2002 Challenge Cup

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|title = 2002 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup

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|duration = 8 Rounds

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|season_champs = {{leagueicon|wigan|16px}} Wigan Warriors

|season_champ_name = Winners

|second_place = {{leagueicon|st helens|16px}} St. Helens

|MVP = {{leagueicon|wigan|16px}} Kris Radlinski

|MVP_link = Lance Todd Trophy

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|prevseason_link = 2001 Challenge Cup

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|nextseason_link = 2003 Challenge Cup

|nextseason_year = 2003

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The 2002 Challenge Cup was the 101st staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup for sponsorship reason, the final was contested by Wigan Warriors and St. Helens at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. Wigan won the match 21–12.

First round

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01 Dec	Castleford Panthers	Normanton	11-22
01 Dec	Charleston	Wigan St Judes	24-28
01 Dec	Cork	Dewsbury Celtic	18-35
01 Dec	Crosfields	Oulton	10-15
01 Dec	East Leeds	Thornhill	10-22
01 Dec	Eccles	Waterhead	20-10
01 Dec	Edinburgh	Leigh East	10-68
01 Dec	Elland	Shaw Cross	8-6
01 Dec	Hull Dockers	Wath Brow Hornets	15-25
01 Dec	Hunslet Warriors	Sheffield Hills	24-10
01 Dec	Ideal Isberg	Heworth	8-19
01 Dec	Keighley Albion	Eastmoor	10-44
01 Dec	Leeds Met University	Ellenborough	14-32
01 Dec	Milford	Walney	20-4
01 Dec	Millom	Ovenden	12-8
01 Dec	Oldham St Annes	Cott. Phoenix	44-12
01 Dec	RL Lionhearts	Featherstone Lions	10-16
01 Dec	Redhill	Dudley Hill	\|28-13
01 Dec	RAF	Uni of Wales Inst	40-13
01 Dec	Navy	Farnworth	12-24
01 Dec	Saddleworth	British Army	6-15
01 Dec	Siddal	Simms Cross	10-11
01 Dec	Skirlaugh	Rochdale Mayfield	44-10
01 Dec	Thatto Heath	Ince Rose Bridge	10-6
01 Dec	West Bowling	Newcastle University	20-18
01 Dec	West Hull	Leigh Miners R.	28-8
01 Dec	Westgate Redoubt	Cas. Lock Lane	10-30
01 Dec	Wigan St Pats	Askam	58-22
01 Dec	Woolston	Sharlston Rovers	28-15
01 Dec	York Acorn	Dewsbury Moor	34-32

Second round

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15 Dec	Cas. Lock Lane	Eccles	18-2
15 Dec	Dewsbury Celtic	Featherstone Lions	11-10
15 Dec	Eastmoor	Farnworth	8-17
15 Dec	Leigh East	RAF	48-10
15 Dec	Milford	Millom	18-0
15 Dec	Normanton	Ellenborough	6-16
15 Dec	Oldham St Annes	Woolston	10-20
15 Dec	Oulton	Hunslet Warriors	20-14
15 Dec	Redhill	Thornhill	38-16
15 Dec	Simms Cross	British Army	34-10
15 Dec	Skirlaugh	Elland	20-8
15 Dec	West Bowling	Wigan St Pats	12-26
15 Dec	West Hull	Thatto Heath	36-4
15 Dec	Wigan St Judes	Wath Brow Hornets	12-37
15 Dec	York Acorn	Heworth	14-16

Third round

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26 Jan	Sheffield Eagles	Leigh East	34-12
27 Jan	Barrow	Oulton	28-5
27 Jan	Batley	Heworth	34-4
27 Jan	Cas. Lock Lane	Doncaster	14-26
27 Jan	Gateshead	Featherstone Rovers	7-23
27 Jan	Huddersfield	Wath Brow Hornets	44-4
27 Jan	Keighley	St Gaudens	0-24
27 Jan	Chorley Lynx	Redhill	10-2
27 Jan	Milford	York	0-42
27 Jan	Oldham	West Hull	38-4
27 Jan	Rochdale Hornets	Farnworth	44-28
27 Jan	Simms Cross	Leigh	12-36
27 Jan	Whitehaven	Dewsbury Celtic	50-0
27 Jan	Wigan St Pats	Dewsbury	4-28
27 Jan	Woolston	Hunslet Hawks	13-18
27 Jan	Workington Town	Toulouse	38-12
30 Jan	Ellenborough	Hull Kingston Rovers	6-38
30 Jan	Swinton	Skirlaugh	32-24

Fourth round

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09 Feb	Bradford	Leeds	4-17
09 Feb	Wigan	Hull FC	34-10
10 Feb	Barrow	Warrington	0-10
10 Feb	Batley	London	6-26
10 Feb	Castleford Tigers	Salford City	19-6
10 Feb	Doncaster	Huddersfield	30-10
10 Feb	Featherstone Rovers	Hull Kingston Rovers	24-31
10 Feb	Hunslet Hawks	Workington Town	2-24
10 Feb	Chorley Lynx	UTC	6-20
10 Feb	Oldham	St Helens	6-40
10 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Leigh	20-24
10 Feb	Saint-Gaudens	Halifax	26-48
10 Feb	York	Villeneuve Leopards

Fifth round

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22 Feb	Leigh Centurions	Whitehaven Warriors	26-23
23 Feb	London Broncos	Castleford Tigers	6-19
23 Feb	Workington Town	Halifax Blue Sox	12-32
24 Feb	Leeds Rhinos	Hull Kingston Rovers	44-4
24 Feb	Union Treiziste Catalane	Wigan Warriors	6-72
24 Feb	Doncaster Dragons	Villeneuve Leopards	24-16
24 Feb	Warrington Wolves	St Helens Saints	14-36
24 Feb	Widnes Vikings	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	4-12

Quarter-finals

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16 Mar	Leigh Centurions	Wigan Warriors	16-30
17 Mar	Castleford Tigers	Doncaster Dragons	32-14
17 Mar	Halifax Blue Sox	St Helens Saints	20-26
17 Mar	Leeds Rhinos	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	46-10

Semi finals

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| date = 13 April 2002

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| team1 = Wigan Warriors

| score = 20 – 10

| report = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-2002/semi-final/wigan-vs-castleford/summary.html Report]

| team2 = Castleford Tigers

| points1 = Try: Newton, Dallas, Connolly
Goal: Farrell (4)

| points2 = Try: Smith, Hudson
Goal: Bartrim

| stadium = Headingley, Leeds

| attendance = 10,380

| referee = Stuart Cummings (Widnes)

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{{rugbyleaguebox

| date = 14 April 2002

| time =

| team1 = Leeds Rhinos

| score = 16 – 42

| report = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-2002/semi-final/leeds-vs-st-helens/summary.html Report]

| team2 = St. Helens

| points1 = Try: Calderwood, Walker, Poching
Goal: Walker (2)

| points2 = Try: Cunningham, Albert (3), Stewart (3), Sculthorpe
Goal: Long (5)

| stadium = JJB Stadium, Wigan

| attendance = 17,475

| referee = Russell Smith (Castleford)

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Final

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|date = 27 April 2002

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|team1 = Wigan Warriors

|score = 21 – 12

|team2 = St. Helens

|points1 = Try: Dallas, Lam, Connolly
Goal: Farrell (4)
Drop goal: Lam

|points2 = Try: Albert, Gleeson, Sculthorpe

|stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh

|attendance = 62,140

|referee = Stuart Cummings (Widnes)

|manofmatch = Kris Radlinski{{cite web|title=Rugby League Challenge Cup - Final Tie|url=http://www.rugby-league-world.com/2002/ChallengeCup/Round8a.html|publisher=Rugby League World|access-date=8 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924092623/http://www.rugby-league-world.com/2002/ChallengeCup/Round8a.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

|report = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-2002/final/wigan-vs-st-helens/summary.html Report]

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FB	1	Kris Radlinski
RW	2	Brett Dallas
RC	4	Gary Connolly
LC	3	Jamie Ainscough
LW	15	Paul Johnson
SO	6	Julian O'Neill
SH	7	Adrian Lam
PR	8	Terry O'Connor
HK	9	Terry Newton
PR	10	Craig Smith
SR	11	Mick Cassidy
SR	12	David Furner
LF	13	Andy Farrell (c)
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
IC	5	Brian Carney
IC	14	David Hodgson
IC	18	Mark Smith
IC	21	Ricky Bibey
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\| Stuart Raper

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FB	1	Paul Wellens
RW	5	Darren Albert
RC	3	Martin Gleeson
LC	4	Paul Newlove
LW	19	Anthony Stewart
SO	20	Tommy Martyn
SH	7	Sean Long
PR	8	Darren Britt
HK	9	Keiron Cunningham
PR	12	Peter Shiels
SR	11	Chris Joynt
SR	15	Tim Jonkers
LF	13	Paul Sculthorpe (c)
colspan=3\|Substitutions:
IC	2	Sean Hoppe
IC	14	John Stankevitch
IC	17	Mick Higham
IC	10	Barry Ward
colspan=3\|Coach:
colspan="4"\| Ian Millward

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090206135403/http://therfl.co.uk/challengecup/ Challenge Cup official website]
[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/competitions/challenge-cup-2002/results.html Challenge Cup 2002 results] at Rugby League Project

Category:Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup