{"id":527169,"date":"2026-04-12T17:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/527169\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:10:07","slug":"rfl-challenge-cup-semi-final-draw-made-with-mouthwatering-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/527169\/","title":{"rendered":"RFL Challenge Cup semi-final draw made with mouthwatering ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The draw for the semi-finals of this year\u2019s Challenge Cup has been made, including a rematch of last year\u2019s final between Hull KR and Warrington.<\/p>\n<p>Football icon \u2013 and Wakefield fan \u2013 Chris Kamara conducted the draw on Sunday afternoon alongside rugby league royalty in the shape of Jamie Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>The draw was made at half-time of Trinity\u2019s quarter-final tie against Wigan live at Belle Vue, with the Warriors holding a slender 18-16 lead thanks to Jai Field\u2019s try on the hooter.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever ends up winning that tie will progress to face Saints in next month\u2019s semi-finals, for which the venues are still to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Rowley\u2019s side beat Catalans Dragons on 36-4 on Friday night at the BrewDog Stadium to reach the semis.<\/p>\n<p>Warrington meanwhile will take on Hull KR in the other semi-final, with that game a repeat of last year\u2019s final under the Wembley arch, won in dramatic fashion by the Robins.<\/p>\n<p>The Wolves earned their spot in the last-four on Saturday evening with a 24-10 home victory over Leigh Leopards<\/p>\n<p>Semi-final opponents KR beat York Knights 48-10 in their quarter-final tie on Saturday afternoon, also on home soil.<\/p>\n<p>Want more Love Rugby League? Add us as a <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=loverugbyleague.com\" target=\"_blank\">preferred source on Google<\/a> and ensure you never miss our exclusives and breaking news!<\/p>\n<p>Challenge Cup semi-final draw<\/p>\n<p>Ties to be played May 9\/10<\/p>\n<p>Warrington Wolves v Hull KR<br \/>\nSt Helens v Wakefield Trinity OR Wigan Warriors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The draw for the semi-finals of this year\u2019s Challenge Cup has been made, including a rematch of last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-527169","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\/527169","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=527169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}