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Challenge Cup 2025/26 results and closing odds

All 36 finished games of the 2025/26 season, with the score and the best closing price on each outcome among the bookmakers we compare: the last price before the start. A record of what happened, not a tip.

The season in numbers

36 games priced
  • Closing favourite won 81% 29 of 36 games
  • Home / draw / away 67 / 6 / 28% on the regular-time score
  • Average closing payout 92.0% 100% minus the bookmakers' margin
  • Biggest upset Racing Metro 92 drew with Exeter 31-31, 14 Dec 2025 The draw closed at 51.00 (Unibet); Racing Metro 92 were the favourite at about 94%
  • Odds-on favourites 81% won 29 of 36

Every game, with the closing odds

Best closing price per outcome: 1won the result, 1fav the favourite. Open a game for every bookmaker's closing price and how the whole market closed.

December 2025

  1. Ulster61-7Racing Metro 9211.03X51.00213.00
  2. Stade Francais38-17Cardiff Rugby11.20X34.0024.50
  3. Lions18-26Treviso11.67X26.0022.60
  4. Black Lion13-24Montpellier13.40X26.0021.40
  5. Lyon Olympique14-23Newcastle Red Bulls11.08X41.0029.00
  6. Zebre41-17Montauban11.26X34.0024.50
  7. Perpignan41-17Newport-Gwent11.25X36.0026.75
  8. Ospreys24-21Connacht11.87X19.0022.10
  9. Exeter42-12Cheetahs11.02X51.00217.00
  10. Montpellier31-7Zebre11.01X51.00217.00
  11. Cheetahs22-45Stade Francais15.40X34.0021.30
  12. Treviso44-31Perpignan11.02X51.00212.00
  13. Montauban22-33Ospreys13.35X26.0021.50
  14. Newcastle Red Bulls14-10Lions11.64X23.0022.88
  15. Connacht52-0Black Lion11.03X51.00214.00
  16. Cardiff Rugby29-26Ulster11.44X21.0022.88
  17. Racing Metro 9231-31Exeter11.10X51.00212.00
  18. Newport-Gwent23-21Lyon Olympique11.95X21.0022.10

January 2026

  1. Montauban28-31Black Lion11.32X29.0023.40
  2. Stade Francais27-25Exeter11.91X26.0021.91
  3. Newcastle Red Bulls26-19Perpignan11.26X29.0023.75
  4. Cardiff Rugby32-13Racing Metro 9211.01X67.00215.00
  5. Lions42-33Lyon Olympique11.24X51.0023.60
  6. Treviso74-21Newport-Gwent11.11X26.0026.25
  7. Cheetahs0-28Ulster15.40X34.0021.14
  8. Zebre23-19Ospreys12.90X25.0021.41
  9. Montpellier33-31Connacht11.03X67.00211.00
  10. Newport-Gwent35-12Newcastle Red Bulls11.53X23.0022.55
  11. Black Lion14-28Zebre12.23X23.0021.67
  12. Ulster26-19Stade Francais11.04X11.00251.00
  13. Perpignan20-20Lions11.58X25.0022.38
  14. Connacht75-14Montauban11.01X35.00216.00
  15. Ospreys26-31Montpellier15.25X36.0021.14
  16. Exeter31-0Cardiff Rugby11.01X56.00217.00
  17. Lyon Olympique19-38Treviso118.00X31.0021.01
  18. Racing Metro 9231-28Cheetahs12.28X111.0021.54

Results from our results feed; the 1X2 market settles on the regular-time score, so a game won in extra time or on penalties counts as a draw. Closing prices: each bookmaker's last price before the start, the best of the bookmakers we compare; the favourite is the shortest average price.

Challenge Cup 2025/26 FAQ

How often did the favourite win in the Challenge Cup 2025/26?
The closing favourite, the shortest average price across the bookmakers we compare, won 29 of the 36 games with a closing price (81%): odds-on favourites won 29 of 36.
What was the biggest upset of the Challenge Cup 2025/26?
Racing Metro 92 drew with Exeter 31-31 on 14 December 2025. The draw closed at 51.00 at Unibet, the longest winning price of the season, when the market made Racing Metro 92 the favourite at about 94%.
What was the bookmakers' margin on Challenge Cup 2025/26 games?
The average closing payout was 92.0%, so about 8.0% of the stakes on a game's outcomes went to the bookmaker's margin. A higher payout means fairer prices; compare one game's prices with the margin calculator.

See the current Challenge Cup odds and fixtures, every Challenge Cup season, or check a price's margin and closing line value with the betting calculators.