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1977–78 Challenge Cup

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Rugby league competition

1977–78 Challenge Cup
Duration	5 Rounds
Number of teams	32
Highest attendance	96,000
Broadcast partners	BBC
Winners	Leeds
Runners-up	St. Helens
Lance Todd Trophy	George Nicholls
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The1977–78 Challenge Cup was the 77th staging ofrugby league's oldest knockout competition, theChallenge Cup.

The final was contested byLeeds andSt. Helens atWembley.

Leeds beatSt. Helens on Saturday 13 May 1978 in front of a crowd of 96,000.^[1]

The winner of theLance Todd Trophy was Saints forward,George Nicholls.^[2]

This was Leeds’ eleventh Cup final win in fifteen appearances and their second in successive years.^[3]

First round

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The first round consisted of all 30 professional rugby league clubs, plus two amateur teams, Dewsbury Celtic and Pilkington Recs.

The match between Leeds and Halifax was televised by the BBC, and became infamous for a stray dog which invaded the pitch several times during the match.^[4]

Date	Team one	Team two	Score
11 Feb	Leeds	Halifax	25-5
24 Feb	St Helens	Huyton	36-8
24 Feb	Salford	Bramley	9-7
25 Feb	York	Warrington	10-16
26 Feb	Blackpool	Huddersfield	7-9
26 Feb	Bradford Northern	Barrow	21-13
26 Feb	Dewsbury Celtic	Wigan	5-15
26 Feb	Dewsbury	New Hunslet	13-22
26 Feb	Hull FC	Hull Kingston Rovers	9-7
26 Feb	Leigh	Featherstone Rovers	14-23
26 Feb	Oldham	Doncaster	21-7
26 Feb	Pilkington Recs	Castleford	22-23
26 Feb	Swinton	Batley	13-0
26 Feb	Whitehaven	Wakefield Trinity	13-21
26 Feb	Widnes	Rochdale Hornets	15-8
26 Feb	Workington Town	Keighley	16-5

Second round

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Date	Team one	Team two	Score
11 Mar	Wigan	Bradford Northern	10-22
12 Mar	Featherstone Rovers	New Hunslet	23-7
12 Mar	Huddersfield	Salford	13-3
12 Mar	Hull FC	Widnes	8-20
12 Mar	Oldham	St Helens	11-26
12 Mar	Wakefield Trinity	Leeds	6-28
12 Mar	Warrington	Swinton	29-4
12 Mar	Workington Town	Castleford	8-8
14 Mar - replay	Castleford	Workington Town	8-8
16 Mar - 2nd replay	Workington Town	Castleford	13-20

Quarter-finals

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Date	Team one	Team two	Score
19 Mar	Featherstone Rovers	Castleford	25-15
19 Mar	Leeds	Bradford Northern	16-8
19 Mar	St Helens	Huddersfield	31-5
19 Mar	Warrington	Widnes	6-0

Semi-finals

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Date	Team one	Team two	Score
01 Apr	Leeds	Featherstone Rovers	14-9
08 Apr	St Helens	Warrington	12-8

Final

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13 May 1978

Leeds	14 – 12	St Helens
Try:Atkinson,Smith,Cookson Goal:Oulton Drop goal:Ward (2),Holmes	Report	Try:Liptrot,Francis Goal:Pimblett (3)

Wembley,London
Attendance: 96,000
Referee:Billy Thompson (Huddersfield)^[5]
Player of the Match:George Nicholls^[6]


FB	1	Willie Oulton
RW	2	David Smith
RC	3	Neil Hague
LC	4	Les Dyl
LW	5	John Atkinson
SO	6	John Holmes
SH	7	John Sanderson	60'
PR	8	Mick Harrison	66'
HK	9	David Ward (c)
PR	10	Steve Pitchford
SR	11	Graham Eccles
SR	12	Phil Cookson
LF	13	Mick Crane
Substitutions:
IC	14	Kevin Dick	60'
IC	15	Roy Dickinson	66'
Coach:
Syd Hynes


FB	1	Geoff Pimblett (c)
RW	2	Les Jones
RC	3	Derek Noonan
LC	4	Peter Glynn
LW	5	Roy Mathias
SO	6	Bill Francis
SH	7	Ken Gwilliam
PR	8	Dave Chisnall
HK	9	Graham Liptrot
PR	10	Mel James
SR	11	George Nicholls
SR	12	Eddie Cunningham
LF	13	Harry Pinner
Substitutions:
IC	14	Alan Ashton
IC	15	Tony Karalius
Coach:
Eric Ashton

References

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^"RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived fromthe original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved2009-08-07.
^Raymond Fletcher; David Howes (1995).Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1995-1996. London: Headline Book Publishing. p. 199.ISBN 0-7472-7817-2.
^"RFL Challenge Cup Roll of Honour". Archived fromthe original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved2009-08-07.
^"The Joy of Six: animals in sport".The Guardian. 7 October 2011. Retrieved7 May 2023.
^Fitzpatrick, Paul (15 May 1978). "Leeds saved by courage".The Guardian. London. p. 15.
^Henry, Reg (15 May 1978). "Leeds land knockout in Wembley classic".The Times. London. p. 8.

External links

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Challenge Cup official website Archived 2014-01-22 at theWayback Machine
Challenge Cup 1977/78 results at Rugby League Project

v t e Leeds squad–1977–78 Challenge Cup Final winners
1Willie Oulton 2David Smith 3Neil Hague 4Les Dyl 5John Atkinson 6John Holmes 7John Sanderson 8Mick Harrison 9David Ward 10Steve Pitchford 11Graham Eccles 12Phil Cookson 13Mick Crane 14Kevin Dick (for № 7) 15Roy Dickinson (for № 8) Coach:Syd Hynes ((c) unknown)

v t e Challenge Cup
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