The only blemish to the season was being dumped out of the Challenge Cup by amateur team Beverley. This was Ebbw Vale's first entry into the Cup, and their first round exit was described by the Athletic News as a 'Welsh disaster'. Ebbw Vale would be the last professional team to be beaten by an amateur team in the Challenge Cup until Beverley repeated the feat against Highfield in the 1994–95 season. At international level Ebbw Vale again supplied a player to the Wales national team, Jack Foley in an away match with England. Although they did not play an international against Wales, the Australia team that toured Britain during this season, did schedule games against both Merthyr and Ebbw Vale. Ebbw Vale played the Australians on 18 January 1909, losing the match 8-9. 1909–1910 The 1909–10 season saw Ebbw Vale share the Bridge End Field with Ebbw Vale AFC, the local football team. Ebbw Vale again won the Welsh League, but after Mid-Rhondda, Barry and Aberdare all wound themselves up, only three clubs survived to contest the tournament. The club performed slightly worse than the previous season in the Northern League finishing 17th out of 28 clubs, with nine wins, two draws and 13 losses. The highlight of the season for Ebbw Vale this season was their run in the Challenge Cup. Their first team they drew in the Cup was Merthyr, and in front of a crowd of 4000, Ebbw Vale won their first Challenge Cup match winning 12-7. The next round, Ebbw Vale were given an away tie at Huddersfield, the first encounter between the clubs. Ebbw Vale's victory over Huddersfield was seen as a shock result, to which the Athletic News later reported, 'NU club football in South Wales has, with one exception, made little progress. That exception is Ebbw Vale,' In the quarter finals of the Cup, Ebbw Vale were drawn at home to Salford, but gave up home advantage to play at Salford's ground. Ebbw Vale lost 8-2, ending their most successful cup run in the club's history. Two international matches were played by Wales this season, both against England; and Ebbw Vale were represented in both, by Foley in the first and Lewis Llewellyn, Jenkins and Foley in the second. The second encounter with England was held at Bridge End Field, the first rugby league international to be played at the ground, and