2022 RFL Women's Super League results

Last updated

The fixture list for the 2022 Women's Super League were announced on 18 January 2022. [1]

Contents

The regular season started in May 2022, and ended with the Grand Final on 18 September. Dates and arrangements for the subsequent play-offs and the grand final were announced during the season.

All times are UK local time (UTC+01:00)

Regular season

Round 1

Betfred Women's Super League: round one
GroupHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Group 1 Saintscolours.svg   St. Helens 44–0 Wigancolours.svg   Wigan Warriors 15 May 2022, 14:00 Totally Wicked Stadium
Giantscolours.svg   Huddersfield Giants 6–50 YorkRLFCcolours.png   York City Knights Huddersfield YMCA
Group 2 Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders 6–32 Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves Craven Park
Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls 0–30 Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers Odsal Sedbergh
Leighminersrangerscolours.png   Leigh Miners Rangers 28–16 Wcatscolours.svg   Wakefield Trinity Twist Lane
Source: [2]

Round 2

Betfred Women's Super League: round two
GroupHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Group 1 Rhinoscolours.svg   Leeds Rhinos 60–4 Giantscolours.svg   Huddersfield Giants 20 May 2022, 17:45 Headingley Stadium
YorkRLFCcolours.png   York City Knights 13–6 Saintscolours.svg   St. Helens 22 May 2022, 17:15 York Community Stadium
Group 2 Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls 12–8 Leighminersrangerscolours.png   Leigh Miners Rangers 22 May 2022, 14:00Odsal Sedbergh
Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers 56–6 Castleford colours.svg   Castleford Tigers Post Office Road
Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves 86–0 Wcatscolours.svg   Wakefield Trinity Halliwell Jones Stadium
Source:

Round 3

Betfred Women's Super League: round three
GroupHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Group 1 YorkRLFCcolours.png   York City Knights 24–10 Rhinoscolours.svg   Leeds Rhinos 5 June 2022, 12:00 York Community Stadium
Giantscolours.svg   Huddersfield Giants 18–30 Wigancolours.svg   Wigan Warriors 5 June 2022, 14:00 Huddersfield YMCA
Group 2 Wcatscolours.svg   Wakefield Trinity 10–28 Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls 4 June 2022, 12:00 Belle Vue
Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders 40–6 Leighminersrangerscolours.png   Leigh Miners Rangers 5 June 2022, 12:00 Craven Park
Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers 0–48 Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves 5 June 2022, 14:00 Post Office Road
Source:

Round 4

Betfred Women's Super League: round four
GroupHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Group 1 Saintscolours.svg   St. Helens 18–20 Rhinoscolours.svg   Leeds Rhinos 23 June 2022, 17:30 Totally Wicked Stadium
Wigancolours.svg   Wigan Warriors 0–46 YorkRLFCcolours.png   York City Knights 26 June 2022, 14:00Robin Park Arena
Group 2 Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers 34–4 Leighminersrangerscolours.png   Leigh Miners Rangers 26 June 2022, 12:00 Post Office Road
Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders 46–10 Castleford colours.svg   Castleford Tigers 26 June 2022, 14:00 Craven Park
Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls 0–54 Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves 26 June 2022, 17:15 Odsal Stadium
Source:

Round 5

Betfred Women's Super League: round five
GroupHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Group 1 Saintscolours.svg   St. Helens 62–0 Giantscolours.svg   Huddersfield Giants 3 July 2022, 14:00 Totally Wicked Stadium
Wigancolours.svg   Wigan Warriors 12–48 Rhinoscolours.svg   Leeds Rhinos Robin Park Arena
Group 2 Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves 72–0 Leighminersrangerscolours.png   Leigh Miners Rangers 3 July 2022, 11:30 Halliwell Jones Stadium
Wcatscolours.svg   Wakefield Trinity 8–4 Castleford colours.svg   Castleford Tigers 3 July 2022, 12:00 The Be Well Support Stadium
Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls 14–18 Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders 3 July 2022, 14:00 Odsal Stadium
Source:

Round 6

Betfred Women's Super League: round six
GroupHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Group 1 YorkRLFCcolours.png   York City Knights 50–0 Giantscolours.svg   Huddersfield Giants 17 July 2022, 15:00 York Community Stadium
Rhinoscolours.svg   Leeds Rhinos 64–6 Wigancolours.svg   Wigan Warriors 21 July 2022, 17:30 Headingley Stadium
Group 2 Castleford colours.svg   Castleford Tigers 16–48 Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls 17 July 2022, 13:00 The Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Leighminersrangerscolours.png   Leigh Miners Rangers 14–10 Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers 17 July 2022, 14:00Twist Lane
Wcatscolours.svg   Wakefield Trinity 4–50 Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders Belle Vue
Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders 68–4 Wcatscolours.svg   Wakefield Trinity 24 July 2022, 14:00 Craven Park
Castleford colours.svg   Castleford Tigers 4–38 Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers The Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves 60–0 Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls Victoria Park
Source:

Round 7

Betfred Women's Super League: round seven
GroupHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Group 1 Giantscolours.svg   Huddersfield Giants 0–82 Rhinoscolours.svg   Leeds Rhinos 31 July 2022, 14:00 Huddersfield YMCA
Saintscolours.svg   St. Helens 12–4 YorkRLFCcolours.png   York City Knights Totally Wicked Stadium
Group 2 Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders 12–4 Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers 31 July 2022, 11:00 Headingley Stadium
Leighminersrangerscolours.png   Leigh Miners Rangers 50–4 Castleford colours.svg   Castleford Tigers 31 July 2022, 14:00Twist Lane
Wcatscolours.svg   Wakefield Trinity 0–102 Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves The Be Well Support Stadium
Source:

Round 8

Betfred Women's Super League: round eight
GroupHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Group 1 Rhinoscolours.svg   Leeds Rhinos 22–30 Saintscolours.svg   St. Helens 7 August 2022, 12:00 Headingley Stadium
Wigancolours.svg   Wigan Warriors 42–4 Giantscolours.svg   Huddersfield Giants 7 August 2022, 14:00Robin Park Arena
Group 2 Castleford colours.svg   Castleford Tigers 0–78 Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders 7 August 2022, 14:00 The Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves 44–6 Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers 7 August 2022, 15:00 Halliwell Jones Stadium
Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls 26–0 Wcatscolours.svg   Wakefield Trinity 7 August 2022, 17:00 Odsal Stadium
Source:

Round 9

Betfred Women's Super League: round nine
GroupHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Group 1 YorkRLFCcolours.png   York City Knights 33–10 Wigancolours.svg   Wigan Warriors 14 August 2022, 15:00 York Community Stadium
Giantscolours.svg   Huddersfield Giants 0–86 Saintscolours.svg   St. Helens 23 August 2022, 20:00 [a] Siddal ARLFC
Group 2 Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers 50–0 Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls 14 August 2022, 12:30 Millennium Stadium
Castleford colours.svg   Castleford Tigers 14–8 Leighminersrangerscolours.png   Leigh Miners Rangers 14 August 2022, 14:00Castleford Panthers Sports Club
Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves 72–6 Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders 14 August 2022, 15:00 Halliwell Jones Stadium
Source:
  1. ↑ original match on 14 August postponed, due to extenuating circumstances at Huddersfield

Round 10

Betfred Women's Super League: round ten
GroupHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Group 1 Rhinoscolours.svg   Leeds Rhinos 14–22 YorkRLFCcolours.png   York City Knights 28 August 2022, 13:00 Headingley Stadium
Wigancolours.svg   Wigan Warriors 4–56 Saintscolours.svg   St. Helens 28 August 2022, 14:00Robin Park Arena
Group 2 Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders 38–0 Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls 21 August 2022, 12:00 Craven Park
Wcatscolours.svg   Wakefield Trinity 6–36 Leighminersrangerscolours.png   Leigh Miners Rangers 21 August 2022, 14:00 The Be Well Support Stadium
Castleford colours.svg   Castleford Tigers 36–8 Wcatscolours.svg   Wakefield Trinity 28 August 2022, 14:00 The Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers 14–10 Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders The Millennium Stadium
Leighminersrangerscolours.png   Leigh Miners Rangers 0–56 Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves Twist Lane
Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves 66–6 Castleford colours.svg   Castleford Tigers 30 August 2022, 19:30Victoria Park
Castleford colours.svg   Castleford Tigers 6–52 Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves 4 September 2022, 14:00 The Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Leighminersrangerscolours.png   Leigh Miners Rangers 12–24 Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls Twist Lane
Wcatscolours.svg   Wakefield Trinity 4–68 Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers Weeland Road (Sharlston Rovers)
Source: [3] [4]

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Group 1
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
YorkRLFCcolours.png   York City Knights 12–4 Wigancolours.svg   Wigan Warriors 4 September 2022, 15:00 Headingley Ryan Cox
Saintscolours.svg   St. Helens 6–14 Rhinoscolours.svg   Leeds Rhinos 4 September 2022, 17:15James Jones
Source: [5]
Group 2
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueRefereeAttendance
Wolvescolours.svg   Warrington Wolves 72–0 Bullscolours.svg   Bradford Bulls 11 September 2022, 15:00Victoria Park, WarringtonMark Clayton
Barrowcolours.svg   Barrow Raiders 10–12 Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers 11 September 2022, 15:00Craven Park, BarrowJordan Hughes
Source: [6]

Grand final

18 September 2022
15:00
York City Knights   YorkRLFCcolours.png 4–12 Rhinoscolours.svg   Leeds Rhinos
Tries: Peach
Report
Tries: Beevers (2)
Goals: Winfield-Hill (2)
Totally Wicked Stadium
Attendance: 2,151 [7]
Referee: Mike Smaill
Player of the Match: Caitlin Beevers
York City KnightsPositionLeeds Rhinos
#1 Tara-Jane Stanley Fullback #4 Fran Goldthorp
#15 Georgia Taylor Wing #2 Tara Moxon
#3 Tamzin Renouf Centre #13 Hannah Butcher
#7 Katie Langan Centre #4 Caitlin Beevers
#5 Kelsey Gentles Wing #3 Sophie Robinson
#26 Olivia Gale Stand-off #18 Sam Hulme
#28 Lacey Owen Scrum-half #7 Courtney Winfield-Hill
#6 Georgie Hetherington Prop #10 Danielle Anderson
#4 Savannah Andrade Hooker #9 Keara Bennett
#11 Hollie Dodd Prop #20 Emma Lumley
#29 Elisa Apka Second-row #5 Sophie Nuttall
#9 Sinead Peach Second-row #23 Lucy Murray
#12 Olivia Wood Loose forward #15 Zoe Hornby
#17 Emma Kershaw interchange #19 Jasmine Earnshaw-Cudjoe
#32 Leila Bessahli interchange #14 Shannon Lacey
#13 Jasmine Bell interchange #25 Beth Lockwood
#23 Matilda Butler interchange #11 Chloe Kerrigan

Shield Final

18 September 2022
12:30
Warrington Wolves   Wolvescolours.svg 34–6 Fevcolours.svg   Featherstone Rovers
Tries: Johnson, Bound (2), Baggaley, Roberts, Sutherland
Goals: Davis 5/6
 Report
Tries: Dadds
Goals: Watts
Totally Wicked Stadium
Referee: Aaryn Belafonte
Warrington WolvesPositionFeatherstone Rovers
#1 Michelle Davis Fullback #33 Jessica Dadds
#21 Georgia Sutherland Wing #2 Ellie Lamb
#3 Emily Baggaley Centre #3 Chloe Billington
#30 Jessica Courtman Centre #1 Fran Copley
#5 Samantha Simpson Wing #22 Nat Carr
#6 Lucy Eastwood Stand-off #7 Danielle Waters
#14 Grace Ramsden Scrum-half #7 Olivia Grace
#8 Armani Sharrock Prop #8 Shanelle Mannion
#9 Danielle Bound Hooker #9 Charley Blackburn
#2 Amy Johnson Prop #10 Brogan Kennedy
#12 Kacy Haley Second-row #11 Amie Backhouse
#4 Katie-May Williams Second-row #23 Hannah Watts
#11 Amy Daniels Yellow card.svg 29' Loose forward #32 Samantha Watt
#29 Lauren Roberts interchange #14 Kirsty Duffield
#16 Georgia Westwood interchange #31 Olivia Howarth
#13 Emily Downe interchange #4 Gabi Harrison
#17 Claire Mullaney interchange #35 Aimee Wallace

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