London Broncos\u2019 mouthwatering showdown with Super League newcomers Bradford Bulls will be the BBC\u2019s televised pick in next weekend\u2019s Challenge Cup Third Round.<\/p>\n
The Broncos will host the Bulls at Wimbledon next Sunday in what promises to be a closely-contested clash. It will be Bradford\u2019s first competitive hit-out since securing promotion back to the top flight.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, London will have played three competitive games, including two Championship clashes, before that tie \u2013 and they could well be regarded favourites given their impressive recruitment drive.<\/p>\n
And perhaps unsurprisingly, the standout tie of the round is the one the BBC will stream, with a 3pm kick-off on all BBC platforms including the iPlayer. It will not be televised on terrestrial television.<\/p>\n
The full schedule for the third round has also been confirmed, with matches to be spread across three days next weekend.<\/p>\n
Five games will take place on Friday evening as a quintet of Super League clubs kick off their competitive campaigns. That includes both Hull clubs, with KR hosting Lock Lane at Craven Park and FC travelling to Salford. Both games kick off at 8pm.<\/p>\n
Two matches kick off at 7:30pm; Warrington\u2019s clash with Sheffield and St Helens\u2019 trip to Workington. Huddersfield will face Hunslet at 7pm<\/p>\n
Four games will be on Saturday, including Leeds\u2019 away trip to Widnes Vikings and Leigh\u2019s clash with North Wales. The remaining seven games are all held on the Sunday.<\/p>\n
Friday, February 6<\/p>\n
Hunslet vs Huddersfield Giants \u2013 South Leeds Stadium (7pm)
\nSheffield Eagles vs Warrington Wolves \u2013 Halliwell Jones Stadium (7.30pm)
\nWorkington Town v St Helens \u2013 Fibrus Community Stadium (7.30pm)
\nLock Lane v Hull KR \u2013 Craven Park (8pm)
\nSalford RLFC v Hull FC \u2013 CorpAcq Stadium (8pm)<\/p>\n
Saturday, February 7<\/p>\n
Doncaster vs Castleford Tigers \u2013 Eco-Power Stadium (2pm)
\nWidnes Vikings v Leeds Rhinos \u2013 DCBL Stadium (3pm)
\nBarrow Raiders v York \u2013 Craven Park (6pm)
\nNorth Wales Crusaders v Leigh Leopards \u2013 Eirias Stadium (7pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday, February 8<\/p>\n
Batley Bulldogs v Catalans Dragons (2pm)
\nKeighley Cougars v Midlands Hurricanes \u2013 Cougar Park (3pm)
\nLondon Broncos vs Bradford Bulls \u2013 Plough Lane (3pm)
\nHalifax Panthers v Goole Vikings (3pm)
\nOldham vs Dewsbury Rams \u2013 Bower Fold (3pm)
\nRochdale Hornets v Wigan Warriors \u2013 Crown Oil Arena (3pm)
\nSwinton Lions v Wakefield Trinity \u2013 Heywood Road (3pm)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London Broncos\u2019 mouthwatering showdown with Super League newcomers Bradford Bulls will be the BBC\u2019s televised pick in next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-396418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396418","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=396418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}