BBC Radio Manchester<\/a>\u00a0hosted by Gaz Drinkwater and Emily Brobyn.<\/p>\nWilkin was an integral part of the St Helens team that triumphed in the 2006 Challenge Cup Final, where they defeated Huddersfield Giants 42\u201312 and went on to win a historic treble that season.<\/p>\n
Former England international Brown played over 350 Super League games but missed out on winning a major trophy after coming close in two Challenge Cup Finals and one Super League Grand Final.<\/p>\n
He began life with hometown club Wigan Warriors before progressing to the likes of Huddersfield Giants, Widnes Vikings and Warrington Wolves and ending with the Salford Red Devils with a loan spell at the then-named Leigh Centurions along the way.<\/p>\n
Ball numbers will be confirmed following this weekend\u2019s Third Round fixtures (Feb 6-8) with Fourth Round ties to be played on the weekend of March 14-15.<\/p>\n
Listeners can choose one of the following options to hear the draw:\u00a0<\/p>\n
95.1 FM, 104.6 FM<\/p>\n
Betfred Challenge Cup 2026 key dates:<\/p>\n
Fourth Round (last 16) \u2013 March 14-15<\/p>\n
Quarter Finals \u2013 April 11-12<\/p>\n
Semi Finals \u2013 May 9\/10<\/p>\n
Final \u2013 Saturday May 30<\/p>\n
It\u2019s Betfred Challenge Cup Finals Day at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 30 May 2026. Book your tickets\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0today and enjoy our early bird prices!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Details for the draw of the Fourth Round of the Betfred Challenge Cup will be made on Monday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-415194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415194","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=415194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}