{"id":527391,"date":"2026-04-12T20:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/527391\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T20:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:12:08","slug":"st-helens-to-face-wigan-in-challenge-cup-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/527391\/","title":{"rendered":"St.Helens to face Wigan in Challenge Cup Semi-Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"927\">The draw for the final four teams in the competition was made at the DIY Kitchens Stadium at half-time of the last quarter-final between Wakefield Trinity and Wigan Warriors. St.Helens were drawn against the winners of the Trinity\/Warriors clash, and it was Wigan who edged past the West Yorkshire side, 22-26.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"927\">It\u2019s an exciting match-up, as all Saints\/Wigan meetings are, but to the victor will go the spoils as the victor will progress into the Betfred Challenge Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, 30th May.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"927\">The full fixture details, including the date, venue, and tickets, will be confirmed in due course.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"927\">OUR CUP JOURNEY SO FAR\u2026<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"927\">St.Helens\u2019 run in the Challenge Cup began in early February in the Third Round, with a long trip up to Workington Town for our first meeting with the Cumbrian team in 30 years. It was a dominant victory over Town, 2-98, with 17 tries scored.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"927\">Another away trip followed in the Fourth Round, this time to Castleford to take on the Tigers, and the Saints were gritty to earn an 8-32 victory at The Jungle.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"927\">In the Quarters, Paul Rowley\u2019s men welcomed Catalans Dragons to the BrewDog Stadium and put on a professional performance to win 36-4 and earn a spot in the final four.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The draw for the final four teams in the competition was made at the DIY Kitchens Stadium at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[47816,147472,20448,147473,5903,163598,101,56,54,55,182883,2448,138076],"class_list":["post-527391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-47816","tag-2026-challenge-cup","tag-challenge-cup","tag-challenge-cup-2026","tag-rugby","tag-semi-final","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-warriors","tag-wigan","tag-wigan-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527391","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=527391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}