| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Oulton Raidettes Women's Rugby League Club |
| Nickname(s) | Oulton Raidettes |
| Founded | March 2012 |
| Current details | |
| Ground(s) |
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| Competition | RFL Women's Championship |
| 2023 | 2nd |
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 2024 [update] they play in the Northern Championship.
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 January 2024, following the restructuring of the women's league pyramid, it was announced that Oulton would be in the Northern Women's Championship. [11]
| Year | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| Round | R1 [2] | R2 [3] | R2 [12] | ? | QF [5] | QF [6] | - | R1 [13] | - | - | QF [14] | GS [15] |
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