2024 RFL Women's Championship

2024 RFL Women's Championship
Teams	9 (Northern) 4 (Midlands) 4 (Southern)
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The 2024 RFL Women's Championship (also known as the Betfred Women's Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the eighth season of the RFL Women's Championship and the first of its restructure and expansion to include teams from across the country.

The winner of the competition will enter a promotion play-off on 6 October with the last placed team of the 2024 RFL Women's Super League for a place in the 2025 Super League. ^{[1] [2]}

Teams

In January 2024, the RFL confirmed the nine clubs in the Northern Championship and four of the clubs in Southern Championship. ^[3] The teams in the Midlands Championship were announced in May. ^[4]

Northern	Midlands	Southern
Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Salford Red Devils Leigh Leopards Hull KR Dewsbury Moor Stanningley Oulton Raidettes Sheffield Eagles	Coventry Bears Leamington Royals Nottingham Outlaws Telford Raiders	Army RL Bedford Tigers Cardiff Demons London Broncos

Northern Championship

The 2024 RFL Women's Northern Championship began on 2 March and will conclude on 22 September, and will comprise 18 regular season matchweeks and playoffs. ^{[3] [5]}

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Leigh Leopards	14	14	0	0	724	64	+660	28
2	Sheffield Eagles	14	11	0	3	428	230	+198	22
3	Salford Red Devils	14	9	0	5	344	240	+104	18
4	Oulton Raidettes	14	8	0	6	364	280	+84	16
5	Dewsbury Moor	14	7	1	6	374	230	+144	15
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	14	6	0	8	268	382	−114	12
7	Bradford Bulls	15	3	0	12	182	458	−276	6
8	Stanningley	14	2	1	11	196	420	−224	5
9	Castleford Tigers	13	2	0	11	76	652	−576	4

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2024. Source: ^[6]

Results

Source ^[6]

Round 1

Northern Championship: round one

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Salford Red Devils	04–16	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 March	Salford Stadium
Stanningley	22–28	Bradford Bulls	3 March	Stanningley
Oulton Raidettes	06–26	Leigh Leopards	3 March	Oulton Raiders
Castleford Tigers	–	Sheffield Eagles	TBA [lower-alpha 1]	Castleford Panthers
Bye: Dewsbury Moor

1. 3 March: match postponed due to waterlogged pitch ^[7]

Round 2

Northern Championship: round two

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Bradford Bulls	08–22	Oulton Raidettes	10 March	Bradford Bulls Women
Leigh Leopards	40–00	Salford Red Devils	10 March	Twist Lane
Castleford Tigers	00–42	Dewsbury Moor	10 March	Castleford Panthers
Hull Kingston Rovers	20–28	Sheffield Eagles	30 June [lower-alpha 1]	Dewsbury Moor
Bye: Stanningley

1. originally scheduled for 8 March but postponed due to waterlogged pitch ^[8]

Round 3

Northern Championship: round three

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Leigh Leopards	42–14	Sheffield Eagles	14 April	Twist Lane
Dewsbury Moor	16–24	Hull Kingston Rovers	14 April	Dewsbury Moor
Salford Red Devils	44–40	Bradford Bulls	14 April	Salford Stadium
Oulton Raidettes	30–12	Stanningley	14 April	Oulton Raiders
Bye: Castleford Tigers

Round 4

Northern Championship: round four

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Hull Kingston Rovers	70–80	Castleford Tigers	21 April	Hull KR
Sheffield Eagles	38–00	Bradford Bulls	21 April	Bawtry Road
Stanningley	08–20	Salford Red Devils	21 April	Bradford Dudley Hill
Leigh Leopards	48–40	Dewsbury Moor	21 April	Twist Lane
Bye: Oulton Raidettes

Round 5

Northern Championship: round five

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Sheffield Eagles	36–60	Stanningley	28 April	Dearne Valley Bulldogs
Dewsbury Moor	24–10	Bradford Bulls	28 April	Dewsbury Moor
Castleford Tigers	00–84	Leigh Leopards	28 April	Castleford Panthers
Salford Red Devils	16–14	Oulton Raidettes	28 April	Salford Stadium
Bye: Hull Kingston Rovers

Round 6

Northern Championship: round six

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Stanningley	16–24	Dewsbury Moor	12 May	Stanningley
Leigh Leopards	52–80	Hull Kingston Rovers	12 May	Twist Lane
Oulton Raidettes	32–46	Sheffield Eagles	12 May	Oulton Raiders
Bradford Bulls	54–40	Castleford Tigers	12 May	Bradford Bulls Women
Bye: Salford Red Devils

Round 7

Northern Championship: round seven

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Sheffield Eagles	40–20	Salford Red Devils	19 May	Olympic Legacy Park
Hull Kingston Rovers	32–80	Bradford Bulls	19 May	Hull KR
Castleford Tigers	06–42	Stanningley	19 May	Castleford Panthers
Dewsbury Moor	40–14	Oulton Raidettes	19 May	Dewsbury Moor
Bye: Leigh Leopards

Round 8

Northern Championship: round eight

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Salford Red Devils	14–12	Dewsbury Moor	2 June	Salford Stadium
Stanningley	12–26	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 June	Hull KR
Bradford Bulls	00–62	Leigh Leopards	2 June	Bradford Bulls Women
Oulton Raidettes	42–80	Castleford Tigers	2 June	Oulton Raiders
Bye: Sheffield Eagles

Round 9

Northern Championship: round nine

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Dewsbury Moor	20–30	Sheffield Eagles	16 June	Dewsbury Moor
Leigh Leopards	70–60	Stanningley	16 June	Twist Lane
Hull Kingston Rovers	00–28	Oulton Raidettes	16 June	Hull KR
Castleford Tigers	00–92	Salford Red Devils	16 June	Castleford Panthers
Bye: Bradford Bulls

Round 10

Northern Championship: round ten

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Sheffield Eagles	32–00	Castleford Tigers	23 June	Olympic Legacy Park
Leigh Leopards	46–80	Oulton Raidettes	23 June	Twist Lane
Hull Kingston Rovers	22–24	Salford Red Devils	23 June	Hull KR
Bradford Bulls	20–14	Stanningley	23 June	Bradford Bulls Women
Bye: Dewsbury Moor

Round 11

Northern Championship: round eleven

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Dewsbury Moor	48–40	Castleford Tigers	7 July	Dewsbury Moor
Sheffield Eagles	56–80	Hull Kingston Rovers	7 July	Olympic Legacy Park
Oulton Raidettes	42–18	Bradford Bulls	7 July	Oulton Raiders
Salford Red Devils	04–44	Leigh Leopards	7 July	Salford Stadium
Bye: Stanningley

Round 12

Northern Championship: round twelve

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Hull Kingston Rovers	00–56	Dewsbury Moor	14 July	Hull KR
Sheffield Eagles	06–30	Leigh Leopards	14 July	Olympic Legacy Park
Bradford Bulls	00–18	Salford Red Devils	14 July	Bradford Bulls Women
Stanningley	04–62	Oulton Raidettes	14 July	Stanningley
Bye: Castleford Tigers

Round 13

Northern Championship: round thirteen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Bradford Bulls	10–46	Sheffield Eagles	21 July	Bradford Bulls Women
Dewsbury Moor	00–26	Leigh Leopards	21 July	Dewsbury Moor
Castleford Tigers	16–14	Hull Kingston Rovers	21 July	Castleford Panthers
Salford Red Devils	48–40	Stanningley	21 July	Salford Stadium
Bye: Oulton Raidettes

Round 14

Northern Championship: round fourteen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Stanningley	00–18	Sheffield Eagles	4 August	Stanningley
Oulton Raidettes	30–14	Salford Red Devils	4 August	Oulton Raiders
Leigh Leopards	96–40	Castleford Tigers	4 August	Twist Lane
Bradford Bulls	06–52	Dewsbury Moor	4 August	Bradford Bulls Women
Bye: Hull Kingston Rovers

Round 15

Northern Championship: round fifteen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Dewsbury Moor	20–20	Stanningley	17 March	Dewsbury Moor
Castleford Tigers	14–60	Bradford Bulls	11 August	Castleford Panthers
Sheffield Eagles	26–16	Oulton Raidettes	11 August	Olympic Legacy Park
Hull Kingston Rovers	04–58	Leigh Leopards	11 August	Hull KR
Bye: Salford Red Devils

Round 16

Northern Championship: round sixteen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Stanningley	30–12	Castleford Tigers	24 March	Stanningley
Oulton Raidettes	18–16	Dewsbury Moor	18 August	Oulton Raiders
Salford Red Devils	26–60	Sheffield Eagles	18 August	Salford Stadium
Bradford Bulls	10–24	Hull Kingston Rovers	18 August	Bradford Bulls Women
Bye: Leigh Leopards

Round 17

Northern Championship: round seventeen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Leigh Leopards	–	Bradford Bulls	31 August	Leigh Minors Juniors
Dewsbury Moor	–	Salford Red Devils	1 September	Dewsbury Moor
Castleford Tigers	–	Oulton Raidettes	1 September	Castleford Panthers
Hull Kingston Rovers	–	Stanningley	1 September	Hull KR
Bye: Sheffield Eagles

Round 18

Northern Championship: round eighteen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Sheffield Eagles	–	Dewsbury Moor	8 September	Olympic Legacy Park
Stanningley	–	Leigh Leopards	8 September	Stanningley
Oulton Raidettes	–	Hull Kingston Rovers	8 September	Oulton Raiders
Salford Red Devils	–	Castleford Tigers	8 September	Salford Stadium
Bye: Bradford Bulls

Semi-finals

The Northern Championship semi-finals will be played on 15 September. ^[2]

Grand Final

The Northern Championship Grand Final will be played on 22 September. ^[5]

Midlands Championship

The 2024 Midlands Championship was played using a festival format and because of this the teams were ineligible for the Grand Final. ^[3] The competition saw a soft launch in 2023 and was played between Cheltenham Phoenix, Coventry Bears, Leamington Royals, and Telford Raiders. ^[9] Nottingham Outlaws replaced Cheltenham in the schedule for the 2024 competition which began on 1 June and in which teams played two games on each of the three fixture days, followed by a finals day on 4 August. ^{[4] [10]} The final between Nottingham and Lemington was abandoned due to a significant player injury. Both teams were awarded the title. ^[11]

Southern Championship

The 2024 Southern Championship acts as the next edition to the 2023 Super League South with the majority of clubs continuing in the new competition format. The competition started on 25 May. ^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		CAR	LON	ARM	BED
1	Cardiff Demons	6	5	0	1	246	66	+180	10		—	22–0	52–6	72–8
2	London Broncos	6	5	0	1	218	50	+168	10		18–14	—	48–8	48–0
3	Army	6	2	0	4	150	202	−52	4		34–38	6–36	—	48–0 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Bedford Tigers	6	0	0	6	36	332	−296	−1 [lower-alpha 2]		0–48	0–68	28–48	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2024. Source: ^{[6] [12]}
Notes:

1. Match forfeited
2. Bedford deducted 1 point: forfeited fixture (Army v Bedford: 20 July)

Semi-finals

Southern Championship: Semi-finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
London Broncos	48–0 [lower-alpha 1]	Army	18 August	Rosslyn Park
Cardiff Demons	–	Bye	—	—
Source: [6]

1. Match forfeited

Grand final

Southern Championship: Grand Final

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Cardiff Demons	–	London Broncos	7 September	Cardiff Demons
Source: [6]

Play-offs

Championship Grand Final

The Women's Championship Grand Final, currently scheduled to be played by the winners of the Northern and Southern Championship, will be played of 29 September. ^[5]

Promotion Play-off Match

The Promotion Play-off Match will be contested by the winner of the Championship Grand Final and the last placed team of the 2024 RFL Women's Super League, and will take place on 6 October. ^[5]

References

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2. "2024 Women's North Championship fixtures announced". Sheffield Eagles. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
3. "New era for Tier Two of Women's Rugby League". www.rugby-league.com. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
4. "Fixtures announced for the Women's Midlands Championship". Telford Raiders. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
5. "Northen [sic] Women's Championship kicks off this weekend". www.rugby-league.com. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
6. "Match Centre".
7. "Women Squad named for Hull KR season opener". Sheffield Eagles. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
8. "Women's Squad named for York Valkyrie". Sheffield Eagles. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
9. "New second tier competitions fuel expansion of Women's Super League". Betfred Women's Super League Grand Final 2023: Official Programme (PDF). p. 34. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
10. "Women's Rugby League continues to thrive in the Midlands and South". www.rugby-league.com. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
11. Leamington Royals Ladies Rugby League (4 August 2024). "Rugby league family the winner today". Facebook.
12. "Fixtures and Results". London Broncos. Retrieved 10 August 2024.