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That just about does it for this live page on tonight's Challenge Cup draw and let me tell you, even with a lack of actual on-the-pitch action, it's good to be able to write about rugby league I tell ya.

And what a draw we were treated to. Holders Warrington will begin the defence of their title against St Helens in a repeat of last year's final.

You can read about that, as well as all the other fixtures by clicking the link in this post.

But for now, thank you for joining us.

Here's a reminder of how tonight's draw panned out, including some cracking fixtures to look forward to.

Challenge Cup sixth-round (to take place on 22 August):

• Castleford v Hull FC
• Catalans v Wakefield

Meanwhile, the quarter-final, which is scheduled for 19 and 20 September, looks like this:

• Warrington v St Helens
• Leeds v Hull KR
• Castleford/Hull FC v Wigan
• Catalans/Wakefield v Salford

"It's about who comes out of lockdown looking best and has the best form," Paul Sculthorpe tells Dave Woods after that draw.

"I don't know how much a neutral venue will come into it but it'll be a great couple of games.

"I'm looking forward to seeing Catalans in the return of Super League and they proved a couple of years ago they are capable of winning the trophy."

This is the second time Sculthorpe has drawn the sixth-round of the Challenge Cup this year, for what it's worth. One for future pub quizzes!

Tony Smith will return to one of his former clubs as Leeds take on Hull KR!

Meanwhile the winner of Castleford v Hull will take on Wigan while Salford Red Devils will travel to the winner of Catalans v Wakefield.

Balls 11 and 12 are now added and the quarter-final draw begins!

Holders Warrington are pulled out first and they're drawn against...St Helens! A repeat of last year's final.

And Catalans v Wakefield is the next sixth-round fixture to be drawn.

These two fixtures will take place on 22 August in Huddersfield.

The 10 Super League clubs are now being put into the bowl. The balls have been disinfected Dave tells us.

Castleford are drawn first alongside Hull FC.

The draw is now imminent and a bespectacled Dave Woods is stood alongside both the Challenge Cup trophy and Paul Sculthorpe ready to undertake tonight's draw.

10 teams in the pot. Who's going to get a bye?

Warrington upset the party when they reigned victorious over eventual Super League champions St Helens at Wembley in last year's Challenge Cup final.

That victory certainly went a long way to healing the wounds of Steve Price's side after they had lost to Catalans Dragons in the capital the year before.

You can watch the highlights of their 18-4 victory by clicking the play button below.

So how will tonight's draw work? 10 teams remain in the competition and four will be drawn in the sixth-round draw, which will take place first.

The six teams who were not drawn will then receive a bye to the quarter finals before the quarter-final draw takes place immediately afterwards.

The numbers 11 and 12 will then be added to represent the winners of the two sixth-round ties.

1. Castleford Tigers
2. Catalans Dragons
3. Hull FC
4. Hull KR
5. Leeds Rhinos
6. Salford Red Devils
7. St Helens
8. Wakefield Trinity
9. Warrington Wolves (holders)
10. Wigan Warriors
11. Winner of Sixth Round Tie 1
12. Winner of Sixth Round Tie 2

As we said, this is the second time the sixth-round of the Challenge Cup has been drawn this season.

In March, Warrington's defence of their title was due to begin away at Wigan, while York were due to welcome Castleford and Widnes would take on 2018 champions Catalans.

Elsewhere, Wakefield were drawn against Featherstone, Newcastle were rewarded with the visit of Toronto, and Sheffield were going to take on Hull FC.

Finally, Leeds would have taken on Hull KR while Salford had the tough task of taking on last season's Super League victors St Helens.

But how is today's draw going to play out?

Yesterday, in addition to last week's withdrawal of Toronto Wolfpack, five clubs from outside Super League pulled out of this year's Challenge Cup.

Newcastle Thunder, Featherstone Rovers, Widnes Vikings, Sheffield and York announced they would not take part in the remainder of the competition.

Sheffield and York cited player welfare concerns as one of the reasons for the decision, meaning that just two sixth-round ties will be played in Huddersfield on 22 August.

The other six teams will receive byes into the quarter-finals, which will be played on 19 and 20 September, with the final scheduled for 17 October.

Well, several months and an ongoing global pandemic later, the Challenge Cup takes centre stage once more.

Just over four months since the last time the sixth round draw of the competition took place, we're here again to see it redrawn.

There's a much-changed line-up and plenty to talk about how we reached this stage, but more on that in a bit.

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ rugby league correspondent Dave Woods will take you through the draw alongside St Helens and Great Britain legend Paul Sculthorpe in around 20 minutes' time.