RFL Women's Nines
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 RFL Women's Nines | |
| Sport | Rugby league nines |
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| Founded | 30 March 2022 |
| No. of teams | 16 (Qualifying) 6 (Finals) |
| Country |  England Wales |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Wigan Warriors(1st title) |
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The RFL Women's Nines is a rugby league nines competition played as a pre season tournament ahead of the RFL Women's Super League. It is the first Women's Rugby League title in Europe to award prize money.[1]
2022
[edit]On 30 March, the RFL announced that the inaugural RFL Women's Nines tournament would take place on 1 May.[2] The competition saw teams from across RFL Women's Super League and RFL Women's Super League South, as well as selected invitational teams compete for six spaces in the final competition. The qualifiers saw 20 teams play in five groups of four with each group leader advancing to the final stage along with one wildcard team. Catalans Dragons, Leeds Rhinos, Huddersfield Giants, St Helens, and York City Knights were the five teams to advance as group leaders. Warrington Wolves were granted a wildcard entry as the best placed runner-up having drawn with St Helens and finished behind them on points difference.[3][4][5]
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Key: Q = Qualified, W = Wildcard
Finals
[edit]The finals took places at the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford on 24 July.[4] The tournament was won by the York City Knights. Results are as follows:[1]
- Group A
- St Helens
12–4 
Huddersfield Giants - Leeds Rhinos
29–6 Huddersfield Giants - Leeds Rhinos 26–0 St Helens
- Group B
- York City Knights
16–8 
Catalans Dragons - Catalans Dragons 22–7
Warrington Wolves - York City Knights 37–0 Warrington Wolves
- Semi-finals
- Leeds Rhinos 23–7 Catalans Dragons
- York City Knights 26–0 St Helens
- Final
2023
[edit]The 2023 RFL Women's Nines competition began on 14 May and was once again held at Victoria Park, Warrington and saw 20 teams compete for the six places in the final tournament.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
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Key: Q = Qualified, W = Wildcard
Finals
[edit]The 2023 finals took places on 24 June at the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford for a second time and was contested by the six teams which qualified during the May event held in Warrington. Leeds Rhinos won the tournament for the first time. Results are as follows:[12][13]
- Group A
- Leeds Rhinos 36–0 Warrington Wolves
- Wigan Warriors
14–14 Leeds Rhinos - Warrington Wolves 0–33 Wigan Warriors
- Group B
- York Valkyrie 11–10 St Helens
- Cardiff Demons
0–23 York Valkyrie - St Helens 16–8 Cardiff Demons
- Semi-finals
- Leeds Rhinos 14–4 St Helens
- York Valkyrie 4–12 Wigan Warriors
- Final
2024
[edit]The 2024 RFL Women's Nines competition began on 5 May and was held at Victoria Park, Warrington. All eight Super League teams took part along with a selection of teams from the regional Championships and Widnes Vikings of League 1. The 16 teams were divided in to four groups to compete for the six places (four group winners and two wildcards) in the final tournament.[14][15] Leeds Rhinos and Huddersfield Giants were named as the wildcard entries for the finals day.[16]
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Key: Q = Qualified, W = Wildcard
Finals
[edit]The 2024 finals took place on 28 July at Craven Park in Hull, and was contested by the six teams which qualified during the May event held in Warrington. Wigan Warriors won the tournament for the first time.[17]
- Group A
- York Valkyrie 8–17 Huddersfield Giants
- Wigan Warriors 26–8 York Valkyrie
- Huddersfield Giants 0–31 Wigan Warriors
- Group B
- Leeds Rhinos 12–4 St Helens
- Cardiff Demons 0–23 Leeds Rhinos
- St Helens 9–17 Cardiff Demons
- Semi-finals
- Final
References
[edit]- ^ a b "York City Knights claim 9s glory". www.rugby-league.com.
- ^ "Rugby Football League confirm Women's Nines competition". LoveRugbyLeague. 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Women's Rugby League Nines | All you need to know". www.rugby-league.com. 21 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Warrington awarded wildcard spot for Women's Nines Finals Day". www.rugby-league.com. 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Cardiff Demons finish second in their group in the RFL Nines". Wales Rugby League. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Women's Nines Rugby League returns after huge success last year". www.rugby-league.com. 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Women's Rugby League Nines Festival delights fans in Warrington". www.rugby-league.com. 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Women's Nines Festival 2023 - All you need to know". Sporting Her. 11 May 2023.
- ^ "The 'exciting spectacle' returning to Victoria Park today". Warrington Guardian. 14 May 2023.
- ^ "York Valkyrie aim to retain Women's Nines crown as competition returns". The Press. 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Qualifiers decided for RFL Women's Nines Finals". Rugby League Nines. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Our League to stream Women's Nines Finals live from Salford City Stadium on Saturday". www.rugby-league.com. 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Leeds Rhinos lift first Women's Rugby League trophy of 2023". www.rugby-league.com. 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Women's Nines Rugby League returns to Victoria Park". www.rugby-league.com. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Warriors progress in Women's Nines". Wigan Warriors. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Sewell Group Craven Park to host 2024 Women's Nines Finals Day". www.rugby-league.com. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Wigan Warriors lift Women's Rugby League Nines trophy". www.rugby-league.com. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.