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Dave Woods is joined by two-time Challenge Cup winning head coach John Kear and four-time finalist Kevin Brown to look ahead to this year’s final.

On Saturday afternoon Huddersfield Giants, who’ve not won the cup since 1953, face the competition’s most successful club, Wigan Warriors, as rugby league is played for the first time ever at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Time codes:

01:20 – The excitement of Challenge Cup Final week.

02:30 – It’s a first final for new Wigan head coach, Matt Peet, in what has been a fantastic start for him.

05:30 – The effect new assistant coach Lee Briers has had on Wigan’s attacking game.

07:15 – Interview with Matt Peet.

12:40 – Do Wigan start the game as favourites?

14:10 – If Wigan are favourites, how close are Huddersfield?

16:00 – John says Ian Watson has changed the culture at the Giants.

18:00 – It’s a great occasion for local lads and one-club men, Jermaine McGillvary, Leroy Cudjoe and Michael Lawrence.

21:05 – Interview with Ian Watson.

27:45 – John and Kevin react to Ian Watson’s assertion that British coaches are often overlooked for the top jobs in Super League.

30:15 – There’s an excitement about the game being played at Tottenham’s new home.

33:00 - Kevin and John make a passionate defence of why it’s important that the final is always played in London.

36:20 – The curtain-raiser is the 1895 Final between Featherstone Rovers and Leigh Centurions.

38:45 – Which team is going to win the Challenge Cup Final?

41:25 – Who do John and Kevin think will be the standout candidates for the Lance Todd Trophy?

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