{"id":324549,"date":"2011-03-20T14:49:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T14:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/20\/crusaders-travel-to-leeds\/"},"modified":"2011-03-20T14:49:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T14:49:57","slug":"crusaders-travel-to-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/20\/crusaders-travel-to-leeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Crusaders travel to Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"54.4574293901\">\n<div readability=\"23.8779069767\">\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1c5c3166ire_2484788.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Crusaders travel to Leeds\" title=\"Crusaders travel to Leeds\" width=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rhinos: looking to go one better in this year&#8217;s Challenge Cup<\/p>\n<p><b>Full fourth-round draw:<\/b><br \/>St Helens v Sheffield Eagles<br \/>York v Hull KR<br \/>Featherstone v Lezignan<br \/>London Skolars v Widnes<br \/>Leigh v Catalan Dragons<br \/>Wigan v Barrow<br \/>Leeds v Crusaders<br \/>Batley v Huddersfield<br \/>Dewsbury v Swinton<br \/>Halifax v Bradford<br \/>Hunslet v Salford<br \/>Rochdale v Castleford<br \/>Gateshead v Harlequins<br \/>Warrington v Keighley<br \/>Hull v Oldham<br \/>Doncaster v Wakefield<\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <!-- topicID: -1 storyID: 6824884 -->\t<\/p>\n<h3>Related links<\/h3>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Also see<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--\/ss-art-subcol\/--><\/p>\n<p>Leed Rhinos take on Crusaders in the only all-Super League tie in the fourth round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Rhinos, last year&#8217;s beaten finalists whose last cup success was in 1999, will have home advantage against Iestyn Harris&#8217; team on the weekend of May 7-8.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a big advantage if you can play in such a big game at home,&#8221; said Leeds coach Brian McDermott.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crusaders are a useful team and they&#8217;ll be fancying their chances. We&#8217;re going to get ready for a hard battle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Minnows<\/h4>\n<p>The other 13 Super League clubs have all been paired with Championship opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Holders Warrington, who have not lost a Challenge Cup tie since May 2008 when they went down 40-34 in the fifth round at St Helens, will begin their defence of the trophy against Championship 1 club Keighley.<\/p>\n<p>With home advantage the Wolves will be overwhelming favourites to extend their winning run, but coach Tony Smith insists he will not be taking the part-timers for granted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a good draw,&#8221; said Smith. &#8220;It&#8217;s good to be at home. You don&#8217;t want to take anybody lightly and we certainly won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously it could have been a lot tougher but you&#8217;ve got to be on your game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h5>Reunion<\/h5>\n<p>Super League champions Wigan have been drawn at home to Barrow, a tie that will mean a reunion for the Raiders&#8217; new coach Nigel Wright, a former Wigan player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re looking forward to it,&#8221; said Wigan coach Michael Maguire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our players are keen to do well in the competition and we&#8217;re very happy with a home tie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Early Championship leaders Leigh will fancy their chances of springing an upset against Catalan Dragons, while the other French club in the last 32, domestic champions Lezignan, face a difficult trip to Featherstone.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a west Yorkshire derby between Halifax and Bradford.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1c5c3166ire_2484788.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skysports.com\/story\/0,19528,12196_6824884,00.html\" title=\"Crusaders travel to Leeds\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crusaders travel to Leeds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Rhinos: looking to go one better in this year&#8217;s Challenge Cup Full fourth-round draw: St Helens v Sheffield Eagles York v Hull KR Featherstone v Lezignan London Skolars v Widnes Leigh v Catalan Dragons Wigan v Barrow Leeds v Crusaders Batley v Huddersfield Dewsbury v Swinton Halifax v Bradford Hunslet v Salford Rochdale v Castleford Gateshead v Harlequins Warrington v Keighley Hull v Oldham Doncaster v Wakefield Related links Teams Also see Leed Rhinos take on Crusaders in the only all-Super League tie in the fourth round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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