2019 RFL Women's Super League

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2019 Women's Super League
Duration14 rounds
Teams8
Matches played59
ChampionsRhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
League Leaders ShieldCastleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers
Biggest home winCastleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 74–8 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers (1 September 2019)
Biggest away winBalmain colours.svg York City Knights 0–80 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers Women (7 April 2019)
Woman of SteelCourtney Hill

The 2019 RFL Women's Super League known as the Betfred Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons was the third season of the Rugby League Women's Super League for female players in clubs affiliated to the Rugby Football League.

The champions were Leeds Rhinos who beat Castleford Tigers 20–12 in the Grand Final on 11 October 2019.[1] Castleford Tigers won the league leaders shield, a 44–0 win over York City Knights in round 13 put them three points clear of nearest rivals, St Helens, with a round to spare.[2]

For 2019, the number of teams was expanded from seven to eight, with the addition of Wakefield Trinity to the league.[3]

The season comprised 14 rounds, with each team playing each other home and away, commencing on 7 April and ending on 29 September. Following the regular season, the top four teams played off against each other in two semi-finals, with the Grand Final played on Friday 11 October, at the Totally Wicked Stadium in St Helens and broadcast live on Sky Sports.[4]

On 15 August 2019 it was announced that Betfred would become the sponsors of the league with immediate effect in a deal that will run until the end of the 2021 season.[5]

The defending champions were Wigan Warriors, who beat League Leaders Shield winners Leeds Rhinos, 18–16 at the Grand Final at the Manchester Regional Arena.[6] Wigan were eliminated from the play-offs after they lost 34–4 to Castleford Tigers in the semi-finals.

Teams[]

Colours Club Location
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls Bradford, West Yorkshire
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers Castleford, West Yorkshire
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone, West Yorkshire
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Leeds, West Yorkshire
Saintscolours.svg St Helens, Merseyside
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Wigan, Greater Manchester
Balmain colours.svg York, North Yorkshire

Fixtures and results[]

Round 1[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 38–16 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 7 April 2019, 12:45pm Odsal Stadium
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 54–4 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 7 April 2019, 1:00pm Sports Park, Weetwood
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 4–6 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 7 April 2019, 1:00pm Robin Park Arena
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 0–80 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 7 April 2019, 2:00pm York St John University Sports Park
Source:[7]

Round 2[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 16–24 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 14 April 2019, 1:30pm LD Nutrition Stadium
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 14–36 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 14 April 2019, 2:00pm Orrell St James
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 6–10 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 14 April 2019, 2:00pm York St John University Sports Park
Saintscolours.svg St Helens 24–0 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 22 April 2019, 12:00pm Totally Wicked Stadium
Source:[8]

Round 3[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 60–6 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 28 April 2019, 12:30pm Odsal Stadium
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 27–0 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 28 April 2019, 1:00pm Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 0–62 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 28 April 2019, 2:00pm York St John University Sports Park
Saintscolours.svg St Helens 54–16 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 28 April 2019, 5:45pm Totally Wicked Stadium
Source:[9]

Round 4[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 4–12 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 12 May 2019, 1:00pm Robin Park Arena
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 30–14 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 12 May 2019, 2:00pm Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 8–40 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 12 May 2019, 2:00pm The Mobile Rocket Stadium
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 4–38 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 12 May 2019, 2:00pm York St John University Sports Park
Source:[10]

Round 5[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 0–50 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 2 June 2019, 12:00pm York St John University Sports Park
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 0–66 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 2 June 2019, 2:00pm Mobile Rocket Stadium
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 42–4 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 2 June 2019, 2:00pm Robin Park Arena
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 22–42 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 6 June 2019, 7:30pm Odsal Stadium
Source:[11]

Round 6[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 6–18 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 30 June 2019, 12:30pm Odsal Stadium
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 6–44 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 30 June 2019, 1:00pm Mobile Rocket Stadium
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 20–46 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 30 June 2019, 2:00pm LD Nutrition Stadium
Saintscolours.svg St Helens 60–6 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 30 June 2019, 3:00pm Totally Wicked Stadium
Source:[12]

Round 7[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 16–30 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 21 July 2019, 12:30pm Headingley
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 16–20 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 21 July 2019, 1:00pm Odsal Stadium
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 54–8 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 21 July 2019, 5:00pm Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 18–16 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 22 September 2019, 2:00pm LD Nutrition Stadium
Source:[13][14]

Round 8[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 50–16 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 4 August 2019, 1:00pm Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 18–16 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 4 August 2019, 1:00pm LD Nutrition Stadium
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 30–0[a] Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 4 August 2019, 1:00pm Sports Park, Weetwood
Saintscolours.svg St Helens 60–0 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 4 August 2019, 5:00pm Totally Wicked Stadium
Source:[16]
  1. ^ Match abandoned after 39 minutes due to Sophie Robinson suffering a serious leg injury. The score at the time was 30–0, after consultation with both clubs the RFL decided not to order the game to be replayed with the score at the time of abandonment to stand as the result.[15]

Round 9[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 18–32 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 11 August 2019, 1:00pm Odsal Stadium
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 56–8 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 11 April 2019, 1:00pm Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 52–0 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 11 August 2019, 1:00pm Sports Park, Westwood
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 4–20 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 11 August 2019, 2:00pm Sharlston Rovers
Source:[17]

Round 10[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 26–36 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 17 August 2019, 1:00pm Emerald Headingley
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 4–48 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 18 August 2019, 1:00pm The Mobile Rocket Stadium
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 7–50 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 18 August 2019, 2:00pm L D Nutrition Stadium
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 42–0 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 18 August 2019, 2:00pm Robin Park Arena
Source:[18]

Round 11[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 74–8 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 1 September 2019, 1:00pm Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 0–56 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 1 September 2019, 1:00pm York St John University
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 52–6 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 1 September 2019, 2:00pm Robin Park Arena
Source:[19]

Round 12[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 4–36 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 8 September 2019, 1:00pm The Mobile Rocket Stadium
Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 20–20 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 8 September 2019, 2:00pm Robin Park Arena
Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 16–26 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 8 September 2019, 2:00pm York St John University
Saintscolours.svg St Helens 20–20 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 8 September 2019, 3:00pm Ruskin Park
Source:[20]

Round 13[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 4–66 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 14 September 2019, 1:00pm The Mobile Rocket Stadium
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 22–14 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 15 September 2019, 2:00pm L D Nutrition Stadium
Saintscolours.svg St Helens 28–0 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 15 September 2019, 2:00pm Ruskin Park
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 44–0 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 17 September 2019, 7:00pm Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Source:[21]

Round 14[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 26–0 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 29 September 2019, 1:00pm LD Nutrition Stadium
Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls P–P[a] Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 29 September 2019, 2:00pm Neil Hunt Memorial Ground
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 16–0 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 29 September 2019, 2:15pm Weetwood Sports Park
Saintscolours.svg St Helens 20–14 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 29 September 2019, 3:00pm Ruskin Park
Source:[22]
  1. ^ match postponed, pitch unplayable due to heavy rain

Play-off semi-finals[]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 34–4 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 6 October 2019, 13:00 Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Saintscolours.svg St Helens 14–18 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 6 October 2019, 13:00 Totally Wicked Stadium A. Moore
Source:[23]

Grand final[]

11 October 2019
19:30
Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 12–20 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos
Try: Lumb, Owen, Gentles
Goal: Stanley 0/3
 report Try: Goldthorp 2, Eatock, Frain
Goal: Hill 2/4
Totally Wicked Stadium
Attendance: 1,673
Referee: Greg Dolan
Castleford Tigers Position Leeds Rhinos
#1 Tara Stanley Fullback #1 Caitlin Beevers
#16 Wing #15
#24 Centre #30
#12 Centre #16
#4 Wing #24
#6 Georgia Roche Stand-off #6
#33 Scrum-half #7 Courtney Hill (c)
#10 Prop #10
#9 Hooker #14
#68 Prop #13
#28 Second-row #11
#11 Second-row #4
#13 Loose forward #28
#14 interchange #27
#8 interchange #19
#31 interchange #8 Danika Priim
#44 interchange #22

Leeds completed a league and cup double with 20–12 victory over Castleford in the Grand Final on 11 October 2019. In a game televised live on Sky Sports Castleford took an early advantage with two tries in the first five minute; the scorers being and . Leeds pulled a try back through and these were the only points of the first half with the half-time score being 8–4 to Castleford.

In the second half, it was Leeds who proved to be the stronger side with three tries in close succession, two for 16-year old winger and one for . Leeds captain Courtney Hill converted two of the tries to give Leeds a 20–8 lead. did score a late try for Castleford to make the score 20–12 but it was too late for Castleford to catch up.[24]

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 14 13 0 1 625 160 +465 26 League Leaders Shield/Play off semi-finals
2 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 14 12 1 1 522 131 +391 25 Play-off semi-finals
3 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 14 10 1 3 410 151 +259 21
4 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 14 6 1 7 328 224 +104 13
5 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 14 6 0 8 237 450 −213 12
6 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 13 4 1 8 300 282 +18 9
7 Balmain colours.svg York City Knights 13 1 0 12 68 522 −454 2
8 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 14 1 0 13 64 634 −570 2
Source: [1]

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