2016 League 1 Cup Explained

2016 League 1 Cup
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Duration:4 Rounds
No Of Teams:16
Season:2016
Season Champ Name:Winners
Prevseason Link:2015 League 1 Cup
Prevseason Year:2015
Nextseason Link:2017 League 1 Cup
Nextseason Year:2017

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.

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

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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

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
width=17%Date and timewidth=22%Venuewidth=10%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
align=left Wath Brow Hornets4 – 10 align=left Keighley Cougars20 February 2016, 14:30Cleator MoorC Straw300
align=left Newcastle Thunder36 – 12 align=left Leigh Miners Rangers20 February 2016, 18:30Kingston ParkT Crashley200
align=left Hunslet Hawks4 – 24 align=left York City Knights21 February 2016, 15:00South Leeds StadiumD Merrick464
align=left Doncaster35 – 28 align=left North Wales Crusaders21 February 2016, 15:00Keepmoat StadiumA Sweet513
align=left Barrow Raiders4 – 14 align=left Rochdale Hornets21 February 2016, 15:30Craven ParkS Mikalauskas659
Source:[3]

Pool B

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
width=17%Date and timewidth=22%Venuewidth=10%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
align=left London Skolars44 – 6 align=left South Wales Scorpions20 February 2016, 16:00New River StadiumJ Smith100
align=left Coventry Bears24 – 48 align=left Gloucestershire All Golds21 February 2016, 14:00Butts Park ArenaT Grant146
align=left Oxford Rugby League34 – 12 align=left Hemel Stags21 February 2016, 14:30Maidenhead RFCG Hewer155
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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]

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
width=17%Date and timewidth=22%Venuewidth=10%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
align=left Doncaster12 – 24align=left London Skolars3 April 2016, 15:00 Keepmoat StadiumJ Roberts367
align=left Keighley Cougars54 – 14align=left Oxford Rugby League3 April 2016, 15:00 Cougar ParkC Straw402
align=left Rochdale Hornets16 – 40align=left York City Knights3 April 2016, 15:00 Spotland StadiumA Sweet451
align=left Gloucestershire All Golds36 – 28align=left Newcastle Thunder3 April 2016, 15:00 Prince of Wales StadiumS Mikalauskas102
Source:[5]

Semi finals

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

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
width=17%Date and timewidth=22%Venuewidth=10%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
align=left 22 – 31align=left Keighley Cougars30 April 2016, 14:30New River StadiumTom Grant 436
align=left York City Knights58 – 14align=left Gloucestershire All Golds1 May 2016, 15:00Bootham CrescentScott Mikalauskas469
Source:[6]

Final

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
width=17%Date and timewidth=22%Venuewidth=10%Refereewidth=7%Attendance
Keighley Cougars22 – 18 York City Knights28 May 2016, 12:00Bloomfield Road, BlackpoolScott Mikalauskas
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The iPro Sport Cup . 26 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304153645/http://www.iprosport.com/article-theiprosportcup.html . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  2. Web site: 2016 League One fixtures revealed . 18 October 2015 . 26 February 2016.
  3. News: Scoreboard . . 3007 . 22 February 2016 . 35 . League Publications.
  4. Web site: iPro Sport Cup second round draw . 21 February 2016 . 26 February 2016.
  5. News: Scoreboard . . 3013 . 4 April 2016 . 40 . League Publications.
  6. News: iPro Sport Cup: Semi-finals . . 3017 . 2 May 2016 . 25 . League Publications.
  7. News: Ladbrokes Challenge Cup scoreboard . . 3004 . 1 February 2015 . 29 . League Publications.

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