Women's Super League (rugby league)

Women's Super League
Current season or competition:
2018 RFL Women's Super League
Sport Rugby league
Inaugural season 2017
Number of teams 7
Country  England
Champions Bradford Bulls
Website
Related competition Women's Challenge Cup
Relegation to RFL Women's Championship

The Rugby Football League Women's Super League is the elite women's rugby league club competition in England. Originally competed between four teams in the 2017 season,[1] the league has developed with the 2018 season being contested by seven teams playing home and away against each other with subsequent play-offs and a grand final.[2]

History

Clubs

Women's Super League operates on a single table system.

Colours Club Location Notes
Bradford Bulls Women Bradford, West Yorkshire Played in inaugural Super League season in 2017
Castleford Tigers Women Castleford, West Yorkshire Played in inaugural Super League season in 2017
Featherstone Rovers Ladies Featherstone, West Yorkshire Played in inaugural Super League season in 2017
Leeds Rhinos Women Leeds, West Yorkshire Newly formed for 2018.[3]
St Helens Ladies St Helens, Merseyside Played in inaugural Super League season in 2017 as Thatto Heath Ladies.[4]
Wigan Warriors Women Wigan, Greater Manchester Newly formed for 2018.[5]
York City Knights Ladies York, North Yorkshire

Season structure

The Women's Super League home-and-away season last for fourteen rounds, starting in the first weekend of April and ending in late September.

Grand Final

At the end of the regular season the top four teams play off in two semi-finals (1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd) with the winners of these matches qualifing for the Grand Final match. The winner of this match is the competition's winner.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Super League kicks off..." Rugby Football League. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Women's Super League fixtures announced". Rugby Football League. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Leeds Rhinos launch women's rugby league team". Yorkshire Evening Post. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Saints and Thatto Heath Crusaders sign unique partnership". St Helens Reporter. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Women's Super League: Wigan Warriors to set up women's rugby league team". BBC Sport. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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