Watching the football at the moment and obviously if Bradford go through it will be deemed a huge shock just as it was when they beat Arsenal. It's got me thinking when the last true cup shock was in Rugby League. Yes Fev beat Cas last year but I'm not sure you can class that as you couldn't really class Hull KR beating Warrington because they had slight chances of the win beforehand.

I can't really remember one since Salford beat Wigan in 1996. The gap is so big nowadays that lower league sides usually have 80+ put past them. Is this a reason for the cup losing its magic a little?

Toulouse beating Widnes in 2005 (IIRC)?

I would class Hull KR's win against Warrington and Fev's win against Cas as proper Cup shocks, the gulf between the divisions is still pretty big regardless of how much momentum the underdog's had behind them on the day.

As for other shocks Salford beating Wigan must be one of the biggest.

Hunslet beat SuperLeague Huddersfield in 2004 too didn't they?

A fair few amateur clubs have knocked out Championship teams in the last decade too. Siddal beating Doncaster 26-0 gets an honourable mention there.

I love the Challenge Cup, no magic lost for me.

The HKR win was a shock as the scores were quite high, which is unusual, shocks are generally low scoring with the lower team hanging on

Leigh have pushed a couple of teams in recent years, W1g4n in 02 ,Hull and Warrington at Hilton Park, not forgetting the televised win against Salford in 01 and then almost beating Warrington at Wilderspool until Alfie Langer pulled them out of the fire in the next round

The Hull KR and Fev wins were also against sides struggling in the league which is why I'd class it as a shock but not a massive onein the same category as Salford or Sheffield beating Wigan.

Wasn't aware of the Siddal result I'll be honest. That would definitely have to go down as one.

The Challenge Cup is great I agree, but there's no denying that people don't view it as they used too and crowd sizes show that.

Good call yes. Their whole run to the semi final was a shock.

Should have beaten Catalan last year too...

Yes, we wuz robbed

When Catalan beat Wigan in the semi..

Sheffield 1998! Can't believe I never even mentioned that!

utc v hull kr
tolouse v widnes
sheffield v wigan
hunslet v hudds

featherstone beating hull in the cup final 1983

salford ending wigans challenge cup winning run in the 90s

Sheffield in '98 for me.

Sheffield's win in the cup was one of the biggest but in terms of beating Wigan at Wembley but Sheffield were an established top flight team so it was more the shock factor that they did it on the big stage.

Salford when they knocked Wigan off their 'Run' were in the Championship and Wigan were on there way to the league that season so a real shock factor

Salford beating the previous years Cup finalists: Wigan and St Helens away in consecutive rounds: in 1966/7

Broncos beating Batley last year

Cas 24-34 Barrow in 2010, though salary cap breaches take the shine off that. 2011 with a different ref (v rare for me to say that) Leigh would have arguably beat Catalans.

1995,huddersfield 36-30 halifax.
'fax were riding high at the top of the old 1st division, fartwon were a 2nd division side.with 20 minutes to go fartown were 36-6 up and none of us could believe what we were seeing,although fax pulled a few tries back to make it look close,we battered them,not many people know or remember this game apart from the 9,000 that were there.
as shocks go though,salford beating wigan in 1996 had that " bloody hell" feel about it.

Oldham 10 Wigan 8
February 4th 1987

Why was it a 'shock', they were obviously good enough to get to the final, we were too feckin cocky/overconfident plus a few iffy refereeing decisions but I wouldn't call it a shock to be fair.

you're a card you are

Since I'm fairly new to RL. Huddersfield beating Leeds in the 2006 semi was a big cup shock for me. Huddersfield hasn't beaten Leeds in a thousand years and even many Leeds fans had seen it as a walkover and had bought final tickets before the game.

Good call.

Slightly disheartening for me that a decent chunk of upsets have Wigan on the receiving end... I hope that's just down to the fact that I (obviously) pay more attention to our games!

plus I suppose it's nicer to be the favourite more often than not.

it was a shock to me