Sky Bet's Odds For Next Season:

Featherstone: 4/6
Halifax: 3
Leigh: 6
Batley: 8
Sheffield: 12
Dewsbury: 25
York City Knights: 33
Hunslet Hawks: 40
Swinton: 50
Keighley: 66

shocking odds for leigh given their situation. Can only see it being us or fev

Agreed. If Swinton keep bringing in the calibre that they have been that could be an outside bet. They're already better than Keighley, Hunslet, York and Dewsbury and I think they'd give Leigh and Sheffield a game.

William Hill think Leigh are the (joint) best bet outside SL to win the Challenge Cup ....

3/1 Warrington
4/1 Wigan
9/2 St Helens
6/1 Leeds
10/1 Catalans
12/1 Huddersfield
12/1 Hull FC
20/1 Hull KR
25/1 Bradford
33/1 Salford
40/1 Castleford
40/1 Wakefield
66/1 Harlequins
66/1 Widnes
100/1 Leigh
100/1 Halifax
150/1 Crusaders
150/1 Featherstone Rovers
200/1 Sheffield
250/1 Barrow
250/1 Batley
250/1 Whitehaven
500/1 Dewsbury
500/1 York
500/1 Hunslet
500/1 Keighley
500/1 Oldham
500/1 Rochdale
500/1 Swinton
500/1 Workington
750/1 South Wales
750/1 London Skolars
1000/1 Gateshead
Others on Request

.... Looking at some of the "lower league" odds, a classic case of a bookie not quite grasping what's going on (even though admittedly a non SL won't win the CC anyway!). Hopefully William Hill are ignorant of Fax's re-building and will give us generous odds when they open their Championship book. My wad is ready ..............