The Challenge Cup is 126 years old and this week the Round Six draw was completed.
The Final is three games away for the 16 clubs involved and it returns to Wembley after a brilliant final between Wigan and Huddersfield Giants at the Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium and it will play home to the 1895 Cup, which is a shot at Wembley for the four Championship clubs involved in today’s draw, as well as the Women’s Challenge Cup Final for the first time.
A historic event and the road to it took a huge step forward this week with the draw.
There is a guaranteed Championship club in the quarter-finals with York and London meeting.
Meanwhile the biggest game of the round is undoubtedly the meeting between Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors who have won 34 Challenge Cups between them.
Meanwhile, after a fiery clash over Easter, Catalans Dragons and Warrington Wolves meet again with a place in the quarter-finals up for grabs.
Championship clubs Batley and Halifax play Hull KR and St Helens respectively so it not easy ties for them against some of the top teams in Super League at present.
Salford Red Devils meet Huddersfield Giants, Castleford Tigers take on Hull FC and Wakefield Trinity host Leigh Leopards in the other all-Super League games.
Here is the draw in full:
Catalans Dragons vs Warrington Wolves
Castleford Tigers vs Hull FC
York RLFC vs London Broncos
Halifax Panthers vs St Helens
Hull KR vs Batley Bulldogs
Wakefield Trinity vs Leigh Leopards
Leeds Rhinos vs Wigan Warriors
Salford Red Devils vs Huddersfield Giants
Now kick-off details have been confirmed for two games.
Leeds Rhinos’ game with Wigan will kick off at 14:30 on Saturday 20th May.
Meanwhile, Castleford vs Hull FC will kick off at 15:00 on Sunday 21st May with very traditional kick-off times.
These details have been confirmed because they will be shown by the BBC.
Meanwhile, two more games will be shown by Viaplay.
