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Henderson keeps feet on the ground

Eurosport - The Don Valley Stadium could host a major upset on Friday

Sheffield Eagles are aiming to sprinkle some more fairy dust on the Challenge Cup when they take on London Broncos in Friday's first quarter-final at the Don Valley Stadium.The table-topping Championship side not only have home advantage but go into the tie on the back of a 15-match winning run against opponents who lie bottom of Super League with no wins from their last eight matches.
It has all the ingredients of a giant-killing act yet the 150-1 competition outsiders remain unfancied to repeat their stunning victory over Wigan in 1998.
The Eagles' veteran hooker Andrew Henderson is optimistic but realistic about his team's prospects of going into the hat for Sunday night's semi-final draw.
"Any cup game is winnable, you're always a chance," he said. "It's pretty fair to say we're going to have to produce our best performance of the season and that's just to give us some sort of a chance.
"They probably would have sat down when the draw came and thought 'great, that's the best we could have had' and we were probably feeling the same way.
"We know they're struggling a little bit with form in the league and they're probably a little bit low on confidence.
"But we're still aware of the magnitude of our task. They are a Super League side with full-time professionals and possess a lot of quality in the likes of Luke Dorn, Benny Fisher, Michael Witt and Jamie Soward, who has been brought over from the NRL.
"We can't disrespect them. They will be talking about this as their saving grace for the season."
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