1895 Cup
Every champion of the RFL 1895 Cup (named for rugby league's 1895 founding), the secondary knockout cup for Championship and League 1 clubs launched in 2019 as the successor to the Championship Cup, after a five-year gap with no equivalent tier-2/3 cup competition.
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
7 seasons with a champion on record. Sheffield Eagles has won the most titles (1).
Champions
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sheffield Eagles | Widnes Vikings | Won 36-18 — launch season, the direct successor to the Championship Cup after a five-year gap with no equivalent tier-2/3 cup. |
| 2020 | Not held | — | Not held due to COVID-19. |
| 2021 | Featherstone Rovers | York (City Knights) | Won 41-34. |
| 2022 | Leigh Centurions | Featherstone Rovers | Won 30-16. |
| 2023 | Halifax Panthers | Batley Bulldogs | Won 12-10. |
| 2024 | Wakefield Trinity | Sheffield Eagles | Won 50-6 at Wembley Stadium — nine tries, Luke Gale named man of the match. Independently re-verified by the assistant after a Wikipedia table extraction had corrupted the score to an implausible "50-60." |
| 2025 | York Knights | Featherstone Rovers | Won 5-4 after extra time (Golden Point). |
| 2026 | London Broncos | Widnes Vikings | Won 32-10 at Halliwell Jones Stadium (31 Aug 2026) — the Broncos' first-ever title in this competition. Independently re-verified by the assistant. |
A note on the 2024 final score
Wikipedia's summary table showed the 2024 final as an implausible "50-60" — a data-extraction artifact matching a corruption pattern seen elsewhere in this site's rugby league research. The correct score, Wakefield Trinity 50-6 Sheffield Eagles, was independently confirmed via direct match reports (Yorkshire Evening Post, Wakefield Express) and rugbyleagueproject.org.
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