Thatto Heath and Blackbrook face tough Challenge Cup ties (From St Helens Star)

Thatto Heath and Blackbrook face tough Challenge Cup ties

2:34pm Wednesday 13th March 2013 in Sport

The draw for the third round of the 2013 Tetley’s Challenge Cup has been completed at Iffley Road Stadium, Oxford.

It has left Thatto Heath with a tie as tough as they come - a trip to Post Office Road to face Featherstone Rovers.

Blackbrook entertain York City Knights in games which will be played on the weekend of April 6 and 7

Host club Oxford will make their debut in the Tetley’s Challenge Cup away to 2012 Northern Rail Cup winners Halifax in one of the stand-out fixtures in the round, which will also see 2012 Championship One winners Doncaster travel to take on South Wales Scorpions.

Three other all-Championships ties will be contested during the third round, and sees Batley Bulldogs host Gateshead Thunder, Whitehaven take on London Skolars and Oldham travel to Hunslet Hawks.

The two other new Championship One clubs were also drawn away from home: Hemel Stags will travel to Ince Rose Bridge whilst Skirlaugh of Hull will host University of Gloucestershire All Golds.

Tetley’s Challenge Cup third round draw in full: Featherstone Rovers v Thatto Heath Crusaders, Blackbrook v York City Knights, West Hull v North Wales Crusaders, Dewsbury Rams v Myton Warriors, Sheffield Eagles v Leigh East, South Wales Scorpions v Doncaster, Workington Town v AS Carcassonne, Halifax v Oxford, Batley Bulldogs v Gateshead Thunder, Skirlaugh v University of Gloucestershire All Golds, Ince Rose Bridge v Hemel Stags, Swinton Lions v Toulouse Olympique, Siddal v Keighley Cougars, Rochdale Hornets v Hunslet Old Boys, Leigh Centurions v East Leeds, Whitehaven v London Skolars, Hunslet Hawks v Oldham, Barrow Raiders v Leigh Miners Rangers.