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CLARE BALDING ON THE CHALLENGE CUP
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The Challenge Cup has in the past been Wigan's domain. They are not as
dominant as they were in the 1980s and '90s, but they are very good at
knockout rugby.

They travel to Wakefield on Saturday for a fifth round clash that looks
too tight to call.

They have both beaten each other away from home this season so the two
coaches, Wakefield's John Kear and Wigan's Brian Noble, will have been
working hard on ways of exposing the opposition side.

I've got a soft spot for both coaches as they regularly bring their
expertise into our BBC studio.

Kear and the whole of Wakefield have had a torrid time of late with two
deaths in their squad and they will be playing with more than the usual
amount of passion and emotion and I wish them well.

On Sunday we are in St Helens for their clash with Catalans Dragons.

Had the game taken place two weeks ago St Helens would be runaway
favourites, but having been turned over emphatically by Wigan up at
Murrayfield they are going to be nursing their wounds a little bit.

Catalans have shown their powers of recovery are immense this season and
they have a never-say-die attitude that shouldn't be underestimated.  

This match-up is a repeat of the 2007 final and intriguingly it pits the
St Helens coach, Mick Potter, up against his former charges.

No-one should know the Catalans style of play better than Mick and it
should be an occasion he can enjoy, although I suspect he might be
slightly dreading it.

I expect St Helens to win and march on to a fourth successive cup final
win.

After Sunday's match we have the quarter-final draw live and there's an
interactive forum on Saturday on the Red Button, where you can air your
views on all things rugby league.

Enjoy the weekend,

Clare

<b>Clare Balding presents BBC TV coverage of Wakefield v Wigan on
Saturday and St Helens v Catalans Dragons on Sunday.</b>

<i>Clare was talking to Paul Birch.</i>

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THIS WEEKEND ON BBC SPORT
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RUGBY LEAGUE
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Saturday: Challenge Cup fifth round: Wakefield v Wigan (1415-1630, BBC
One/online); Post-match forum (1630-1700, BBC Red Button/online).
Sunday: Challenge Cup fifth round: St Helens v Catalans Dragons (1500-1735, BBC
Two/online).


FOOTBALL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/default.stm
Saturday: Football Focus (1130, BBC One/online); SPL commentary (1230, BBC Radio 5
Live/online); Premier League commentary (1500 & 1730, BBC Radio 5
Live/online); Final Score (1430, BBC Red Button/online; 1630, BBC
One/online); Match of the Day (2230, BBC One/online).
Sunday: Match of the Day repeat (0735 BST, BBC One/online); Premier League
commentary (1330 & 1600, BBC Radio 5 Live/online); Match of the Day 2
(2230, BBC Two/online).


FORMULA ONE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/default.stm
Saturday: Spanish Grand Prix: Third practice (0955-1105, BBC Red Button/online &
BBC Radio Five sports extra/online); Qualifying (1210-1415, BBC One/Red
Button/online & Radio 5 Live/online); Qualifying loop: (1800-1200
Sunday, BBC Red Button - Not Freeview).
Sunday: Spanish Grand Prix: Race live (1210-1515, BBC One/BBC Red Button/online
& BBC Radio 5 Live/online); Interactive Forum (1515-1615, BBC Red
Button/online); Race re-run (1600-1100 Tuesday, BBC Red Button - service
varies on Freeview); Race highlights (1900-2000 and 0245-0345, BBC
Three).


OTHER SPORT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/default.stm
Saturday: Cricket: First Test - England v West Indies (1045-1800, BBC Radio 5 Live
sports extra/BBC Red Button/online); Equestrian sport: Badminton Horse
Trials (1100-1630, BBC Red Button/online); Horse racing: Ascot and
Haydock (1300-1440, BBC Two/online).
Sunday: Cricket: First Test - England v West Indies (1045-1800, BBC Radio 5 Live
sports extra/BBC Red Button/online); Equestrian sport: Badminton Horse
Trials (1300-1500, BBC Red Button/online).


All the latest TV and radio times:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio

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...AND ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK
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bbc.co.uk/sport

Brian Noble on St Helens v Catalans
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8037986.stm

Justin Morgan on Wakefield v Wigan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8036832.stm



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