[1] The following is a table of prize amounts received by each club depending on which round of the Challenge Cup was reached.

[2] The 1996 tournament's final featured Super League clubs St. Helens and Bradford Bulls, and was played on Saturday, 27 April [3] at London's Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 78,550.

[4] The match was refereed by Stuart Cummings and at half time Bradford led 14-12.

[5] Trailing 26-12 from the 53rd to the 57th minute, St Helens overcame this 14-point deficit, the biggest in Challenge Cup final history for a winning team, to prevail by 40-32.

Bradford's scrum half back, Robbie Paul, became the fourth player ever to achieve what was a Challenge Cup final record of three tries, and was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for man-of-the-match.