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9 hours ago, Dave W said:

Tough first round for Maryport but a huge incentive for them. 

You'd say based on the leagues they're in Crossfields should win comfortably but you never know. 

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40 minutes ago, stillcrazy said:

How is the prize money allocated in this competition?

Is it the case that the further you get in the competition the greater the prize money?

That is the case but the money is in the hundreds, not the thousands. 

Depending on how far you get in the cup, you receive a losing prize money fund for each round, according to documentation seen by Love Rugby League which is sent to clubs. That figure is as follows:

1st round losers: £0

2nd round losers: £500

3rd round losers: £750

4th round losers: £1,000

5th round losers: £1,250

6th round losers: £1,500

QF losers: £8,000

SF losers: £18,000

Runners-up: £35,000

Winners: £100,000

I'm sure it used to be a lot more than that. No wonder the big clubs aren't interested.

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On 03/12/2024 at 22:01, RSN said:

You'd say based on the leagues they're in Crossfields should win comfortably but you never know. 

Honestly, I don’t think the league comparison means a lot at this time of the year, plus I rate Maryport very highly after watching them several times this season. 

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Interestingly it isn't the first time we have played either side in the Challenge Cup. We played Maryport way back in 1938 and won 83-3 in a first round tie which was for many years the clubs biggest ever win in a competative fixture. We also reached Wembley this season losing to Salford 7-4 in the final. We played "the Soap" in 1966 again in the first round, winning by a narrow 11-2 scoreline on a rain soaked Craven Park pitch that resembled a ploughed field by all accounts. Newspaper reports of the time state Barrow were far from impressive and the result could well have been different had the game been played away.

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