Trans-Pennine Cup

The Trans-Pennine Cup was a short-lived competition for professional British rugby league clubs in the RFL Second Division.

The competition had no qualification rounds; only a final was played. The finalists were the highest placed team in the Northern Ford Premiership from either side of the Pennines (Yorkshire versus Lancashire/Cumbria), at an early stage of the season.

In 2001 the competition was replaced by the Championship Cup, a longer and more structured competition.

Winners Season Winners Score Runners-up 1998 Batley Bulldogs 28–12 Oldham 2000 Dewsbury Rams 10–8 Leigh Centurions 2001 Leigh Centurions 36–0 Keighley Cougars

See also National League Cup

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