Rugby league side bid to make history

Leeds Met's student rugby league side will be looking to make history this weekend as they face Batley Bulldogs for a place in the fourth round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup.

Following their demolition of the British Police in the third round, the students will travel to the home of Cooperative Championship club Batley Bulldogs, the first winners of the Challenge Cup in 1897 on Sunday as they bid to be the first student team through to the fourth round of the competition.

Director of rugby league Paul Fletcher is excited at the prospect: "The boys worked really hard in the last round as a team and produced the goods.  I'm buzzing about the prospect of playing Batley in the third round.  For the guys to get the chance to play against a professional outfit is the dream and hopefully we can make it through to the fourth round and make history."

Star from the last round Adam Scott added: "The Carnegie Challenge Cup means everything to me and it's awesome to get through to the third round."

Carnegie Challenge Cup Third Round
Batley Bulldogs v Leeds Met
2.00pm, Sunday 7 March 2010
Mount Pleasant Stadium, Batley

Adults £10 Students £5 (with student card) Children £2

The draw for the third round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup in full is as follows:
Widnes Vikings v Wigan St Judes
Oldham v Blackwood Bulldogs
Gateshead Thunder v York City Knights
London Skolars  v Limoux
Doncaster  v Siddal
Rochdale Hornets v Lezignan
Drighlington v Dewsbury Rams
Batley Bulldogs v Leeds Metropolitan University
Royal Navy v Blackpool Panthers
Featherstone Rovers v Workington Town
Warrington Wizards v Swinton Lions
Leigh Miners Rangers v Whitehaven
Sheffield Eagles v Thatto Heath
Ovenden v Halifax
Barrow Raiders v Hunslet Warriors
Keighley Cougars v Toulouse Olympique
Leigh East v Hunslet Hawks
Leigh Centurions v Wath Brow Hornets

Ties to be played over the weekend of March 6 and 7.