The ten biggest Challenge Cup Final attendances since rugby league began

THE first Challenge Cup Final took place in 1897, just a year after rugby league chose to break away and create its own sport. That year, Batley overcame St Helens in a 10-3 victory in front just 10,000 people at Leeds' Headingley Stadium. From that, the Challenge Cup competition quickly became rugby league's most prestigious competition, wit

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