Each team played two home games and two away games against teams in their pool. The top four teams in each pool following the conclusion of the group stage fixtures progressed into an open draw for the knock-out quarter-final stage. The competition started on 5 February.
Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL[1]
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition Points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1
Source: Northern Rail Cup Table – The RFL[1]
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition Points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1
Finals[]
Finals Tournament Bracket[]
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
H
Leigh Centurions
50
A
Widnes Vikings
18
H
Featherstone Rovers
30
A
Halifax RLFC
31
H
Hunslet Hawks
12
A
Featherstone Rovers
50
H
Halifax RLFC
16
A
Leigh Centurions
20
H
Toulouse Olympique XIII
26
A
Halifax RLFC
36
H
Leigh Centurions
44
A
Dewsbury Rams
10
H
Dewsbury Rams
38
A
Batley Bulldogs
22
Quarter-finals[]
Home
Score
Away
Match Information
Date & Time
Referee
Venue
Attendance
Leigh Centurions
50 – 18
Widnes Vikings
19:30, 7 April 2011
Leigh Sports Village
2,737
Hunslet Hawks
12 – 50
Featherstone Rovers
20:00 8 April 2011
South Leeds Stadium
877
Toulouse Olympique
26 – 36
Halifax RLFC
19:00 9 April 2011
Stade de Minimes
850
Dewsbury Rams
38 – 22
Batley Bulldogs
15:00 10 April 2011
Tetley's Stadium
1,643
Semi-finals[]
The semi-finals took place on 16 and 19 June with Sky Sports broadcasting the Featherstone v Halifax game live on Thursday 16 June.
The Northern Rail Cup Final took place at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool on Sunday 17 July at 17:00 GMT live on Sky Sports 3. The Match was contested by Halifax RLFC and Leigh Centurions.
This was Halifax's first appearance in the National League Cup final and was he fourth time Leigh have appeared in the final after making the finals in 2003 and winning the final in 2004 & 2006.
The game was won by Leigh 20 points to 16 with Leigh scoring in the final minute thanks to Tom Armstrong.[4] The victory fulfils the on-field criteria that clubs must meet to be allowed to apply for a Super League licence for the 2015–17 period. Leigh Centurions have become the first club to have won the competition on 3 occasions.