2002 Challenge Cup

2002 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup
Duration	8 Rounds
Winners	Wigan Warriors
Runners-up	St. Helens
Lance Todd Trophy	Kris Radlinski
	← 2001; 2003 →;

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

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)

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^[1]


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

References

^ "Rugby League Challenge Cup - Final Tie". Rugby League World. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

External links

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

[1] "Rugby League Challenge Cup - Final Tie". Rugby League World. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

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