A rejuvenated club has its hands on silverware in women’s rugby league in Britain, with Wigan scoring a crushing win in the Nines final at Hull. The Warriors last won the Super League title in 2018 and since then the likes of St Helens, York and Leeds have dominated the scene. with the latter two winning the first two Nines…
RUGBY Football League officials have announced a new venue for the Women’s Nines finals and unveiled the two wildcard qualifiers. In May, Cardiff, York, Wigan and St Helens qualified during the carnival at Warrington’s Victoria Park on May 5, leaving two spots open for finals day. Those have gone to the next-best performed teams on the day, Huddersfield and Leeds….
CARDIFF, York, St Helens and Wigan are through to the RFL women’s Nines finals at Salford on July 27, with two more teams to be added. They were the clubs who topped the four groups during the preliminary rounds at Victoria Park in Warrington on May 5. Two wildcards are awarded, usually to the teams with the next best records…
THEY are returning to the Midlands league this year after playing in Yorkshire and Sherwood Wolf Hunt’s merry men confirmed their prodigal son status on Saturday. The Wolf Hunt, named after the King’s Wolf Hunt Cottage which was situated at Mansfield Woodhouse in Medieval times, won the men’s division at Broadstreet Rugby Club in Coventry and was runner-up in the…
SEVENTEEN teams have entered the Midlands Nines, to be staged at Broadstreet Rugby Club in Coventry on April 27. The brainchild of the people behind the Rugby League Outsiders media platform, the Midlands Nines will feature men’s, women’s and social men’s divisions, a music festival and overnight camping at the venue. The organisers report a strong response to their offer…
PAPUA NEW Guinea star Tara Moxon scored two tries as Leeds became the RFL’s second-ever women’s Nines champions. Up-and-coming Wigan eliminated defending champions York in the semi-finals, leaving two of the British game’s most famous names to battle out the final at Salford City Stadium. The Warriors and Rhinos could not be separated during the group stages but the Rhinos…
WARRINGTON, St Helens, Leeds, York and Wigan have qualified for the RFL Women’s Nines finals – but the revival of rugby league in Wales was showcased at Victoria Park, too. Some of the biggest names in British women’s rugby league lived up to their reputations by as the Wolves, Saints, Rhinos, Valkyrie and Warriors topped their pools on a well-attended…
THE Rugby Football League Women’s Nines are on again at Warrington’s Victoria Park tomorrow after a magnificent event last year. Matches start at 10.30 and it’s all wrapped up by 4.30pm. There’s another mentor session, food concessions, music and plenty of new teams to illustrate how far the women’s game has come in the UK over the past 12 months….
THE final piece of the 2023 RFL Women’s Super League Nines puzzle has been provided with Oldham joining Group 1. A space was left vacant when the League announced the tournament on April 20, with a ‘TBA’ alongside Huddersfield, Warrington and Leamington in the group to play on pitch one on May 14. It’s the second time the event has…
