2017 RFL Women's Super League

2017 Women's Super League
Duration	6 rounds
Teams	4
Matches played	14
Champions	Bradford Bulls Women
League Leaders Shield	Bradford Bulls Women
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The 2017 Women's Super League was the inaugural season of the top level rugby league competition for women in England.^[1] Run by the Rugby Football League there were four teams in the league; three (Bradford, Castleford and Featherstone) associated with professional clubs in West Yorkshire and one (Thatto Heath) associated with a leading amateur club in Lancashire.

The league was won by Bradford Bulls who went undefeated in the six round regular season before defeating Featherstone Rovers 36–6 in the Grand Final.^[2]

Results[]

The season comprised six rounds during which each team played the others home and away.^[3] The team finishing top of the league automatically qualified for the Grand Final. The teams finishing second and third playing a preliminary final to determine who the other grand finalists were.

Round 1: 23 July 2017[]

• Castleford 48 – 14 Featherstone
• Thatto Heath 26 – 32 Bradford

Round 2: 13 August 2017[]

• Featherstone 20 – 30 Thatto Heath
• Bradford 72 – 18 Castleford

Round 3: 20 August 2017[]

• Thatto Heath 64 – 4 Castleford
• Featherstone 0 – 24 Bradford

Round 4: 3 September 2017[]

• Featherstone 48 – 20 Castleford
• Bradford 40 – 10 Thatto Heath

Round 5: 10 September 2017[]

• Thatto Heath 14 – 24 Featherstone
• Castleford 12 – 60 Bradford

Round 6: 24 September 2017[]

• Castleford 4 – 38 Thatto Heath
• Bradford 27 – 10 Featherstone

Preliminary Final: 1 October 2017[]

Thatto Heath 20 – 21 Featherstone

Grand Final: 7 October 2017[]

Bradford 36 – 6 Featherstone

Table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bradford Bulls	6	6	0	0	255	76	+179	12	Grand final
2	Thatto Heath Crusaders	6	3	0	3	182	124	+58	6	Preliminary final
3	Featherstone Rovers	6	2	0	4	116	163	−47	4
4	Castleford Tigers	6	1	0	5	106	296	−190	2

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