2019 Yorkshire Cup

2019 Yorkshire Cup
StructurePre season regional knockout championship
Teams8

The 2019 Yorkshire Cup competition was a pre season knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire.

Background

The original Yorkshire Cup was scrapped in 1993 due to fixture congestion after being played every year since 1905. In late 2018, a group of lower league Yorkshire based clubs resurrected the Yorkshire Cup as a pre-season tournament to add more interest and intensity to pre-season. The eight founding clubs of the 'new' Yorkshire Cup were; Batley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Featherstone, Halifax, Hunslet, York and amateur club Hunslet Club Parkside.[1][2]

Fixtures

Round 1

Winner Score Runner up Match Information Reports
Date and Time Venue Attendance
York City Knights 34–4 Hunslet Club Parkside 5 January 2019, 1 pm Crown Flatt 1,504 [1][3]
Dewsbury Rams 20–14 Featherstone Rovers 5 January 2019, 3:30 pm [1][4]
Batley Bulldogs 36–0 Hunslet 6 January 2019, 1 pm Odsal Stadium 3,341 [5][6]
Bradford Bulls 26–16 Halifax 6 January 2019, 3 pm [7][8]

Semi finals

Winner Score Runner up Match Information Reports
Date and Time Venue Attendance
Bradford Bulls 20–18 Dewsbury Rams 12 January 2019, 5:30 pm Odsal Stadium 1,235 [9][10]
Batley Bulldogs 22–18 York City Knights 13 January 2019, 2 pm Mount Pleasant 786 [11][12]

Final

Winner Score Runner up Match Information Reports
Date and Time Venue Attendance
Bradford Bulls 14–12 Batley Bulldogs 20 January 2019 Mount Pleasant 2,278 [13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Revived Yorkshire Cup shows it has real future potential in game". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ Gordon, James (7 December 2018). "The Yorkshire Cup returns". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ "York City Knights 34 def. Hunslet Club Parkside 4". Rugby League Project.
  4. ^ "Dewsbury Rams 20 def. Featherstone Rovers 14". Rugby League Project.
  5. ^ "Batley Bulldogs 36 Hunslet RLFC 0: Slick Bulldogs show bite as they maul Hunslet in Yorkshire Cup quarter final". Yorkshire Evening Post. 6 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Batley Bulldogs 36 def. Hunslet RLFC 0". Rugby League Project.
  7. ^ "Dewsbury next for Bulls after Yorkshire Cup win over Halifax". Telegraph & Argus. 6 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Bradford Bulls 26 def. Halifax RLFC 16". Rugby League Project.
  9. ^ "Bradford Bulls 20 Dewsbury Rams 18". Telegraph & Argus. 12 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Bradford Bulls 20 def. Dewsbury Rams 18". Rugby League Project.
  11. ^ "REPORT: Positives for York City Knights despite Yorkshire Cup semi-final loss at Batley Bulldogs". The Press. 13 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Batley Bulldogs 22 def. York City Knights 18". Rugby League Project.
  13. ^ "Bulls claim Yorkshire Cup win over Batley Bulldogs". Telegraph & Argus. 21 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Batley Bulldogs 12 lost to Bradford Bulls 14". Rugby League Project.