Details have been confirmed for the triple header combining the Betfred Challenge Cup Semi Finals and Betfred Women’s Challenge Cup Final on June 5.

Our Semi Final against Castleford will be played at Leigh Sports Village and be shown on BBC Two, kicking off at 5.00pm with coverage starting at 4.30pm.

The Hull FC versus St Helens Semi Final will be played at the same venue and shown on BBC One, kicking off at 2.30pm with coverage starting at 2.00pm.

The Final of the Betfred Women’s Challenge Cup will also be played at Leigh Sports Village on Saturday June 5, kicking off at 11.15am, with live coverage on BBC2 – a first for Women’s Rugby League.

Covid restrictions mean that capacity at Leigh Sports Village will be severely limited by the Covid-19 restrictions.

Each of the four Betfred Challenge Cup Semi Finalists will be given an initial allocation of approximately 600 tickets – details of the ballot process required to allocate these tickets will be confirmed in the coming days.

Details for the Betfred Women’s Challenge Cup Finalists will be confirmed in the week starting May 24.

The RFL are working with Government and other relevant authorities on the possibility of increasing the capacity, based around staggered entry of supporters of the six teams to the stadium.

Mark Foster, the RFL’s Chief Commercial Officer, said: “After the whole Betfred Challenge Cup competition was played behind closed doors in 2020, this does represent a step in the right direction – with every reason to be hopeful of a much bigger crowd at Wembley on July 17 for the Final.

“For Women’s Rugby League, live coverage on BBC Two of the Betfred Women’s Challenge Cup Final represents another significant milestone – and we are also delighted to be able to confirm BBC coverage of the Semi Final double header at the LNER Stadium in York.”

“We know the restrictions on capacity at Leigh Sports Village are going to mean frustration and disappointment for some who would want to support their teams in person.

“We share that frustration, but this event was scheduled over six months ago and it became clear recently, that while it is great that fans would be allowed inside the stadium, it was going to be an event with unique challenges, involving six teams playing at the same stadium in the period between the partial reopening of stadiums to fans in Step 3 of the Government Roadmap out of Lockdown, and the further easing in Step 4 later in June. We are grateful to Leigh Sports Village and the four Semi-Finalists for the way that they have worked with us to get to this stage and to the BBC for their live coverage of all 3 games meaning that those fans who are unable to attend in person at the stadium can still watch the game live on TV.”

Tickets are on sale now for the Betfred Challenge Cup Final at Wembley on Sat 17 July (KO 3pm). Be there as fans return for our annual showpiece with tickets from only £20 Adults and £5 U16s. Limited tickets are remaining with Categories 1-4 already sold out, so book now at eticketing.co.uk/rugbyleagueto ensure that you don’t miss out on all the action.

Challenge Cup Semi final details confirmed