Challenge Cup sixth round draw: Everything you need to know
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Everything you need to know ahead of the Challenge Cup sixth round draw.
Every Super League club apart from Toulouse will go into the hat for the first time in this year’s competition. They will meet this weekend’s four round five winners, and Bradford or Leigh, whose round five match kicks off one hour after Monday night’s draw.
Barrow Raiders continued their perfect start to 2022. They are unbeaten in both league and cup. Paul Crarey’s side defeated Workington Town 32-18 at the Matt Johnson Prestige Stadium in the fifth round.
Sheffield Eagles scored half a century of points against North Wales Crusaders, who were the last League 1 side in the competition.
Featherstone also continued their impressive form following a comfortable 54-20 victory over Batley Bulldogs. York fell to a 38-12 defeat away to Whitehaven.
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Bradford host Leigh on Monday night, live on Premier Sports. Emma Jones will once again present the action live from Odsal.
How to watch
The draw will be broadcast live from Elland Road in front of the BBC cameras.
BBC Look North and BBC Sport Online will show the sixth round draw live from 6:45pm.
Tanya Arnold will host the draw, with the balls being drawn out by Great Britain legend Lee Crooks and the Royal Navy’s Ben Taylor, commonly known to rugby league fans as ‘Yorkshire Prose’ for his poetry on social media.
The weekend of March 25-27 will see the sixth round fixtures played.
The quarters will take place on April 9-10. Leeds’ Elland Road will host the semi-finals as part of a triple-header alongside the women’s Challenge Cup final on Saturday, May 7.
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will hold the Challenge Cup final on Saturday, May 28.
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