All Golds await their fate in Challenge Cup
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ALL Golds will join the likes of Red Star Belgrade in the draw for the First Round of the 2019 Rugby League Challenge Cup next Friday.
The draw, which will be held before the second international between England Academy and Australia Schoolboys, will be streamed live on the BBC Sport website at 5.30pm.
Red Star, a globally recognised sporting name largely through the success of their football club who won the European Cup in 1991, have been playing Rugby League since 2006, and recently retained their Serbian Championship title – also contributing the majority of the players who have established Serbia as number 17 in the International Federation world rankings.
Their application to play in the Challenge Cup was accepted by the Rugby Football League on the basis they must play away in rounds one and two.
Wales, Scotland and Ireland are represented by Torfaen Tigers, Edinburgh Eagles and Longhorns, from Leinster.
National Conference Premier Division champions Hunslet Club Parkside are joined by 30 teams from across the NCL divisions – including Kells and Normanton Knights, who reached the fourth round of the 2018 Challenge Cup.
There are four clubs from the south of England: Hammersmith Hills Hoists and London Chargers, who came headto-head in round one in 2018, All Golds from the West of England League and North Herts Crusaders, the East League champions who will be making their Challenge Cup debut.
Teams from the Army, the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force will be joined by the British Police team in the draw.
Betfred League One teams enter at round three in March, and 12 Betfred Championship sides join in Round Four before four Super League clubs – Hull Kingston Rovers, Leeds Rhinos, London Broncos and Salford Red Devils – enter in round five in April before the top eight join in round six.
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