00:00 So, lads, on the Challenge Cup this weekend, we've got some tasty ties to look forward
00:11 to. It starts Saturday night, Hokey Ara host Lee in a repeat of last year's final. Obviously,
00:19 that went against Hokey Ara in heartbreaking fashion, the loss in Gordon Point to Loughlin
00:23 Lambs. Drop go, Hokey Ara have beaten Lee a couple of times since then. Lee aren't the
00:30 same side. Form-wise, anyway, they've got a few injuries as well. Last season, they
00:33 managed to avoid injuries to key players. That's not the case at the start of this year
00:38 in the results. Haven't been great. They've only won one game in the Super League. They
00:42 beat Featherstone in the last round of the Cup. Hokey Ara hammered Salford in the last
00:49 16 as part of a four-match winning run. They've really found a rich vein of form since they
00:55 put Nile Evels to full-back. He's been a key man recently. So, you'd have to fancy Hokey
01:00 Ara in that quarter-final tie. Obviously, they fell short last year. They want to get
01:05 back to Wembley and go one better. Everything's set up at Craven Park to win silverware now,
01:12 but they need to take that next step. They've reached three semifinals final in the last
01:16 few years. So, they are getting there, but another test this weekend and one they should
01:23 overcome really on form. Then you've got Catalan hosting Huddersfield on the same night, Saturday
01:30 evening. Huddersfield, they're doing well against the lesser sides. They're brushing
01:34 those sides with ease. They've struggled against the better sides this season. So, a massive
01:39 test for Huddersfield against the Catalan side, who are the best team in the Super League
01:44 over their first seven rounds. So, Huddersfield will have to go some to win there, but they
01:49 have won in Perpignan recently, even last season when they were out of form. So, it
01:55 could happen. It's the Cup, so anything could happen. On Sunday, you've got Cass. They've
02:02 got a lot of injuries at the moment, a lot of key men missing. They've been handed probably
02:07 the toughest test against Wigan, the best side in the competition in Super League last
02:11 year. Cass will have to go some to win that, but again, it's the magic of the Cup. Weldon
02:17 Road, if they get the crowd behind them, they get a bit of luck, maybe a lot of luck, and
02:23 who knows what might happen there. Then you've got St Helens against Warrington in the fourth
02:30 Challenge Cup quarterfinal tie. Again, a really interesting tie. That could go either way.
02:37 You've got to fancy St Helens with their big game experience, but who knows. So, yes, it's
02:42 going to be an interesting weekend and fingers crossed for a lot of entertaining rugby and
02:48 a couple of shocks maybe.
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