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Get the latest breaking news across the U. S. on ABCNews. com. In 2. 00. 1 the 1. Challenge Cup final was one of the most controversial finals in rugby league history, not because of any actual incident which occurred during the match, but because of the decision to play the game at rugby union HQ Twickenham. The reconstruction of Wembley, the Challenge Cup finals home for the previous 5. RFL decided to take the occasion on the road. The previous years final had proved to be a success at the home of Scottish Rugby Union, Murrayfield, but Twickenham represented something completely different to rugby league fans. The Union game was now openly professional, but that didnt erase the years of bigotry and repression from the minds of the rugby league community. Although Twickenham had been used as a venue in the 2. World Cup, it seemed bizarre that the historic 1. Challenge Cup would be celebrated within the walls of the very place from where so much hostility to the 1. Unbelievably it was still less than eight years since both Steve Pilgrim and Ady Spencer had received one year bans from the RFU for breaking the law No person shall play in a trial or play with a non amateur club or a non amateur organisation involved in the playing of any other type of rugby football, and now Twickenham would house the showpiece event of the sport it had tried to repress for years. It somehow seemed more of a tribute to the history of the occasion that St. Helens were one of the sides involved, having been defeated by Batley in the first ever final in 1. Cup back to Knowsley Road. A 1. 3 6 score line meant that Bradford Bulls were defeated by Saints for the third final in six years but the spectacle was a shadow of their previous Wembley clashes. Arguably in fitting with the sport usually seen at the venue, the game itself proved to be a dull and disappointing affair more remembered for the torrential downpour of rain than exciting play which evoked memories of the England v Australia World Cup clash at the same venue a year earlier. Many wondered whether a higher power was sending out a message NUMBER 4. Haven finally win a game Such is the romance of the Challenge Cup that its not just finals and semi finals which evoke extreme passions and joy. The knock out format ensures that a first round meeting of two teams in the same division can take on so much more significance than what otherwise may be a stale fixture in the league, and arguably the greatest example of this was in January 1. Whitehaven travelled to Arena 8. Huddersfield Barracudas. It was history that made this clash all the more interesting and significant, but not for anything that existed between the two participants, more Whitehavens history in the competition. Whitehaven ran out for this fixture on the back of a run of Challenge Cup defeats going back to 1. For twenty years the club had continuously failed at the first hurdle of the competition, and the people of West Cumbria wondered if the club would ever break their first round hoodoo Haven lining up for the first round, they were on a seven game unbeaten run in the league, pushing for promotion, and confidence was high. In the end, the jinx wasnt just broken but was shattered as Haven romped to a 3. Challenge Cup history. Tony Solarie and Gary Mc. Farlane were the heroes running in two tries apiece. Having waited 2. 1 years for a win, remarkably the next win would come just seven days later away at First Division Wakefield in the second round. Again Haven produced an outstanding performance to demolish their divisional superiors by 2. Recreation Ground outfit were in the quarter finals. The tie saw them paired with giants St Helens, but unfortunately the newly developed cup heroics couldnt be repeated at Knowsley Road as Haven valiantly went down 4. Not that it mattered to the Haven faithful who basked in finally having a Cup run to enjoy NUMBER 4. Beverley eliminate Highfield. In season 1. 90. 80. Beverley defeated professional club Ebbw Vale in the first round of the Challenge Cup. Remarkably it would be another 8. Humbersiders of Beverley who would repeat the feat. In the third round in season 1. Beverley were drawn away to perennial Division Two strugglers Highfield after close victories of fellow amateurs Chequerfield and Normanton in previous rounds. Despite Highfields status in the professional ranks, it was expected that they would record a win, especially after having downed Barrow earlier in the month for their first league win of the season. Beverley had other ideas. From start to finish, Beverley completely dominated their league counterparts and converted early pressure into two early tries by centres Sean Olsen and Scott Sullivan. A Paul Hunter conversion and drop goal, followed by a Steve Larvin try meant the amateurs led 1. Any inspirational words offered by Highfield coach Chris Arkwright during the interval were quickly erased from his sides memories four minutes into the second half as Mike Cator played the ball to himself and bullocked over from ten yards to stretch the Beverley lead to 2.