Her father played in the first-ever Super League game and now Zoe Pastre-Courtine has been added to the Catalans Nines squad for their own tilt at rugby league history this Sunday. The Catalans Goddesses will bring a smaller squad to the RFL Women’s Nines finals at AJ Bell Stadium than travelled to Warrington for the pool matches on May 1….
WOMEN’S rugby league in Europe will take its first tentative step towards professionalism this Sunday when prizemoney is offered for the first time in a competition. The RFL Women’s Nines finals at Salford’s AJ Bell Stadium involve one French and five British clubs and will crown the first official champions in that region for the abbreviated version of the sport….
WHAT IS IT? The 2022 RFL Women’s Nines pool matches were held at Victoria Park, Warrington, on May 1. There were five pools of four teams. This Sunday marks the finals of that competition, with a Nines women’s champion for England and France to be crowned for the first time after six play-off matches, semi-finals and a final. This competition…
MATAKESI Rugby, self described as “a bunch of boys from Papamoa who like beer and footy”, swooped to take out the men’s open division at the London Nines. The touring Kiwi side monstered the United States’ Roots Rugby USA 18-4 in the final, played in sweltering conditions at London’s Chiswick Rugby Club. They had played in the Edinburgh Sevens, running…
LONDON Skolars trio Will Ramsey plus Judd and Michael Greenhalgh headline a powerful Philippines Admirals side for Sunday’s London Nines at Chiswick Rugby Club. Although British semi-pro outfit Skolars will be away to Hunslet at the same time – and fielding a team in the Nines too – the players have opted to represent their country of heritage instead. The…
YORK City Knights and Warrington Wolves could go into next week’s RFL Women’s Nines finals undefeated in 13-a-side matches this season. That’s the record the teams have with one round of the Women’s Super League remaining before they meet four rivals from England and France at AJ Bell Stadium on July 24 for the title of European Nines Club Champions….
HUDDERSFIELD and St Helens will kick-off the the first-ever RFL Women’s Nines finals day at AJ Bell Stadium in Salford on July 24. The full draw for the play-offs, which follow a five-pool carnival at Warrington’s Victoria Park on May 1, has been released one game at a time over recent days. The scheduling of the knockout stages can now be…
WARRINGTON Wolves have been awarded the wildcard berth for British rugby league’s Women’s Nines finals at Salford on July 24. They join St Helens, Huddersfield, York, Catalans and Leeds, who won their groups at the pool stages in Warrington on May 1. Warrington and Saints played the only draw at Victoria Park, with St Helens progressing on points difference. Warrington…
