1990–91 Challenge Cup

The 1991 Challenge Cup was the 90th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. Known as the Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, the final was contested by Wigan and St. Helens at Wembley. Wigan won the match 13–8.

1991 Silk Cut Challenge Cup

Duration	6 Rounds
Winners	Wigan
Runners-up	St. Helens
Lance Todd Trophy	Denis Betts
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Preliminary round

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
27 Jan	Carlisle	Workington Town	8-9
27 Jan	Hensingham	Dewsbury	7-24
27 Jan	Leigh East	Bradford Northern	12-24
27 Jan	Salford	Cutsyke	44-4
27 Jan	Warrington	Huddersfield	22-4
30 Jan	Sheffield Eagles	Hull FC	19-6

First round

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
10 Feb	Doncaster	Widnes	4-30
10 Feb	Leeds	Dewsbury	40-20
10 Feb	Swinton	St Helens	8-18
12 Feb	Castleford	Wigan	4-28
14 Feb	Keighley	Runcorn	36-4
15 Feb	Salford	Batley	36-14
17 Feb	Barrow	Hunslet	13-8
17 Feb	Bradford Northern	Leigh	50-4
17 Feb	Bramley	Oldham	6-38
17 Feb	Halifax	Fulham	46-6
17 Feb	Nottingham	Whitehaven	10-26
17 Feb	Ryedale-York	Warrington	1-8
17 Feb	Sheffield Eagles	Featherstone Rovers	19-12
17 Feb	Wakefield Trinity	Trafford	18-7
17 Feb	Workington Town	Hull Kingston Rovers	18-12
19 Feb	Rochdale Hornets	Chorley	14-10

Second round

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Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
23 Feb	Rochdale	Wigan	4-72
24 Feb	Barrow	Widnes	4-28
24 Feb	Halifax	Whitehaven	46-12
24 Feb	Keighley	Warrington	10-42
24 Feb	Sheffield	Salford	16-19
24 Feb	Workington Town	Oldham	15-20
24 Feb	St Helens	Wakefield Trinity	16-2
24 Feb	Bradford Northern	Leeds	5-0

Quarter-finals

Date	Team One	Team Two	Score
09 Mar	Warrington	Widnes	14-26
10 Mar	Wigan	Bradford Northern	32-2
10 Mar	Halifax	St Helens	16-24
10 Mar	Oldham	Salford	40-3

Semi finals

Wigan	30 – 16	Oldham
Try: Botica, Edwards, Goodway, Hanley, Iro Goal: Botica (5)	Report	Try: Ford, Henderson, McAlister Goal: Atkinson (2)

23 March 1991

Burnden Park, Bolton Attendance: 19,057

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St. Helens	19 – 2	Widnes
Try: Griffiths (2), Hunte Goal: Loughlin (3) Drop goal: Groves	Report	Goal: Davies

30 March 1991

Central Park, Wigan Attendance: 16,109

Final

Wigan	13 – 8	St. Helens
Try: Myers, Botica Goal: Botica (2) Drop goal: Gregory	Report	Try: Hunte Goal: Bishop (2)

27 April 1991

Wembley, London Attendance: 75,532 Player of the Match: Denis Betts[2]

FB 1 Steve Hampson RW 2 David Myers RC 3 Kevin Iro LC 4 Dean Bell LW 5 Frano Botica SO 6 Shaun Edwards SH 7 Andy Gregory PR 8 Ian Lucas HK 9 Martin Dermott PR 10 Andy Platt SR 11 Denis Betts SR 12 Phil Clarke LF 13 Ellery Hanley (c) Substitutions: IC 14 Bobbie Goulding IC 15 Andy Goodway Coach: John Monie

FB 1 Phil Veivers RW 2 Alan Hunte RC 3 Tea Ropati LC 4 Paul Loughlin LW 5 Les Quirk SO 6 Jonathan Griffiths SH 7 Paul Bishop PR 8 Jon Neill HK 9 Bernard Dwyer PR 10 Kevin Ward SR 11 John Harrison SR 12 George Mann LF 13 Shane Cooper (c) Substitutions: IC 14 Gary Connolly IC 15 Paul Groves Coach: Mike McClennan