The Rugby Football League has banned Leeds club Queens from the Challenge Cup for the next three years after crowd trouble at one of their games.

The incidents occurred on 7 March during a third-round tie versus Doncaster, which had to be abandoned.

An RFL tribunal found the club had engaged in conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game.

They had also failed to take precautions to prevent fans acting in a threatening manner.

The Yorkshire League team were also found to be in breach of the RFL's Respect policy which states that "unsporting language, harassment or aggressive behaviour will not be tolerated".

A condition of their re-entry to the tournament in 2013 is that they must satisfy the RFL that they have taken measures to ensure there will be no repeat of the scenes.

Doncaster led the game at the Keepmoat Stadium 16-12 when play was abandoned because of fighting in the stands which threatened to spill over onto the pitch.

The RFL's investigation into Doncaster's organisation of the match and the behaviour of their supporters is still ongoing, but they were allowed to progress to round four after it was deemed the result should stand.

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