{"id":361998,"date":"2026-01-10T02:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/361998\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T02:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:34:08","slug":"betfred-challenge-cup-first-round-coverage-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/361998\/","title":{"rendered":"Betfred Challenge Cup First Round \u2013 Coverage Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to a frozen pitch following a period of bad weather this week, Saturday\u2019s Betfred Challenge Cup Round 1 fixture between Rochdale Mayfield and Ince Rose Bridge will no longer be televised.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the BBC will now air Thatto Heath versus Seaton Rangers which will be broadcast live at 2pm on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture in Rochdale will still go ahead as planned, as will Sunday\u2019s clash between Siddal and Waterhead which will be live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/thesportsmanrugbyleague\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Sportsman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby-league.com\/match-centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rugby Match Centre<\/a> to view the Betfred Challenge Cup Round 1 fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Betfred Challenge Cup 2026 key dates<\/p>\n<p>First Round (Community) \u2013 Jan 10-11<\/p>\n<p>Second Round (Championship clubs enter) \u2013 Jan 24-25<\/p>\n<p>Third Round (Super League clubs enter) \u2013 Feb 6-8<\/p>\n<p>Fourth Round (last 16) \u2013 March 14-15<\/p>\n<p>Quarter Finals \u2013 April 11-12<\/p>\n<p>Semi Finals \u2013 May 9\/10<\/p>\n<p>Final \u2013 Saturday May 30<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Betfred Challenge Cup Finals Day at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 30 May 2026. Book your tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby-league.com\/article\/64455\/Betfred%20Challenge%20Cup%20Finals%202026%20-%20MyProVenue%E2%84%A2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0today and enjoy our early bird prices!<\/p>\n<p>Like this story, share it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Due to a frozen pitch following a period of bad weather this week, Saturday\u2019s Betfred Challenge Cup Round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[138651,5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-361998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-betfred-challenge-cup-first-round-coverage-update","9":"tag-rugby","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}