Northern Rail Cup Draw to be made next week

The draw for the quarter-final stage of the Northern Rail Cup will take place live on Sky Sports on Thursday March 24 during the half-time interval in the Co-operative Championship contest between Halifax RLFC and Featherstone Rovers.

Sky Sports pundit and former Great Britain Rugby League international Barrie McDermott will make the draw.

Following the completion of the re-arranged fixture between Whitehaven RLFC and Halifax RLFC yesterday evening, which Halifax won 60-6, the teams that have progressed to the open, unseeded draw for the knock-out quarter-final stage are:

Widnes Vikings, Featherstone Rovers, Dewsbury Rams, Toulouse Olympique, Leigh Centurions, Halifax RLFC, Batley Bulldogs and Hunslet Hawks.