LEIGH Centurions' assault in the 2003 TXU Energi-sponsored Challenge Cup will open with a Russian invasion.

Russian champions Locomotiv Moscow will make an historic first-ever trip to Hilton Park for a third round tie on the weekend of January 25/26.

Local amateurs Leigh Miners Rangers will come up against some familiar faces when they travel to Chorley Lynx who will have half a dozen ex-Centurions players in their line-up.

The full draw is: Doncaster Dragons v Redhill; Salford City Reds v Toulouse Spacers; Hull Kingston Rovers v Siddal; West Bowling v Batley Bulldogs; Gateshead Thunder v Union Treiziste Catalan; York City Knights v Skirlaugh Bulls; Swinton Lions v Shaw Cross Sharks; Barrow Raiders v Embassy; Halton Simms Cross v London Skolars; Leigh Centurions v Locomotiv Moscow; Woolston Rovers v Dewsbury Rams; Oulton v Sheffield Eagles; Hunslet Hawks v Pia; Oldham St Annes v Rochdale Hornets; Featherstone Rovers v Villeneuve Leopards; Whitehaven v Cottingham Tigers; Keighley Cougars v Thornhill Trojans; Chorley Lynx v Leigh Miners Rangers; Oldham v East Hull; Wath Brow v Workington Town.