2002 Challenge Cup

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.

2002 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup

Duration	8 Rounds
Winners	Wigan Warriors
Runners-up	St. Helens
Lance Todd Trophy	Kris Radlinski

First round

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
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

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
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

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
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

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
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

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
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

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
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

13 April 2002

Wigan Warriors	20 – 10	Castleford Tigers
Try: Newton, Dallas, Connolly Goal: Farrell (4)	Report	Try: Smith, Hudson Goal: Bartrim

Headingley, Leeds Attendance: 10,380 Referee: Stuart Cummings (Widnes)

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14 April 2002

Leeds Rhinos	16 – 42	St. Helens
Try: Calderwood, Walker, Poching Goal: Walker (2)	Report	Try: Cunningham, Albert (3), Stewart (3), Sculthorpe Goal: Long (5)

JJB Stadium, Wigan Attendance: 17,475 Referee: Russell Smith (Castleford)

Final

27 April 2002

Wigan Warriors	21 – 12	St. Helens
Try: Dallas, Lam, Connolly Goal: Farrell (4) Drop goal: Lam	Report	Try: Albert, Gleeson, Sculthorpe

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 62,140 Referee: Stuart Cummings (Widnes) Player of the Match: Kris Radlinski

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) Substitutions: IC 5 Brian Carney IC 14 David Hodgson IC 18 Mark Smith IC 21 Ricky Bibey Coach: Stuart Raper

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) Substitutions: IC 2 Sean Hoppe IC 14 John Stankevitch IC 17 Mick Higham IC 10 Barry Ward Coach: Ian Millward

External links

• Challenge Cup official website
• Challenge Cup 2002 results at Rugby League Project