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{{Infobox Rugby football league challenge cup
|title               = 2005 Powergen Challenge Cup 
|league              = 
|logo                = <!--2004 Powergen Challenge Cup Logo.gif-->
|pixels              = 100
|duration            = 9 Rounds
|no_of_teams         = 
|highest_attendance  = 
|lowest_attendance   = 
|avg_attendance      = 
|TV                  = [[BBC Sport]]
|biggest_home_win    = 
|biggest_away_win    = 
|season              = 2005
|season_champs       = {{leagueicon|hullfc|16}} [[Hull F.C.|Hull]]
|season_champ_name   = Winners
|league_leaders      = 
|league_leaders_name = 
|second_place        = {{leagueicon|leeds|16}} [[Leeds Rhinos|Leeds]]
|MVP                 = {{leagueicon|leeds|16}} Kevin Sinfield
|MVP_link            = Lance Todd Trophy
|top_scorer          =
|prevseason_link     = 2004 Challenge Cup
|prevseason_year     = 2004
|nextseason_link     = 2006 Challenge Cup
|nextseason_year     = 2006
}}

The '''2005 Powergen Rugby League [[Challenge Cup]]''' was played by teams from across Europe during the 2005 [[rugby league]] season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/challenge_cup/4349189.stm|title=BBC to screen Leeds v Warrington|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> [[Hull F.C.]] won the cup defeating [[Leeds Rhinos]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/challenge_cup/4169230.stm|title=Hull stun Leeds in Challenge Cup|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

==Qualifying round==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width=100| Date
!width=250| Team One
!width=250| Team Two
!width=100| Score
|-
| 15 Jan||Cas. Lock Lane	||	Ideal Isberg	||30–0
|-
| 15 Jan||Castleford Panthers	||	Ovenden	||28–24
|-
| 15 Jan||Cott. Phoenix	||	Barrow Is.	||2–8
|-
| 15 Jan||Crosfields	||	Illingworth	||10–22
|-
| 15 Jan||Cutsyke	||	Shaw Cross	||16–14
|-
| 15 Jan||East Leeds	||	Waterhead	||22–29
|-
| 15 Jan||Heworth	||	Loughborough University	||6–21
|-
| 15 Jan||Huddersfield Sharks	||	Stanningley	||14–19
|-
| 15 Jan||Hull Wyke	||	Embassy	||30–36
|-
| 15 Jan||Hunslet Warriors	||	Simms Cross	||6–38
|-
| 15 Jan||Ince Rose Bridge	||	Hensingham	||17–18
|-
| 15 Jan||Normanton	||	Seaton Rangers	||17–16
|-
| 15 Jan||Rochdale Mayfield	||	Featherstone Lions	||21–16
|-
| 15 Jan||Stanley	||	Eastmoor	||15–14
|-
| 15 Jan||W London Sharks	||	Fife	||42–10
|-
| 15 Jan||Widnes St Maries	||	Saddleworth	||52–0
|-
| 15 Jan||York Acorn	||	East Hull	||12–64
|-
| 16 Jan||Cardiff Demons	||	Walney	||12–28
|}

==First round==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width=100| Date
!width=250| Team One
!width=250| Team Two
!width=100| Score
|-
| 05 Feb||Barrow Is.	||	Skirlaugh	||16–12
|-
| 05 Feb||Blackbrook	||	Oulton	||6–9
|-
| 05 Feb||Castleford Panthers	||	East Hull	||10–20
|-
| 05 Feb||Clayton	||	Leigh Miners R.	||20–42
|-
| 05 Feb||Essex	||	Elland	||12–44
|-
| 05 Feb||Gateshead S	||	Wath Brow Hornets	||10–66
|-
| 05 Feb||Haydock	||	Cutsyke	||46–12
|-
| 05 Feb||Hull Dockers	||	Bradford Dudley	||46–16
|-
| 05 Feb||Illingworth	||	Stanningley	||20–18
|-
| 05 Feb||Milford	||	Huddersfield UR	||42–20
|-
| 05 Feb||Oldham St Annes	||	Loughborough University||52–10
|-
| 05 Feb||Queens	||	Millom	||22–24
|-
| 05 Feb||Navy	||	Normanton	||16–18
|-
| 05 Feb||St Albans	||	Thatto Heath	||14–48
|-
| 05 Feb||Simms Cross	||	Widnes St Maries	||23–14
|-
| 05 Feb||South London	||	W London Sharks	||24–20
|-
| 05 Feb||Stanningley	||	Walney	||40–16
|-
| 05 Feb||Warrington Wizards	||	Sharlston Rovers	||16–22
|-
| 05 Feb||Waterhead	||	Askam	||36–24
|-
| 05 Feb||West Bowling	||	Leigh East	||12–10
|-
| 05 Feb||West Hull	||	British Army	||8–38
|-
| 05 Feb||Westgate Redoubt	||	Eccles & Salford Jrs	||6–26
|-
| 05 Feb||Wigan St Judes	||	Embassy	||68–0
|-
| 05 Feb||Wigan St Pats||	Hensingham	||58–6
|-
| 06 Feb||Buffaloes	||	Thornhill	||31–10
|-
| 06 Feb||RAF	||	Cas. Lock Lane	||8–44
|-
| 06 Feb||Siddal	||	Coventry Bears	||26–4
|}

==Second round==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width=100| Date
!width=250| Team One
!width=250| Team Two
!width=100| Score
|-
| 19 Feb||Barrow Is.	||	Elland	||10–14
|-
| 19 Feb||Cas. Lock Lane	||	South London	||50–24
|-
| 19 Feb||Haydock	||	Normanton	||48–30
|-
| 19 Feb||Illingworth	||	Eccles & Salford Jrs	||28–26
|-
| 19 Feb||Milford	||	Wath Brow Hornets	||14–34
|-
| 19 Feb||Oldham St Annes	||	Leigh Miners R.	||18–12
|-
| 19 Feb||Rochdale Mayfield	||	Stanningley	||14–19
|-
| 19 Feb||Sharlston Rovers	||	Oulton	||31–21
|-
| 19 Feb||Siddal	||	Wigan St Pats	||29–26
|-
| 19 Feb||Simms Cross	||	Thornhill	||16–24
|-
| 19 Feb||Thatto Heath	||	East Hull	||26–38
|-
| 19 Feb||Waterhead	||	British Army	||15–12
|-
| 19 Feb||West Bowling	||Hull Dockers	||26–27
|-
| 19 Feb||Wigan St Judes	||	Millom	||22–16
|}

==Third round==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width=100| Date
!width=250| Team One
!width=250| Team Two
!width=100| Score
|-
| 11 Mar||Cas. Lock Lane	||	Halifax	||0–76
|-
| 11 Mar||Sharlston Rovers	||	Oldham	||14–46
|-
| 12 Mar||Wath Brow Hornets	||	Dewsbury	||32–30
|-
| 13 Mar||Barrow	||	East Hull	||42–22
|-
| 13 Mar||Batley	||	St Gaudens	||40–14
|-
| 13 Mar||Blackpool	||	Toulouse	||18–58
|-
| 13 Mar||Castleford Tigers	||	Hull Dockers	||72–10
|-
| 13 Mar||Doncaster	||	Stanningley	||54–6
|-
| 13 Mar||Elland	||	York City Knights	||12–50
|-
| 13 Mar||Featherstone Rovers	||	Thornhill	||48–10
|-
| 13 Mar||Gateshead	||	UTC	||6–56
|-
| 13 Mar||Haydock	||	Hunslet Hawks	||4–46
|-
| 13 Mar||Keighley	||	Strela Kazan	||62–14
|-
| 13 Mar||London Skolars	||	Pia	||14–58
|-
| 13 Mar||Oldham St Annes	||	Whitehaven	||30–62
|-
| 13 Mar||Rochdale Hornets	||	Illingworth	||120–4
|-
| 13 Mar||Siddal	||	Hull Kingston Rovers	||6–50
|-
| 13 Mar||Swinton	||	Locomotiv	||70–10
|-
| 13 Mar||Waterhead	||	Sheffield Eagles	||16–22
|-
| 13 Mar||Workington Town	||	Wigan St Judes	||44–20
|}

==Fourth round==
* 2 April '''[[Leeds Rhinos]]''' 26 - [[Warrington Wolves]] 22
* 2 April '''[[Salanque Méditerranée Pia XIII|Pia Donkeys]]''' 53 - [[Keighley Cougars]] 26
* 2 April '''[[Toulouse Olympique]]''' 60 - [[Wath Brow Hornets]] 12
* 3 April '''[[Barrow Raiders]]''' 33 - [[Sheffield Eagles]] 26
* 3 April [[Batley Bulldogs]] 8 - '''[[Leigh Centurions]]''' 25
* 3 April '''[[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster Dragons]]''' 34 - Workington 18
* 3 April '''[[Bradford Bulls]]''' 80 - [[Featherstone Rovers]] 14
* 3 April '''[[Halifax R.L.F.C.]]''' 23 - [[Castleford Tigers]] 14
* 3 April '''[[St Helens R.F.C.|St Helens]]''' 26 - [[Huddersfield Giants]] 22
* 3 April '''[[London Broncos]]''' 70 - [[Hunslet R.L.F.C.|Hunslet Hawks]] 4
* 3 April '''[[York City Knights]]''' 32 - [[Oldham R.L.F.C.|Oldham]] 28
* 3 April '''[[Salford Red Devils|Salford City Reds]]''' 30 - [[Rochdale Hornets]] 24
* 3 April '''[[Catalans Dragons|Union Treiziste Catalane]]''' 32 - [[Hull Kingston Rovers]] 18
* 3 April '''[[Hull F.C.|Hull F. C.]]''' 36 - [[Wakefield Trinity|Wakefield Trinity Wildcats]] 12
* 3 April '''[[Widnes Vikings]]''' 32 - [[Swinton Lions]] 18
* 3 April '''[[Wigan Warriors]]''' 42 - [[Whitehaven R.L.F.C.|Whitehaven Warriors]] 4

==Fifth round==
* 6 May '''[[Leeds Rhinos]]''' 70 - [[Salanque Méditerranée Pia XIII|Pia Donkeys]] 0
* 6 May '''[[St Helens R.F.C.|St Helens]]''' 62 - [[York City Knights]] 0
* 6 May '''[[Wigan Warriors]]''' 16 - [[Catalans Dragons|Union Treiziste Catalane]] 10
* 7 May '''[[Hull F.C.]]''' 26 - [[Bradford Bulls]] 24
* 7 May '''[[Toulouse Olympique]]''' 32 - [[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster Dragons]] 18
* 8 May '''[[Widnes Vikings]]''' 50 - [[Barrow Raiders]] 8
* 8 May '''[[Leigh Centurions]]''' 40 - [[Halifax R.L.F.C.]] 20
* 8 May [[Salford Red Devils|Salford City Reds]] 12 - '''[[London Broncos]]''' 26<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/may/09/rugbyleague.superleaguex|title=Salford bow to Broncos|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref>

==Quarter-finals==
* 24 June '''[[Leeds Rhinos]]''' 32 - [[London Broncos]] 12
* 26 June '''[[St Helens R.F.C.|St Helens]]''' 75 - [[Wigan Warriors]] 0
* 26 June '''[[Toulouse Olympique]]''' 40 - [[Widnes Vikings]] 24
* 25 June '''[[Hull F.C.]]''' 46 - [[Leigh Centurions]] 14.

==Semi-finals==
* 30 July '''[[Hull F.C.]]''' 34 - [[St Helens R.F.C.|St Helens]] 8
* 31 July '''[[Leeds Rhinos]]''' 56 - [[Toulouse Olympique]] 18

==Final==
[[Katherine Jenkins]] performed at the match which was on 27 August at [[Millennium Stadium]], Cardiff and attended by 74,213 spectators. Leeds came to the final 4/1 favourites to win and stamped their authority on the game in the early stages with a penalty try which was converted by [[Kevin Sinfield]]. Hull fought back with a try from [[Motu Tony]] converted by [[Danny Brough]]. Hull took the lead for the first time through [[Gareth Raynor]]'s try in the corner after a superb pass by [[Nathan Blacklock]]. Brough converted brilliantly to make the score 12–6. Leeds fought back and a try from [[Danny Ward (rugby league)|Danny Ward]] was converted by Sinfield to draw the scores level. A dreadful [[Marcus Bai]] error in his own in-goal area as he tried to keep the ball alive gifted [[Richard Whiting (rugby league)|Richard Whiting]] a try for Hull which was converted by Brough. Minutes later Brough added a drop goal to make the score 19–12 to Hull. A [[Mark Calderwood]] converted try set up a tense finish with the score at 19–18.

It seemed as though Leeds were going to walk away with the spoils as Marcus Bai rectified his earlier error by grabbing a late try which was converted by Sinfield and left the score 24–19. To immense noise from the Hull fans, Hull-born [[Paul Cooke (rugby league)|Paul Cooke]] broke through the Leeds defence and grounded the ball down underneath the posts to allow for a simple conversion. The youngster Danny Brough capped off an outstanding performance by converting the try under pressure to make the score 25–24 to Hull. In the dying seconds [[Richard Swain]] charged down a drop goal attempt to keep the scores as they were and Hull held on for arguably the best Challenge Cup final ever. Hull overturned all the odds, beating Bradford and cup holders St Helens along the way.

===Scores===
* 4–0 penalty try (Calderwood)
* 6–0 Sinfield con
* 6–4 Tony try
* 6–6 Brough con
* 6–10 Raynor try
* 6–12 Brough con
* 10–12 Ward try
* 12–12 Sinfield con
* 12–16 Whiting try
* 12–18 Brough con
* 12–19 Brough drop goal
* 16–19 Calderwood try
* 18–19 Sinfield con
* 22–19 Bai try
* 24–19 Sinfield con
* 24–23 Cooke try
* 24–25 Brough con

===Rosters===

====Leeds====

Coach: [[Tony Smith (rugby league b. 1967)|Tony Smith]]

* 1. [[Richie Mathers]]
* 2. [[Mark Calderwood]]
* 3. [[Chev Walker]]
* 4. [[Keith Senior]]
* 5. [[Marcus Bai]]
* 13. [[Kevin Sinfield]] (c)
* 7. [[Rob Burrow]]
* 8. [[Ryan Bailey (rugby league)|Ryan Bailey]]
* 9. [[Matt Diskin]]
* 15. [[Danny Ward (rugby league)|Danny Ward]]
* 11. [[Ali Lauiti'iti]]
* 12. [[Chris McKenna (rugby league)|Chris McKenna]]
* 20. [[Gareth Ellis]]

=====Subs=====
* 6. [[Danny McGuire]]
* 14. [[Andrew Dunemann]]
* 16. [[Willie Poching]]
* 18. [[Jamie Jones-Buchanan]]

====Hull====

Coach: [[John Kear]]

* 14. [[Motu Tony]]
* 2. [[Nathan Blacklock]]
* 3. [[Kirk Yeaman]]
* 30. [[Richard Whiting (rugby league)|Richard Whiting]]
* 5. [[Gareth Raynor]]
* 6. [[Richard Horne]]
* 21. [[Danny Brough]]
* 8. [[Ewan Dowes]]
* 9. [[Richard Swain]] (c)
* 20. [[Garreth Carvell]]
* 11. [[Shayne McMenemy]]
* 12. [[Stephen Kearney]]
* 13. [[Paul Cooke (rugby league)|Paul Cooke]]

=====Subs=====
* 10. [[Paul King (rugby league)|Paul King]]
* 15. [[Jamie Thackray]]
* 16. [[Tommy Saxton]]
* 17. [[Chris Chester (rugby league)|Chris Chester]]

===Referee===
* S Ganson (St Helens)

===Man of the Match===

[[Kevin Sinfield]] was the man of match winning the [[Lance Todd Trophy]], but was the losing captain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/6954237.stm|title=Lance Todd Trophy winners|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/challenge_cup/4169230.stm ''Hull stun Leeds in Challenge Cup'', article on news.bbc.co.uk]
*[http://www.rlphotos.com/2005specials/RLCCFinal/index.htm 2005 Challenge Cup Final at rlphotos.com]

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