22 Jan 2025

NEWS | AB Sundecks 1895 Cup draw

AB Sundecks have extended their support of the 1895 Cup, ahead of the draw for the first proper of the 2025 competition at Thursday’s Betfred Championship and League One season launch in Oldham.

The AB Sundecks 1895 Cup gives non-Super League clubs a second chance to reach Challenge Cup Finals Day.

The 2025 competition has a new format, with two preliminary rounds already drawn for the 11 Betfred League One clubs, which will kick off on February 2 and will produce four qualifiers to join the 12 English Betfred Championship clubs in the last 16.

The draw for the last 16 will be made on Thursday (January 23) at Boundary Park, the home of newly promoted Oldham and the venue for the official launch of the 2025 Betfred Championship and League One season.

The draw will be made by the husband-and-wife team who have driven the success of AB Sundecks over the last decade – Laura and Derek Beaumont, who is also the owner of Leigh Leopards.

The First-Round ties will be played on the weekend of March 1-2 – a clear weekend in the Betfred Championship fixture list – with the quarter finals on the same weekend as the quarter finals of the Betfred Challenge Cup, April 5-6.

The semi-finals will be played on the weekend of May 17-18, the weekend after the Challenge Cup semi-finals, and three weeks before Finals Day at Wembley Stadium on Saturday June 7.

AB Sundecks 1895 Cup First Round draw Ball Numbers

1 Barrow Raiders

2 Batley Bulldogs

3 Bradford Bulls

4 Doncaster

5 Featherstone Rovers

6 Halifax Panthers

7 Hunslet

8 London Broncos

9 Oldham

10 Sheffield Eagles

11 Widnes Vikings