{"id":570029,"date":"2026-05-06T22:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/570029\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T22:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:53:10","slug":"hull-kr-set-for-strong-following-with-challenge-cup-semi-final-sell-outs-looming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/570029\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull KR set for strong following with Challenge Cup semi-final sell-outs looming"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest on Challenge Cup semi-final attendances.\"The<\/p>\n

The prestigious Challenge Cup trophy.<\/p>\n

The Challenge Cup semi-finals are set to draw strong crowds this weekend, with Saturday\u2019s tie heading towards a sell-out.<\/p>\n

The Halliwell Jones Stadium is nearing its full capacity of around 15,000 as Wigan Warriors and St Helens go head-to-head in a mouth-watering contest.<\/p>\n

A place at Wembley in the Challenge Cup Final is on the line. St Helens last featured in the capital in 2021, defeating Castleford Tigers 26-12.<\/p>\n

Wigan, meanwhile, most recently lifted the prestigious trophy in 2024 – their 21st triumph – overcoming Warrington under the famous Wembley arch.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s rematch of the 2025 Challenge Cup Final is also on course for a near sell-out, with more than 12,000 tickets sold for the clash between Warrington Wolves and Hull KR<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two Super League heavyweights will meet at Doncaster\u2019s Eco-Power Stadium, which also has a capacity of around 15,000.<\/p>\n

Hull KR claimed a dramatic victory last year to kick-start their treble-winning campaign. A late Tom Davies try turned the game on its head, before half-back Mikey Lewis sealed a historic victory to end Rovers’ trophy-drought with a game-winning conversion.<\/p>\n

The Robins have confirmed that fewer than 200 tickets remain in their allocation for Sunday\u2019s semi-final in Doncaster. St Helens also have only a couple of hundred tickets left, having sold out the east stand in Warrington.<\/p>\n

It means in total, close to 30,000 supporters are expected to attend the two semi-finals, with the final set to take place later this month on Saturday, May 30 – a double-header alongside the Women’s Challenge Cup Final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest on Challenge Cup semi-final attendances. The prestigious Challenge Cup trophy. The Challenge Cup semi-finals are set…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20448,20372,5903,20370,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-570029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-challenge-cup","tag-hull-kr","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-league","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570029","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=570029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}