BBC to show Challenge Cup sixth round draw on Monday

The Challenge Cup sixth round draw will be held on Monday, March 14 and broadcast live from Elland Road in front of the BBC cameras.

BBC Look North and BBC Sport Online will show the sixth round draw live from 6:45pm.

Tanya Arnold will host the draw, with the balls being drawn out by Great Britain legend Lee Brooks and the Royal Navy’s Ben Taylor, commonly known to rugby league fans as ‘Yorkshire Prose’ for his poetry on social media.

Crooks helped Hull beat Widnes 18-9 in the Challenge Cup final replay at Elland Road in 1982.

Taylor was part of the Royal Navy team which this year reached the fourth round of the competition for the first time in their history.

Every Super League club apart from Toulouse will go into the hat for the first time in this year’s competition. They will meet this weekend’s four round five winners, and Bradford or Leigh, whose round five match kicks off one hour after Monday night’s draw.

The weekend of March 25-27 will see the sixth round fixtures played.

The quarters will take place on April 9-10. Leeds’ Elland Road will host the semi-finals as part of a triple-header alongside the women’s Challenge Cup final on Saturday, May 7.

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will hold the Challenge Cup final on Saturday, May 28.

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Challenge Cup fifth round fixtures:

Saturday, March 12

North Wales Crusaders v Sheffield Eagles – 1:30pm (Our League)

Sunday, March 13

Barrow Raiders v Workington Town – 1pm (BBC Red Button & BBC Sport website)

Whitehaven v York City Knights – 3pm

Batley Bulldogs v Featherstone Rovers – 3pm (The Sportsman)

Monday, March 14 

Bradford Bulls v Leigh Centurions – 7:45pm (Premier Sports)

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