Hull KR star Mikey Lewis and Wakefield Trinity ace Max Jowitt will conduct the draws for rounds one and two of the 2025 Challenge Cup next Monday evening (December 2). With the draws taking place at the RaisE Business Centre in Goole, they will be shown live on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app, with coverage starting from 6.30pm. Stanley Rangers have been allocated ball number 34.

The two Super League players will be joined by three-time Challenge Cup winner Scott Taylor, who has been appointed as the head coach of Goole Vikings ahead of their inaugural campaign in League 1.

Lewis‘ rugby league career began with West Hull, while Jowitt donned a shirt for Stanley Rangers as a junior. Those are two of the 34 teams from the community game that will enter the First Round draw.

Once that draw has concluded, it will then be followed up with the draw for the Second Round. That’s when the 12 English teams from the Championship and the 11 clubs from League 1 will join the competition.

Those 23 clubs will join the 17 community clubs that win their First Round ties to produce 20 ties for Round Two. And then the winners of those 20 ties will joined by the 12 Super League clubs in the Third Round draw, which comes in January.