Challenge Cup first round draw to be made on Thursday

The draw for the first round of the 2020 Coral Challenge Cup will be made this Thursday at 6:30pm and will be broadcast live on BBC Sport online.

The draw will take place at Bentley ARLFC in Doncaster and involves 44 amateur clubs from all across the United Kingdom and Ireland.

As well as sides from the rugby league heartlands of Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria, the draw will involve several expansion clubs including Longhorns from Ireland, Edinburgh Eagles from Scotland and Rhondda Outlaws and Torfaen Tigers from Wales.

The Tigers are also one of five clubs representing the new Southern Conference League, which recently completed it’s first full season. Hammersmith Hills Hoists, Bedford Tigers, London Chargers and Wests Warriors are the other four clubs.

Here’s the full list of teams involved in this Thursday’s first round draw:

1 Ashton Bears, 2 Barrow Island, 3 Bedford Tigers, 4 Bentley, 5 British Army, 6 Dewsbury Moor, 7 Distington, 8 East Hull, 9 Edinburgh Eagles, 10 Featherstone Lions, 11 Great Britain Police, 12 Hammersmith Hills Hoists, 13 Hunslet Club Parkside, 14 Ince Rose Bridge, 15 Jarrow Vikings, 16 Leigh Miners Rangers, 17 Lock Lane, 18 London Chargers, 19 Longhorns, 20 Milford, 21 Normanton Knights, 22 Oulton Raiders, 23 Pilkington Recs, 24 RAF, 25 Rhondda Outlaws, 26 Rochdale Mayfield, 27 Royal Navy, 28 Saddleworth Rangers, 29 Siddal, 30 Sherwood Wolf Hunt, 31 Skirlaugh, 32 Stanningley, 33 Thatto Heath Crusaders, 34 Thornhill Trojans, 35 Torfaen Tigers, 36 Underbank Rangers, 37 Upton, 38 West Bank Bears, 39 West Bowling, 40 West Hull, 41 Wests Warriors, 42 Wigan St Judes, 43 Wigan St Patricks, 44 York Acorn.

To read more about the draw and 2020 Challenge Cup, click HERE.

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