The 2014 Women's Challenge Cup was an English rugby league knockout tournament competed for during the summer of 2014. The

Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...

was won by Thatto Heath St Helens who beat

Bradford Thunderbirds The Bradford Bulls Women are an English professional women's rugby league team based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Formed in 1999 as an autonomous club, Dudley Hill Thunderbirds, the team was also known as Bradford Thunderbirds and Bradford Cla ...

32–24 in the final. The Challenge Shield was won by Fetherstone Rovers who beat Stanningley 64–14 in the final. Both finals took place on 3 August 2014 at the Tetley's Stadium,

Dewsbury Dewsbury is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Hudder ...

Preliminary round

Matches in the preliminary round took place on 27 April and 4 May: *Cumbria Crusaders 0 – 46 Wigan St Patricks *

Oulton Raidettes The Oulton Raidettes Women's Rugby League Club are an England professional Women's rugby league football team based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, founded in 2012. Oulton Raidettes have Affiliations with the Oulton Raiders and they play in the RFL W ...

20 – 18 Selby Warriors

Round One

The first round took place on 11 May: *

48 – 6 Stanningley *Fryston Warriors 70 – 6 Hunslet Hawks *Normanton Knights 22 – 20 Featherstone Rovers * Rochdale Hornets 8 – 18 Oulton Raidettes *West Craven Warriors 4 – 76 Army RL

Round Two

The second round took place on 15 June: *Bradford Thunderbirds 78 – 0 Oulton Raidettes *Brighouse 8 – 48 Fryston Warriors * Thatto Heath St Helens 30 – 16 Army RL *Normanton Knights – ?

Semi Finals

The semi-finals had been completed before 24 July when the venue for the final was confirmed.

Final

The fixture was a repeat of the 2013 Final which had been won by Thatto Heath. The 2014 final took place on 3 August at the Tetley's Stadium,

. The score was Thatto Heath St Helens 32–24 Bradford Thunderbirds.

Challenge Shield

Shield Round One

The first round took place on 15 June: *Rochdale Hornets 0 – 72 Featherstone Rovers *Selby Warriors 30 – 14 West Craven Warriors *Stanningley 34 – 16 Leigh Miners Rangers

Shield Semi Finals

The semi-finals had been completed before 24 July when the venue for the final was confirmed.

Shield Final

The final took place on 3 August 2014 at the Tetley's Stadium, Dewsbury. The score was Featherstone Rovers 64–14 Stanningley.

References

{{Women's Challenge Cup RFL Women's Challenge Cup 2014 in English rugby league 2014 in English women's sport