| Duration | 5 Rounds |
|---|---|
| Number of teams | 20 |
| Winners |  Sheffield Eagles |
| Runners-up |  Widnes Vikings |
| Biggest home win |  Doncaster 70–6  West Wales Raiders (5 May 2019) |
| Biggest away win |  Halifax 8–52 Sheffield Eagles (5 June 2019) |
| Ray French Award | Anthony Thackeray (Sheffield Eagles) |
The 2019 RFL 1895 Cup, known as the 2019 AB Sundecks 1895 Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the inaugural tournament for the RFL 1895 Cup, a rugby league football competition for clubs in the United Kingdom. The tournament was played between League 1 and Championship teams between May and August 2019. The format of the tournament was confirmed in December 2018, and consisted of five rounds. In round 1 eight League 1 teams played in a knock out round. Round 2 introduced the 12 English teams from the Championship who with the winners from round 1 will play eight ties. The quarter-finals and semi-finals followed in June and July, with the final played at Wembley Stadium on 24 August, with the Challenge Cup final also being played on this day.[1]
The competition commenced in May without sponsorship but in June it was announced that the cup would be sponsored by AB Sundecks, owned by former Leigh Centurions chairman Derek Beaumont.[2]
- ^ "1895 Cup entrants confirmed". Rugby Football League. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Beaumont backs 1895 Cup as new title partner". 31 May 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.