title: Trans-Pennine Cup
text: # Trans-Pennine Cup
  
  The Trans-Pennine Cup was a short-lived competition for professional British rugby league clubs in the RFL Second Division.
  
  The competition had no qualification rounds; only a final was played. The finalists were the highest placed team in the Northern Ford Premiership from either side of the Pennines (Yorkshire versus Lancashire/Cumbria), at an early stage of the season.
  
  In 2001 the competition was replaced by the Championship Cup, a longer and more structured competition.
  
  ## Winners
  
  | Season | Winners | Runners-up |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1998 | Batley Bulldogs | Oldham |
  | 2000 | Dewsbury Rams | Leigh Centurions |
  | 2001 | Leigh Centurions | Keighley Cougars |
  