1981_Challenge_Cup

1980–81 Three Fives Challenge Cup
Duration	5 Rounds
Number of teams	32
Winners	Widnes
Runners-up	Hull Kingston Rovers
Lance Todd Trophy	Mick Burke
	← 1979–80; 1981–82 →;

1980–81 Challenge Cup

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The 1980–81 Challenge Cup was the 80th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the Three Fives Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, the final was contested by Widnes and Hull Kingston Rovers at Wembley, with Widnes winning 18–9.

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Nicholson, Geoffrey (3 May 1981). "Burke has no peers". The Observer. p. 27. ProQuest 476685224.

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Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Hull Kingston Rovers	18–13	Barrow	8,220
2	Batley	7–15	Keighley	1,714
3	Blackpool Borough	2–11	Oldham	2,837
4	Bramley	5–18	Warrington	3,350
5	Castleford	42–7	Huyton	3,020
6	Dewsbury	15–10	Hunslet	1,777
7	Fulham	5–9	Wakefield Trinity	15,013
8	Halifax	3–2	Wigan	8,360
9	Huddersfield	8–10	St. Helens	3,094
10	Hull	14–5	Leeds	15,119
11	Leigh	20–6	Whitehaven	5,139
12	Pilkington Recs	7–18	York
13	Salford	17–13	Bradford Northern	5,371
14	Swinton	8–10	Featherstone Rovers	2,987
15	Widnes	50–0	Doncaster	4,563
16	Workington Town	17–8	Rochdale Hornets	2,459

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	St. Helens	5–3	Hull	8,263
2	Featherstone Rovers	10–7	Keighley	3,126
3	Hull Kingston Rovers	23–7	York	13,764
4	Oldham	18–7	Workington Town	4,350
5	Salford	12–3	Leigh	8,759
6	Wakefield Trinity	18–8	Halifax	9,604
7	Widnes	7–5	Castleford	7,436
8	Dewsbury	10–18	Warrington	5,200

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Warrington	13–9	Wakefield Trinity	7,587
2	Featherstone Rovers	5–21	Widnes	7,620
3	Hull Kingston Rovers	19–8	Salford	14,315
4	Oldham	5–6	St. Helens	8,712

1981_Challenge_Cup

1980–81 Challenge Cup

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Second round

Third round

Semi final

Final

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