Edinburgh Eagles ARLFC

Challenge Cup Date Gets Closer for Eagles

CARNEGIE Challenge Cup rugby comes to Scotland for the first time as Edinburgh Eagles take on Blackwood Bulldogs at Meggetland Stadium on Sunday 14th February .

With Magic Weekend at Murrayfield coming up in May, the tie offers a mouth-watering taster for Rugby League fans as the Eagles bid to make history by becoming the first Scottish club to reach the third round of the competition.

Having equalled their best performance in Rugby league's most prestigious competition with a hard fought first round victory away at Gloucestershire University, the Eagles will be hoping to go a step further after the second round draw granted them a maiden home tie.

Chairman Ashley Carroll, who also stars for the side, believes history is there to be made:

"This is probably the biggest match in our history. We got to the second round last year but having a home draw is a massive bonus.

Hopefully we can get a decent crowd down to Meggetland, and if our preparation is good and we believe in our ability and talent then I think we can win."

Victory over the Welsh champions, themselves in the second round for the first time, would take the Eagles closer to a potential dream fourth round tie with one of the Engage Super League sides who are set to light up Murrayfield on the 1st and 2nd of May.

This clash between the respective champions of Scotland and Wales has been marked out as the tie of the round, with the BBC confirming it as their featured match.

Scotland Rugby League and the Rugby Football League (RFL) were delighted to announce that The Challenge Cup itself will be making its way north of the border to the Eagles' for the match. The Eagles' have confirmed that the Carnegie Challenge cup will be on display at the 3 sisters for the Scotland vs. Wales 6 nations rugby union match on Saturday 13th February and also at their principal sponsor Edinburgh Napier University on the Friday afternoon.

It serves further notice of the continued emergence of Rugby league in Scotland after the resounding success of the 2009 Magic Weekend at Murrayfield, and with the ever improving Eagles flying the flag for Scotland, top level Rugby League might just be finding its way north of the border on a more regular basis.

FULL MATCH AND TICKET DETAILS

Meggetland Sports Complex - Boroughmuir RFC

Sunday 14th FEBRUARY 2010

12:30 Kick Off

Adults �£3

Students �£1

Kids Free (Under 16)