1995–96 League Cup (rugby league)
| 1995–96 League Cup | |
|---|---|
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| Structure | National knockout championship |
| Teams | 42 |
| Winners | Wigan |
| Runners-up | St. Helens |
This was the twenty-fifth and final season of the rugby league League Cup, known for sponsorship purposes as the Regal Trophy.
The last ever final was won by Wigan, who beat local rivals St. Helens 25-16 at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield. The attendance was 17,590.
This season saw a reduction in the number of entrants, the number decreasing to forty-two.
The inclusion of two French clubs continued, but the number of invitations to the top junior clubs was reduced by six from eleven last season, to just five this season.
The ten first round winners added to the twenty-two clubs given byes, gave a total of entrants into the second round of thirty-two. There were no drawn matches during this season's competition
Involved 10 matches and 20 clubs with 22 byes
Involved 16 matches and 32 clubs
Involved 8 matches and 16 clubs
Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs
Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs
"|1||Sat 30 Dec 1995||St. Helens||||P||||Warrington||Knowsley Road||||||13
Involved 1 match and 2 clubs
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1)
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-
This tree excludes any First Round fixtures
1 * AS Saint Estève was a French rugby league team from Perpignan, which in 2000 it merged with nearby neighbours XIII Catalan to form Union Treiziste Catalaneto compete in the Super Leagueas the Catalans Dragons.
2 * Pia are a French League Club playing at Stade Daniel-Ambert
3 * Park Amateurs were a Junior (amateur) club from Halifax
4 * Woolston Rovers are a Junior (amateur) club from Warrington, becoming Warrington Woolston Rovers in 2003 and Warrington Wizards in 2002. the ground is the old Warrington Home Ground of Wilderspool
5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the venue as Clarence Street, York. At the time Bramley were playing their home matches at Clarence Field, Kirkstall, Leeds
6 * Doncaster Dragons were now playing at Belle Vue
7 * Hemel Stags are a semi professional club based in Hemel Hempstead and playing at the Pennine Way stadium (capacity 2000)
8 * Ellenborough Rangers are a Junior (amateur) club from the Ellenborough suburb of Maryport, Cumbria
9 * West Hull are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull
10 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the venue as Clarence Street, York. At the time Bramley were playing their home matches at Clarence Field, Kirkstall, Leeds
11 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 4,180, but Hull official archives gives 4,180 and St Helens official archives give 5,102
12 * after extra time - 16-16 at full time
13 * Postponed due to heavy frost. This match would have been televised by BBC but the replayed game wasn't shown
14 * Warrington record defeat, at the time
15 * This was the last ever Regal Trophy Final.
16 * St. Helens sacked their coach Eric Hughes following this loss.
17 * St Helens Heritage archives shows Chris Joynt as numbered position 12, whereas Wigan official archives shows the player as No 11
18 * St Helens Heritage archives shows Simon Booth as numbered position 11, whereas Wigan official archives shows the player as No 12
19 * St Helens Heritage archives shows Vila Matautia as numbered position 15, whereas Wigan official archives shows the player as No 14
20 * St Helens Heritage archives shows Andy Northey (for Anthony Sullivan 47 min) as numbered position 14, whereas Wigan official archives shows the player as No 15
21 * The McAlpine Stadium is the home ground of Huddersfield Town and Super League side, Huddersfield Giants. The stadium is 40% owned by Kirklees Metropolitan Council and 60% by the two clubs, hosted its first match in August 1994 and seats 24,499 people along with hospitality boxes and conference rooms. Since opening the stadium has been sponsored by/known as the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, and more lately the Galpharm Stadium/John Smith's Stadium, and is a multi-use sports stadium in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.
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