Friday night and a sold out Headingley Carnegie Stadium will host the 2013 Carnegie World Club Challenge match between Leeds Rhinos and Melbourne Storm. To celebrate the occasion Melbourne Storm have a special World Club Challenge jersey which we are pleased to show you here: The World Club challenge sees a strong Storm outfit comprising 11 of the grand final team with … [Read more...]
Carnegie Cup Final – Wolves Three from Four foil Rhinos Charge
Deja-vu for Leeds Rhinos as yet again they lost a final, this time as Warrington Wolves won 35-18 in the 2012 Carnegie Challenge Cup. Rhinos must wonder if they will ever win it again as this was the third year in a row they have lost and brings it to six of their last finals, they have not lifted the trophy in this Century as 1999 was their last win. Within 7 minutes … [Read more...]
Challenge Cup – All Animal Final as Warriors and Giants Felled
What a weekend of Challenge Cup Semi-Finals. First the Leeds Rhinos charge all over the Wigan Warriors winning 39-28 in a pulsating encounter. This was followed by perhaps a more straightforward win for Warrington Wolves as they sent the Huddersfield Giants packing 33-6. This now gives us a final meeting between the Rhinos and Wolves at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 25 August … [Read more...]
Challenge Cup Huddersfield Giants squash London Broncos
What a weekend of Challenge Cup clashes, ending with the Huddersfield Giants squashing any resistance from the London Broncos with a 50-14 win, having led 22-8 at the break. The Giants points came from; Tries: Murphy 2, Eden 2, Patrick, Robinson 2, McGillvary, Ferguson and Goals: Brough 5, Grix 2. Broncos points; Tries: Dixon 2, Wheeldon, Goals: Witt. The first game of … [Read more...]
Leigh into Quarters with Upset over Halifax
Round 5 of the cup and no surprises apart from Leigh beating Halifax by one point 19-18 in extra time having trailed 6-16 at half-time. The rest of the results went to form, though Batley gave Broncos a serious test before going down 16-22. The weekend opened with Wigan at Featherstone, this was not an easy one as the home side helf the lead a couple of times during the … [Read more...]