Oulton Raidettes

Last updated

Oulton Raidettes
Club information
Full nameOulton Raidettes Women's Rugby League Club
Nickname(s)Oulton Raidettes
FoundedMarch 2012
Current details
Ground(s)
  • Oulton Sports Pavilion, Oulton Green, Leeds
CompetitionRFL Women's Championship
20259th (Northern)

The Oulton Raidettes Women's Rugby League Club are an women's rugby league football team based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They were founded in 2012 and have affiliations with the Oulton Raiders. [1] As of 2025 they play in the RFL Women's Championship.

Contents

History

In 2012, the team played in the Yorkshire and North East Division and made their first appearance in the Women's Challenge Cup where they played Wigan St Patricks in the first round. [2] The league system was restructured several times in the following seasons with Oulton competing in Division One in 2013 [3] and, from 2015, in the Premier Division which was the top tier of the RFL Women's Rugby League. [4] In 2016 and 2017, before the group format was introduced to the Challenge Cup, Oulton reached the quarter-finals of the competition. [5] [6] In 2017, Oulton competed in the Championship and reached the Grand Final in the first season of the competition. [7]

In April 2022, Oulton defeated Wakefield Trinity 14–12 in their final group match to progress to the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup. [8] In October 2022, Oulton defeated the Salford Red Devils 33–14 in the Championship Grand Final, [9] but declined promotion to the 2023 Super League. [10] In 2023, Oulton reached the Championship Grand Final again, but lost 30–16 to Hull Kingston Rovers. [11] In January 2024, following the restructuring of the women's league pyramid, it was announced that Oulton would be in the Northern Women's Championship. [12] They finished the season in fourth place to qualify for the play-offs, but forfeited their semi-final match due to players having other commitments, including several of them being in France as part of England Rugby League’s Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) programme. [13] [14]

Results

SeasonLeaguePlay-offs Challenge Cup Other competitionsRef.
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPos
2012 Yorkshie and North East 12Unknown85thLost in Plate semi-finalsR1Challenge ShieldR1 [2]
2013 Division One 18Unknown168thDid not qualifyR2Challenge ShieldR1 [3] [15]
2014 Division One UnknownR2— [16] [17]
2015 Premier 14707242286147thLost in Shield round 1unknownWRLA Challenge CupW [18] [19] [20]
2016 Premier 5212568447th—QFWRLA Challenge CupW [5] [21] [22]
[23] [24] [20]
Super Six (Group 2)870130840142ndLost in FinalYorkshire CupW
2017 Championship 64111867692ndLost in Grand FinalQFYorkshire CupRU [6] [7] [25] [26]
2018 Championship 14905304126223rdDid not compete [a] PR— [29] [30]
2019 Championship 1432911435877thDid not qualifyR1— [29] [31]
2020 Championship Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Championship 1141612817895thDid not qualify—— [29]
2022 Championship 141211542152252ndWon in Grand FinalQF Nines QR [29] [32] [33]
2023 Championship 181503568208293rdLost in Grand FinalGSLeague CupQF [29] [b] [34]
2024 Northern Championship 161006430296204thForfeited semi-finals—— [14] [29]
2025 Northern Championship 1030712822459thDid not qualify—Challenge ShieldR2 [29]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ It was initially reported that Oulton Raidettes were in the semi-finals but their place was taken by Hull F.C. [27] [28]
  2. ↑ League tables on the RFL "Match Centre" include some results from play-off matches. In 2023, Oulton appear above Dewsbury Moor though they finished the regular season a point behind in third place.

References

  1. ↑ "The Raidette's | Oulton Raiders". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Oulton Raiders". Women's Rugby League. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Oulton Raiders". Women's Rugby League. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Round Up – 5 July 2015". 4 The Love Of Sport. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Women's Weekly Round up". RFL. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Women's Rugby League Round Up 28th May". 4 The Love Of Sport. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  7. 1 2 "HIGHLIGHTS | Stanningley v Oulton Raidettes". www.rugby-league.com. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Betfred Women's Challenge Cup Quarter-finalists confirmed". RFL. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Grand Final Success for Sheffield Eagles and Oulton Raidettes". RFL. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Salford Red Devils and Leigh Leopards to join BWSL in 2023". RFL. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Hull KR Women targetting Super League after completing historic treble". Hull Live. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "New era for Tier Two of Women's Rugby League". RFL. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Women's Match Report | Stanningley | Round 17". Leigh Leopards. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  14. 1 2 "Women". Rugby Leaguer & League Express . No. 3448. 16 September 2024. p. 24.
  15. ↑ "Oulton Raiders". Women's Rugby League. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "Women's Rugby League". Women's Rugby league. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014.
  17. ↑ "Womens Round up". RFL. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Round Up : 13 September 2015". 4 The Love Of Sport. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  19. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Play Offs : 20 September". 4 The Love Of Sport. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  20. 1 2 "Red-letter day beckons for Women's Rugby League". Total Rugby League. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  21. ↑ "Women's Rugby League – 15 May 2016". 4 The Love Of Sport. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  22. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Weekly Round up 18th September". 4 The Love Of Sport. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  23. ↑ "Leigh Miners and Thatto Heath take the honours at Grand Finals Day". 4 The Love Of Sport. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  24. ↑ "Oulton Raidettes win first ever Yorkshire County Cup". 4 The Love Of Sport. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  25. ↑ "Stanningley thwart Trinity's play off hopes". 4 The Love of Sport. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  26. ↑ "Castleford Tigers and Wigan St Pats claim regional titles". 4 The Love of Sport. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  27. ↑ "Leeds Rhinos win League Leaders' Shield as semi-finals confirmed". www.rugby-league.com. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  28. ↑ "Women's Super League semi-final to be shown live on Our League". www.rugby-league.com. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  29. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Match Centre". RFL.
  30. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Round-Up | May 9". RFL. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  31. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Round-Up". RFL. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  32. ↑ "Broadcast details for Betfred Women's Challenge Cup Semi-Finals Confirmed". RFL. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  33. ↑ "Cardiff Demons finish second in their group in the RFL Nines". Wales Rugby League. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  34. ↑ "BBC Radio 5 Live to broadcast Betfred Women's Challenge Cup Quarter Final draw". RFL. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.