The 2024 RFL 1895 Cup (also known as the 2024 AB Sundecks 1895 Cup) is the fifth staging of the RFL 1895 Cup, a rugby league competition for English and Welsh clubs outside the Super League.

The competition is open to all clubs in the Championship and League 1 although French team, Toulouse Olympique have always declined to enter. League 1 club, Cornwall, also decided not to enter at the request of the other clubs to reduce the burden on the other clubs in having to travel to Cornwall.^[1]

For 2024 the format of the competition has been significantly amended. In 2021 and 2022 the cup ran concurrently with the early rounds of the Challenge Cup with the teams reaching the knock-out stages being determined by progression in the Challenge Cup. To provide more games, especially for the League 1 teams, the competition for 2024 includes a group stage; seven groups of three teams each, with the seven group winners and the second-placed team with the best record will progress to the quarter-finals. The groups are regionalised to reduce the financial costs further and League 1 clubs play at home in fixtures against Championship teams.^[2] Newcastle Thunder were included in the competition even though at that date the club's participation in the league for 2024 has yet to be confirmed.^[3]

The final will be played at Wembley Stadium on 8 June 2024 alongside the finals of the Challenge Cup and the Women's Challenge Cup.^[4]

Group stage

Results

1895 Cup, group stage week one

Gp	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
3	Newcastle Thunder	–	York Knights	27 January, 15:00	Kingston Park
1	Workington Town	–	Barrow Raiders	28 January	Derwent Park
2	Keighley Cougars	–	Dewsbury Rams	28 January	Cougar Park
4	Oldham	–	Halifax Panthers	28 January	Boundary Park
5	Hunslet	–	Featherstone Rovers	28 January	South Leeds Stadium
6	North Wales Crusaders	–	Swinton Lions	28 January	Eirias Stadium
7	Midlands Hurricanes	–	Doncaster	28 January	Alexander Stadium
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1895 Cup, group stage week two

Gp	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
1	Whitehaven	–	Barrow Raiders	4 February	Recreation Ground
2	Dewsbury Rams	–	Bradford Bulls	4 February	Crown Flatt
3	York Knights	–	Wakefield Trinity	4 February	York Community Stadium
4	Rochdale Hornets	–	Halifax Panthers	4 February	Spotland Stadium
5	Batley Bulldogs	–	Featherstone Rovers	4 February	Mount Pleasant
6	Swinton Lions	–	Widnes Vikings	4 February	Heywood Road
7	Doncaster	–	Sheffield Eagles	4 February	Keepmoat Stadium
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1895 Cup, group stage week three

Gp	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
1	Workington Town	–	Whitehaven	11 February	Derwent Park
2	Keighley Cougars	–	Bradford Bulls	11 February	Cougar Park
3	Newcastle Thunder	–	Wakefield Trinity	11 February	Kingston Park
4	Oldham	–	Rochdale Hornets	11 February	Boundary Park
5	Hunslet	–	Batley Bulldogs	11 February	South Leeds Stadium
6	North Wales Crusaders	–	Widnes Vikings	11 February	Eirias Stadium
7	Midlands Hurricanes	–	Sheffield Eagles	11 February	Alexander Stadium
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Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals will be played on 3 March.^[2]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played on 12 May.^[2]

Final

The final will be played on 8 June.^[2]

References