2020 RFL Women's Super League

The 2020 RFL Women's Super League known as the Betfred Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons is the fourth season of the Rugby League Women's Super League for female players in clubs affiliated to the Rugby Football League.

2020 Women's Super League
Teams10

The defending champions were Leeds Rhinos who beat Castleford Tigers 20–12 in the 2019 Grand Final on 11 October 2019.[1]

For 2020, the number of teams was expanded from eight to ten, with the addition of Huddersfield Giants and Warrington Wolves to the league.[2]

The format of the league has changed. The first nine rounds will see each team play each other once. After nine rounds the top four teams will split off to play six further rounds (the play-offs) where each team will play the other both home and away. After those play-offs the top two teams will compete in the Grand Final.[3] The bottom six teams after nine rounds will compete for the Super League Shield. Each will play each of the other teams once with the top four after these six rounds meeting in the Shield semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals will meet in the Shield final.[3] In both the play-offs and the shield points earned in the first nine games are carried forward to the later part of the season.[3]

The Grand Final and the Shield final will be played as a double-header at Emerald Headingley, Leeds on 11 October 2020.[4]

Teams
Club Location
Bradford Bulls Bradford, West Yorkshire
Castleford Tigers Castleford, West Yorkshire
Featherstone Rovers Featherstone, West Yorkshire
Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Leeds Rhinos Leeds, West Yorkshire
St Helens St Helens, Merseyside
Wakefield Trinity Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Warrington Wolves Warrington, Cheshire
Wigan Warriors Wigan, Greater Manchester
York City Knights York, North Yorkshire

Fixtures and results

Round 1
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Leeds Rhinos – Bradford Bulls 29 March 2020, 1:00pm Sports Park, Weetwood
Warrington Wolves – Wigan Warriors 29 March 2020, 2:00pm
York City Knights – Huddersfield Giants 29 March 2020, 2:00pm
St Helens – Castleford Tigers 29 March 2020, 3:00pm Robin Park Arena
Featherstone Rovers – Wakefield Trinity 29 March 2020, 5:00pm
Source:


Standings

Regular season
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Bradford Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-offs
2 Castleford Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Featherstone Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Huddersfield Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Leeds Rhinos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shield
6 St Helens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Wakefield Trinity 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Warrington Wolves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Wigan Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 York City Knights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:

References
  1. "Castleford 12-20 Leeds: Teenage winger Fran Goldthorp stars as Rhinos complete women's cup double". Daily Mirror. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. "Women's Super League Fixtures Released". Serious about rugby league. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. "Women's Super League to split after nine rounds". Love Rugby League. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. "Headingley to host 2020 Women's Super League Grand Final". Sky Sports. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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