The 2015 League 1 Cup or 2015 iPro Cup for sponsorship reasons is the first year in the tournament's existence. 16 teams are playing in this years tournament, no team in a division higher than the Championship One. The tournament is seen as a replacement for the recently ceased Northern Rail Cup however teams from the Championship are not eligible to compete.
The final of the competition was played as the opening match of the 2015 Summer Bash at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool. It was won by North Wales Crusaders who defeated Swinton Lions.
Teams competing Barrow Raiders Coventry Bears East Leeds Hemel Stags Keighley Cougars London Skolars Newcastle Thunder North Wales Crusaders Oldham R.L.F.C. Oxford Rugby League Rochdale Hornets South Wales Scorpions Swinton Lions University of Gloucestershire All Golds West Hull York City Knights source: First round
HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeAttendance West Hull 10 – 36 North Wales Crusaders Saturday 28 February 2015, 15:00 YPI Hull C Campbell 150 Oxford Rugby League 20 – 56 Newcastle Thunder Saturday 28 February 2015, 15:00 Iffley Road J Roberts 220 Barrow Raiders 16 – 14 Gloucestershire All Golds Sunday 1 March 2015, 14:00 Craven Park J Bloem 836 Keighley Cougars 64 – 0 East Leeds Sunday 1 March 2015, 15:00 Cougar Park T Grant 423 Swinton Lions 34 – 0 Hemel Stags Sunday 1 March 2015, 15:00 Park Lane, Sedgley Park M Woodhead 349 Oldham R.L.F.C. 42 – 6 Coventry Bears Sunday 1 March 2015, 15:00 Whitebank Stadium D Merrick 425 Rochdale Hornets 40 – 0 South Wales Scorpions Sunday 1 March 2015, 15:00 Spotland C Kendall 260 London Skolars 10 – 78 York City Knights Sunday 1 March 2015, 15:00 New River Stadium W Turley 156
Second round
HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeAttendance Barrow Raiders 10 – 32 Oldham R.L.F.C. 15 March 2015, 14:00 Craven Park M Woodhead 844 North Wales Crusaders 28 – 4 Rochdale Hornets 15 March 2015, 14:30 Racecourse Stadium, Wrexham G Hewer 465 York City Knights 24 – 38 Newcastle Thunder 15 March 2015, 15:00 Huntington Stadium T Crashley 358 Keighley Cougars 22 – 24 Swinton Lions 15 March 2015, 15:00 Cougar Park D Merrick 472
Semi finals
HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeAttendance Swinton Lions 36 – 28 Newcastle Thunder 7 April 2015, 20:00 BST Park Lane, Sedgley Park M Woodhead 351 Oldham R.L.F.C. 16 – 18 North Wales Crusaders 8 April 2015, 19:30 BST Whitebank Stadium D Merrick 444
Final
HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeVenueRefereeAttendance Swinton Lions 8 – 14 North Wales Crusaders 23 May 2015 Bloomfield Road, Blackpool M Woodhead 1,200
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