England women's national rugby league team

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England Lionesses
Team information
NicknameEngland Lionesses
Governing bodyRugby Football League
RegionEurope
Head coachCraig Richards
CaptainEmily Rudge
Most capsAndrea Dobson 24
IRL ranking3rd
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
 France
(2007)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first time in 2008)
Best resultSemi Final, 2008, 2017

The England women's national Rugby League team represents England in Women's Rugby League. They are administered by the Rugby Football League. Great Britain toured Australia in 1996, New Zealand in 1998, and reached the first-ever Women's Rugby League World Cup Final in 2000, where they lost 26-4 to New Zealand.

Great Britain toured Australia in 2002 and took part in the 2003 World Cup. In 2006, the RFL announced that, after the men's 2007 All Golds Tour, the Great Britain team would no longer compete on a regular basis, and that players would be able to represent England, Wales and Scotland at Test level.

It is planned that the Great Britain team will come together in future only for occasional tours.

Players[]

Squad for the 2021 International Test against Wales, held on Friday, 25 June at Halliwell Jones Stadium:[1] Kelsey Gentles and Emma Lumley did not play in the match. The table below includes the appearance and points scored in the June 2021 match.

Pos. Player Age Club Profile Debut Caps T G Pts
Fullback, Wing Tara-Jane Stanley 27 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers No 2012 11 8 27 86
Centre, Wing Fran Goldthorp 18 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Yes 2021 1 1 0 4
Centre Carrie Roberts 31* Saintscolours.svg St Helens Yes 2015 3 3 1 14
Centre Amy Hardcastle 32 Saintscolours.svg St Helens Yes 2009 17 16 0 64
Fullback, Wing Caitlin Beevers 19 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Yes 2018 3 3 0 12
Halfback, Loose forward Georgia Roche 20 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers No 2018 2 3 0 12
Five-eighth Beth Stott Saintscolours.svg St Helens Yes 2021 1 0 2 4
Prop Grace Field 23* Wellington colours.svg York City Knights No 2019 3 0 0 0
Hooker Tara Jones 24* Saintscolours.svg St Helens Yes 2015 6 3 0 12
Second-row Paige Travis Saintscolours.svg St Helens Yes 2021 1 0 0 0
Loose forward Vicky Molyneux 33 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Yes 2007
Second-row Emily Rudge 29 Saintscolours.svg St Helens Yes 2008 22 12 0 48
Five-eighth Jodie Cunningham 29 Saintscolours.svg St Helens Yes 2009 21 8 0 32
Second-row Shona Hoyle 27 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers No 2016 8 2 0 8
Second-row Chantelle Crowl 28 Saintscolours.svg St Helens Yes 2017 8 0 0 0
Second-row Hollie Dodd 17 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers No 2021 1 1 0 4
Wing Georgia Wilson 24 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Yes 2019 2 1 0 4
Wing Kelsey Gentles 22* Wellington colours.svg York City Knights No 2018 1 0 0 0
Prop Emma Lumley 28* Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers No 0 0 0 0

Note: * = Player's age estimated based on previous articles on various news and rugby league websites.

Results[]

Full internationals[]

Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Ref.
2007  France
won
Test Match
13 Jul 2008  France
won
Test Match Widnes RUFC
6 Nov 2008  
72–0
2008 WRLWC Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast
8 Nov 2008  France
54–4
10 Nov 2008  Australia
4–22
12 Nov 2008  New Zealand
4–16
VR[2]
14 Nov 2008  
24–0
2009  France
28–8
2 Test Series
25 Jul 2009  France
36–0
Stade Ernest Argeles, Toulouse LE[3]
10 Jul 2010  France
40–8
Test Match National Sports Centre, Lilleshall ERL[4]
10 Nov 2010  New Zealand
6–44
Test Match Toll Stadium, Whangārei NZRL[5]
16 Nov 2010  New Zealand
6–38
Test Match Waitakere Stadium, Auckland ERL[6]
2 Jul 2011  France
40–6
2 Test Series Parc Des Sports, Avignon ERL[7]
6 Jul 2011  France
56–6
Parc Des Sports, Avignon ERL[8]
15 Jun 2012  France
48–0
Test Match Grattan Stadium, Bradford ERL[9]
5 Jul 2013  Australia
6–14
2013 WRLWC The Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury VR[10] ERL[11]
8 Jul 2013  New Zealand
16–34
Post Office Road, Featherstone VR[12] ERL[13]
11 Jul 2013  France
42–4
Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley VR[14] ERL[15]
13 Jul 2013  France
54–0
South Leeds Stadium, Hunslet VR[16] ERL[17]
17 Jun 2015  France
24–4
2 Test Series Stade Jean Benege, Tonneins RLC[18] ERL[19]
20 Jun 2015  France
14–14
Stade Roger Garnung, Biganos 4LS[20] ERL[21]
22 Oct 2016  France
36–6
Test Match Parc des Sports, Avignon RLC[22]
21 Jun 2017  France
26–16
2 Test Series Stade de la Mer, Perpignan RLC[23]
24 Jun 2017  France
14–8
Stade de la Mer, Perpignan RLC[24]
16 Nov 2017  Papua New Guinea
36–8
2017 WRLWC Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney ERL[25]
19 Nov 2017  Australia
0–38
VH[26] ERL[27]
22 Nov 2017  Cook Islands
16–22
ABC[28] ERL[29]
26 Nov 2017  New Zealand
4–52
VH[30] ERL[31]
27 Oct 2018  France
54–4
Test Match Carcasonne RLC[32]
9 Nov 2019  Papua New Guinea
24–10
2 Test Series Goroka RLC[33] VH[34]
16 Nov 2019  Papua New Guinea
16–20
Port Moresby NRL[35] VH[36]
25 Jun 2021 Wales
60–0
Test Match Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington BBC[37] TS[38] VH[39]

All-time head-to-head records[]

Opponent Matches Won Drawn Lost Win %
 Australia 3 0 0 3 0%
 Cook Islands 1 0 0 1 0%
 France 18 17 1 0 97%
 New Zealand 5 0 0 5 0%
1 1 0 0 100%
 Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 67%
 Russia 1 1 0 0 100%
 Wales 1 1 0 0 100%
Total 33 22 1 10 67%

England Lions[]

Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Ref.
16 Nov 2019 Wales
20–24
Other Match Pilkington Recs, St Helens WRL[40] VR[41]

Nines[]

Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Ref.
18 Oct 2019  Papua New Guinea
25–4
2019 International Nines Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta NRL[42]
19 Oct 2019  Australia
4–42
19 Oct 2019  New Zealand
4–33
NRL[43]

History[]

Early years[]

Women's Rugby League was originally established in 1985 through the Women's Amateur Rugby League Association, with the Great Britain National Team playing for the first time in the year 2000.

From 2008 onwards, England has competed on the international stage, playing in the 2008, 2013 and 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cups to date.

2008 World Cup[]

The 2008 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the third staging of the tournament and the first time England had competed as a nation. The tournament was held in Australia from 26 October and England were in a pool with Russia, France and Australia.

England beat France and Russia in the group stages, losing to Australia, to finish second in the group and qualify for the semi-finals. England were beaten by eventual winners New Zealand at the semi-final stage, as they beat Australia 34-0. England beat the Pacific Islands in the third-placed play-off match.

2013 World Cup[]

The 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup was held in Great Britain from 26 October and featured Australia, England, France and New Zealand. England's 24-player squad featured players from Bradford, Coventry, Crosfields, Featherstone, Normanton and Thatto Heath.

In the Round Robin format, England suffered a 14-6 defeat to Australia at the Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury, on Friday, 5 July, before going down 34-16 to New Zealand on Monday, 8 July at Featherstone Rovers’ Post Office Road.

A 42-4 win over France followed in the final round on 11 July at the Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley, before a record 54-0 win over France in the third-place play-off at the South Leeds Stadium, Hunslet.

2017 World Cup[]

The 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup was the fifth staging of the competition, held in Australia between 16 November and 2 December. England took part alongside Australia, Canada, Cook Islands, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea and all group matches were played at the Southern Cross Group Stadium, home of Cronulla Sharks.

England were placed in Group A alongside Australia and the Cook Islands and took on Papua New Guinea in an inter-group match. Their first 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup match resulted in a 38-0 defeat to Australia on 19 November, before a shock 22-16 defeat to the Cook Islands on 22 November. England were 16-0 down at half time, but Emma Slowe, Amy Hardcastle and Kayleigh Bulman scored for England in the second half, Claire Garner kicking two goals, to make it 16-all, before a late Cook Islands try. England secured their progress to the semi-finals on points difference from the Cooks thanks to a 36-8 win over Papua New Guinea on 16 November. Tries from Charlotte Booth (2), Shona Hoyle, Amy Hardcastle, Tara-Jane Stanley, who kicked four goals, Danielle Bound and Beth Sutcliffe were enough to secure the win.

The semi-final saw England beaten 52-4 by New Zealand on 26 November at Southern Cross Group Stadium, despite a first-half Tara-Jane Stanley try.

Australia would go on to win the final 23-16 on 2 December at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.


Coaches[]

Head coach[]

Jo Warbington (2007)

Brenda Dobek (2008-2010)

Anthony Sullivan (2011)

Steve McCormack (2012)

Chris Chapman (2013-2017)

Craig Richards (2018–present)

Assistant coach[]

Neil Gregg & Brenda Dobek (2007)

Neil Gregg & Anita Naughton (2007-2009)

Nigel Johnson (2009-2012)

Nigel Johnson & Thomas Brindle (2011)

Thomas Brindle (2012-2017)

Lindsay Anfield (2018–present)

Records[]

Team[]

Biggest Win: England 72-0 Russia, 6/11/2008 – Women's Rugby League World Cup, Stockland Park, Sunshine Coast.

Biggest Defeat: New Zealand 52-4 England, 26/11/2017 – Women's Rugby League World Cup semi-final, Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney

Individual[]

Most Caps: Andrea Dobson - 24

Most Tries: Natalie Gilmour MBE - 9


World Cup[]

World Cup Record
Year Round Position Pld Win Draw Loss
England 2000 Did not enter
New Zealand 2003
Australia 2008 Third Place 3rd out of 8 5 3 0 2
England 2013 Third Place 3rd out of 4 4 2 0 2
Australia 2017 Semi Final 3rd out of 6 4 1 0 3
England 2021 Qualified

See also[]

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