Challenge Cup Flashback: When a city turned its lights off, and Hull KR had their day

   10/08/2023
League Express reporter and Hull KR fan MARK CHESTNEY was among the population to desert the city in 1980, the last time the club won the Challenge Cup... At the age of 21, I went to Wembley for the 1980 Rugby League Challenge Cup Final. It was made even more special, and nervous, because it was against our arch-rivals Hull FC in the only eve

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