The 1989 Challenge Cup was the 88th 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 27–0.

Preliminary round Date Team One Team Two Score15 Jan Barrow Island Thatto Heath 11-1815 Jan Leeds Hunslet 32-615 Jan Milford Amateurs Swinton 0-3615 Jan Wakefield Trinity Bramley 18-1015 Jan West Hull Doncaster 2-4815 Jan York Workington Town 35-8

First round Date Team One Team Two Score28 Jan Hull FC Castleford 4-729 Jan Barrow Huddersfield 38-1629 Jan Carlisle Mansfield 58-129 Jan Chorley Thatto Heath 8-429 Jan Dewsbury Oldham 9-4029 Jan Doncaster Wigan 6-3829 Jan Fulham Bradford Northern 10-2829 Jan Rochdale Hornets Hull Kingston Rovers 24-2829 Jan Runcorn Keighley 10-2829 Jan Salford Widnes 14-1829 Jan Sheffield Eagles Leigh 23-1729 Jan Swinton St Helens 5-1629 Jan Wakefield Trinity Batley 34-429 Jan Warrington Halifax 25-829 Jan Whitehaven Featherstone Rovers 0-3229 Jan York Leeds 9-28

Second round Date Team One Team Two Score11 Feb Castleford Widnes 18-3212 Feb Bradford Northern Wigan 4-1712 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Chorley 28-412 Feb Leeds Carlisle 24-412 Feb St Helens Barrow 28-612 Feb Sheffield Eagles Oldham 20-3212 Feb Wakefield Trinity Featherstone Rovers 4-1012 Feb Warrington Keighley 56-7

Quarter-finals Date Team One Team Two Score25 Feb Oldham Wigan 4-1226 Feb Hull Kingston Rovers Warrington 4-3026 Feb Leeds Widnes 4-2426 Feb St Helens Featherstone Rovers 32-3

Semi finals

Final This was the first time since 1951 that a team had been held scoreless in a Challenge Cup Final at Wembley.

FB 1 Steve HampsonRW 2 Tony IroRC 3 Kevin IroLC 4 Dean BellLW 5 Joe LydonSO 6 Shaun Edwards SH 7 Andy Gregory PR 8 Ian LucasHK 9 Nicky Kiss PR 10 Adrian ShelfordSR 11 Andy PlattSR 12 Ian PotterLF 13 Ellery Hanley (c)Substitutions:IC 14 Denis BettsIC 15 Andy GoodwayCoach: Graham Lowe FB 1 Gary ConnollyRW 2 Mike O'ConnorRC 3 Phil VeiversLC 4 Paul LoughlinLW 5 Les QuirkSO 6 Shane CooperSH 7 Neil HoldingPR 8 Tony BurkeHK 9 Paul GrovesPR 10 Paul ForberSR 11 Bernard DwyerSR 12 Roy HaggertyLF 13 Paul Vautin (c)Substitutions:IC 14 Darren BloorIC 15 Stuart EvansCoach: Alex Murphy

References

External links Challenge Cup official website Challenge Cup 1988/89 results at Rugby League Project