The draw for the opening two rounds of the 2021 Betfred Challenge Cup took place on Thursday evening.  Under new sponsors, the competition will start with the Championship 1 and Championship clubs as the sides start the shortened journey to Wembley and the Cup Final scheduled for the 17th July. The Cup competition will kick off on the weekend of the 21st/22nd March with eight ties including three clubs from Championship 1 (Barrow, Keighley and West Wales) and the thirteen UK based Championship sidesThe twelve Super League clubs will join in for round three which will be played over the weekend of the 11th April. The draw was made by Jon Wilkin and the fixtures in full were drawn out as follows; First Round - 21st/22nd March 1.       London Broncos vKeighley Cougars 2.       Whitehaven vDewsbury Rams 3.       Oldham vBarrow Raiders 4.       West Wales Raiders vWidnes Vikings 5.       Swinton Lions vNewcastle Thunder 6.       Halifax Panthers vBatley Bulldogs 7.       Sheffield Eagles vYork City Knights 8.       Featherstone Rovers vBradford Bulls Second Round – 28th/29th March Winners of 5 vWinners of 3 Winners of 8 vWinners of 6 Winners of 1 vWinners of 7 Winners of 4 vWinners of 2