LEIGH Centurions and Sheffield Eagles just can't keep away from each other.
The two clubs have been paired together in the Challenge Cup for a fifth time in eight years - and Leigh have lost the previous four.
For a second year in a row, the Super League big spenders make the trip to Hilton Park.
Last year, with two divisions separating the teams, the Eagles ran away with the game 62-10, after Leigh had taken an early lead. Now Leigh are in Division One, and will be looking to provide the Eagles with a much sterner test.
Holders St Helens must travel to Division One opposition, Featherstone Rovers.
All four surviving amateur clubs, Egremont, Featherstone Lions, Ellenborough and Ovenden, came out with home ties against Workington, Hull KR, Hunslet Hawks and Salford Reds respectively.
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