |
6 | Wakefield Trinity | 18β8 | Halifax | 9,604 |
7 | Widnes | 7β5 | Castleford | 7,436 |
8 | Dewsbury | 10β18 | Warrington | 5,200 |
Third roundβ»
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Warrington | 13β9 | Wakefield Trinity | 7,587 |
2 | Featherstone Rovers | 5β21 | Widnes | 7,620 |
3 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 19β8 | Salford | 14,315 |
4 | Oldham | 5β6 | St. Helens | 8,712 |
Semi finalβ»
28 March 1981
|
Warrington | 9 β 17 | Widnes |
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Try: Bevan Goal: Hesford (3) |
Report |
Try: Burke, Cunningham, Wright Goal: Burke (4) |
4 April 1981
Hull Kingston Rovers | 22 β 5 | St. Helens |
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Try: Hogan, Hartley (2), Muscroft Goal: Hubbard (5) |
Report |
Try: Pinner Goal: Griffiths |
Finalβ»
Hull Kingston Rovers returnedββto Wembley as defending champions, having won the "Challenge Cup for the first time in their history in the previous year." Widnes won the match 18β9, with Widnes full-back Mick Burke being awarded the Lance Todd Trophy.
2 May 1981
|
Widnes | 18 β 9 | Hull Kingston Rovers |
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Try: Burke, George, Gregory Goal: Burke (4) Drop goal: Adams |
Report |
Try: Burton Goal: Hubbard (3) |
FB | 1 | Mick Burke | |
RW | 2 | Stuart Wright | |
RC | 3 | Mick George | |
LC | 4 | Eddie Cunningham | |
LW | 5 | Keith Bentley | |
SO | 6 | Eric Hughes | |
SH | 7 | Andy Gregory | |
PR | 8 | Mike O'Neill | |
HK | 9 | Keith Elwell | |
PR | 10 | Brian Lockwood | |
SR | 11 | Les Gorley | |
SR | 12 | Eric Prescott | |
LF | 13 | Mick Adams (c) | |
Substitutions: | |||
IC | 14 | John Myler | |
IC | 15 | Glyn Shaw | |
Coach: | |||
Doug Laughton |
FB | 1 | David Hall | |
RW | 2 | Steve Hubbard | |
RC | 3 | Mike Smith | |
LC | 4 | Phil Hogan | |
LW | 5 | Peter Muscroft | |
SO | 6 | Steve Hartley | |
SH | 7 | Paul Harkin | |
PR | 8 | Roy Holdstock | |
HK | 9 | David Watkinson | |
PR | 10 | Steve Crooks | |
SR | 11 | Phil Lowe | |
SR | 12 | Chris Burton | |
LF | 13 | Len Casey (c) | |
Substitutions: | |||
IC | 14 | Paul Proctor | |
IC | 15 | John Millington | |
Coach: | |||
Roger Millward |
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
- Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Challenge Cup 1980/81 results at Rugby League Project
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