2016 League 1 Cup

The 2016 League 1 Cup known as the 2016 iPro Sport cup for sponsorship reasons[1] is the second playing of the competition, first played in 2015.

2016 League 1 Cup
Duration4 Rounds
Number of teams16

The competition is for the rugby league clubs in the British League 1 - the third tier of rugby league in Britain. As there are 15 teams in League 1 but French club Toulouse Olympique declined to enter the tournament,[2] two amateur teams were invited into the competition to bring the numbers to 16. In 2016 these clubs were Wath Brow Hornets and Leigh Miners Rangers.

Teams
Team Appearance First appearance Last appearance
Barrow Raiders 2nd 2015 2015
Coventry Bears 2nd 2015 2015
Doncaster 1st 2016 N/A
Gloucestershire All Golds 2nd 2015 2015
Hemel Stags 2nd 2015 2015
Hunslet Hawks 1st 2016 N/A
Keighley Cougars 2nd 2015 2015
Leigh Miners Rangers 1st 2016 N/A
London Skolars 2nd 2015 2015
Newcastle Thunder 2nd 2015 2015
North Wales Crusaders 2nd 2015 2015
Oxford 2nd 2015 2015
Rochdale Hornets 2nd 2015 2015
South Wales Scorpions 2nd 2015 2015
Wath Brow Hornets 1st 2016 N/A
York City Knights 2nd 2015 2015

First round

The first round draw of the 2016 iPro Sport Cup was broadcast live on BBC Radio Newcastle on Thursday November 26 from 6.45pm. Last year’s winners, North Wales Crusaders, joined the other 13 Kingstone Press League 1 clubs and Kingstone Press National Conference League teams Leigh Miners Rangers and Wath Brow Hornets in the bag from which eight ties played over the weekend of February 20–21 will be selected.

The draw was made by former England, Huddersfield Giants, Hull FC and York City Knights player Chris Thorman and BBC Newcastle presenter and former footballer John Anderson . For the first round the teams were split into two pools – Pool A (Northern regions) and Pool B (Midlands and Southern regions).

Pool A
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Wath Brow Hornets 4 – 10 Keighley Cougars 20 February 2016, 14:30 Cleator Moor C Straw 300
Newcastle Thunder 36 – 12 Leigh Miners Rangers 20 February 2016, 18:30 Kingston Park T Crashley 200
Hunslet Hawks 4 – 24 York City Knights 21 February 2016, 15:00 South Leeds Stadium D Merrick 464
Doncaster 35 – 28 North Wales Crusaders 21 February 2016, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium A Sweet 513
Barrow Raiders 4 – 14 Rochdale Hornets 21 February 2016, 15:30 Craven Park S Mikalauskas 659
Source:[3]

Pool B
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
London Skolars 44 – 6 South Wales Scorpions 20 February 2016, 16:00 New River Stadium J Smith 100
Coventry Bears 24 – 48 Gloucestershire All Golds 21 February 2016, 14:00 Butts Park Arena T Grant 146
Oxford Rugby League 34 – 12 Hemel Stags 21 February 2016, 14:30 Maidenhead RFC G Hewer 155
Source:[3]

Second round

The second round draw took place on Sunday February 21 live on BBC Radio Leeds. Home teams were drawn by former Great Britain and Leeds Rhinos player Francis Cummins; the away teams by BBC Radio Leeds presenter James Deighton.[4]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Doncaster 12 – 24 London Skolars 3 April 2016, 15:00 Keepmoat Stadium J Roberts 367
Keighley Cougars 54 – 14 Oxford Rugby League 3 April 2016, 15:00 Cougar Park C Straw 402
Rochdale Hornets 16 – 40 York City Knights 3 April 2016, 15:00 Spotland Stadium A Sweet 451
Gloucestershire All Golds 36 – 28 Newcastle Thunder 3 April 2016, 15:00 Prince of Wales Stadium S Mikalauskas 102
Source:[5]

Semi finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made on 3 April 2016.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
London Skolars 22 – 31 Keighley Cougars 30 April 2016, 14:30 New River Stadium Tom Grant 436
York City Knights 58 – 14 Gloucestershire All Golds 1 May 2016, 15:00 Bootham Crescent Scott Mikalauskas 469
Source:[6]

Final
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Attendance
Keighley Cougars 22 – 18 York City Knights 28 May 2016, 12:00 Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Scott Mikalauskas
Source:

References
  1. "The iPro Sport Cup". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. "2016 League One fixtures revealed". 18 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. "Scoreboard". Rugby Leaguer & League Express (3007). League Publications. 22 February 2016. p. 35.
  4. "iPro Sport Cup second round draw". 21 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  5. "Scoreboard". Rugby Leaguer & League Express (3013). League Publications. 4 April 2016. p. 40.
  6. "iPro Sport Cup: Semi-finals". Rugby Leaguer & League Express (3017). League Publications. 2 May 2016. p. 25.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.