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2024 RFL Women's Championship

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.

2024 RFL Women's Championship
Teams
  • 9 (Northern)
  • TBD (Midlands)
  • 4 (Southern)
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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 edit

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

Northern Championship edit

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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Leigh Leopards 6 6 0 0 292 32 +260 12
2   Dewsbury Moor 7 4 1 2 170 132 +38 9
3   Sheffield Eagles 5 4 0 1 174 100 +74 8
4   Hull Kingston Rovers 5 4 0 1 150 88 +62 8
5   Salford Red Devils 6 3 0 3 104 122 −18 6
6   Stanningley 8 2 1 5 156 176 −20 5
7   Oulton Raidettes 6 2 0 4 118 148 −30 4
8   Bradford Bulls 7 2 0 5 112 186 −74 4
9   Castleford Tigers 6 0 0 6 30 322 −292 0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: RFL: Match Centre

Results edit

Source[6]

Round 1 edit

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[a] Castleford Panthers
Bye:   Dewsbury Moor

Round 2 edit

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   –   Sheffield Eagles TBA[b] Dewsbury Moor
Bye:   Stanningley

Round 3 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Northern Championship: round eight
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Salford Red Devils   –   Dewsbury Moor 2 June Salford Stadium
Stanningley   –   Hull Kingston Rovers 2 June Hull KR
Bradford Bulls   –   Leigh Leopards 2 June Bradford Bulls Women
Oulton Raidettes   –   Castleford Tigers 2 June Oulton Raiders
Bye:   Sheffield Eagles

Round 9 edit

Northern Championship: round nine
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Dewsbury Moor   –   Sheffield Eagles 16 June Dewsbury Moor
Leigh Leopards   –   Stanningley 16 June Twist Lane
Hull Kingston Rovers   –   Oulton Raidettes 16 June Hull KR
Castleford Tigers   –   Salford Red Devils 16 June Castleford Panthers
Bye:   Bradford Bulls

Round 10 edit

Northern Championship: round ten
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Sheffield Eagles   –   Castleford Tigers 23 June Olympic Legacy Park
Leigh Leopards   –   Oulton Raidettes 23 June Twist Lane
Hull Kingston Rovers   –   Salford Red Devils 23 June Hull KR
Bradford Bulls   –   Stanningley 23 June Bradford Bulls Women
Bye:   Dewsbury Moor

Round 11 edit

Northern Championship: round eleven
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Dewsbury Moor   –   Castleford Tigers 7 July Dewsbury Moor
Sheffield Eagles   –   Hull Kingston Rovers 7 July Olympic Legacy Park
Oulton Raidettes   –   Bradford Bulls 7 July Oulton Raiders
Salford Red Devils   –   Leigh Leopards 7 July Salford Stadium
Bye:   Stanningley

Round 12 edit

Northern Championship: round twelve
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Hull Kingston Rovers   –   Dewsbury Moor 14 July Hull KR
Sheffield Eagles   –   Leigh Leopards 14 July Olympic Legacy Park
Bradford Bulls   –   Salford Red Devils 14 July Bradford Bulls Women
Stanningley   –   Oulton Raidettes
Bye:   Castleford Tigers

Round 13 edit

Northern Championship: round thirteen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Bradford Bulls   –   Sheffield Eagles 21 July Bradford Bulls Women
Dewsbury Moor   –   Leigh Leopards 21 July Dewsbury Moor
Castleford Tigers   –   Hull Kingston Rovers 21 July Castleford Panthers
Salford Red Devils   –   Stanningley 21 July Salford Stadium
Bye:   Oulton Raidettes

Round 14 edit

Northern Championship: round fourteen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Stanningley   –   Sheffield Eagles 4 August Stanningley
Oulton Raidettes   –   Salford Red Devils 4 August Oulton Raiders
Leigh Leopards   –   Castleford Tigers 4 August Twist Lane
Bradford Bulls   –   Dewsbury Moor 4 August Bradford Bulls Women
Bye:   Hull Kingston Rovers

Round 15 edit

Northern Championship: round fifteen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Dewsbury Moor   20–20   Stanningley 17 March Dewsbury Moor
Castleford Tigers   –   Bradford Bulls 11 August Castleford Panthers
Sheffield Eagles   –   Oulton Raidettes 11 August Olympic Legacy Park
Hull Kingston Rovers   –   Leigh Leopards 11 August Hull KR
Bye:   Salford Red Devils

Round 16 edit

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

Round 17 edit

Northern Championship: round seventeen
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Leigh Leopards   –   Bradford Bulls 1 September Leigh Sports Village
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 edit

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 edit

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

Grand Final edit

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

Midlands Championship edit

The 2024 Midlands Championship will be played using a festival format and because of this the teams are 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 will begin on 1 June and in which teams will play two games on each of the three fixture days, followed by a finals day on 4 August.[4]

Southern Championship edit

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

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts ARM BED CAR LON
1   Army 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 20 Jul 25 May 1 Jun
2   Bedford Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Jun — 3 Aug 6 Jul
3   Cardiff Demons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Jul 9 Jun — 20 Jul
4   London Broncos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Aug 26 May 16 Jun —
First match(es) will be played: 25 May 2024. Source: RFL: Match Centre

Play-offs edit

Championship Grand Final edit

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 edit

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]

Notes edit

  1. ^ 3 March: match postponed due to waterlogged pitch[7]
  2. ^ 8 March: match postponed due to waterlogged pitch[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Betfred Women's Super League 2024 fixtures confirmed". www.therhinos.co.uk. Leeds Rhinos. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2024 Women's North Championship fixtures announced". Sheffield Eagles. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "New era for Tier Two of Women's Rugby League". www.rugby-league.com. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Fixtures announced for the Women's Midlands Championship". Telford Raiders. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d "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.
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