The RFL Women's Nines is a rugby league nines competition played as a pre season tournament ahead of the

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. It is the first Women's Rugby League title in Europe to award prize money.

2022

On 30 March, the RFL announced that the inaugural RFL Women's Nines tournament would take place on 1 May. The competition saw teams from across

and

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, 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,

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, 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. ;Group A # St Helens (Q) # Warrington Wolves (W) #

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# Bristol Golden Ferns ;Group B #

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# Featherstone Rovers # Warrington Lunas ;Group C # Catalans Dragons (Q) #

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# Hull FC ;Group D # Huddersfield Giants (Q) # Salford Red Devils #

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;Group E # York City Knights (Q) #

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# Bradford Bulls #

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Finals

The finals took places at the

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in Salford on 24 July. The tournament was won by the York City Knights. Results are as follows: ;Group A * St Helens 12–4 Huddersfield Giants *

29–6 Huddersfield Giants *

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 *

23–7 Catalans Dragons * York City Knights 26–0 St Helens ;Final * York City Knights 7–0

2023

The 2023 RFL Women's Nines competition began on 14 May and was once again held at Victoria Park,

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and saw 20 teams compete for the six places in the final tournament. ;Group One # Warrington Wolves (Q) # Huddersfield Giants #Leamington Royals # Oldham Roughyeds ;Group Two #

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(W) # Salford Red Devils # Bradford Bulls ;Group Three # St Helens (Q) # Hull KR # Featherstone Rovers # Newcastle Thunder ;Group Four #

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;Group Five #

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# Hull FC # Workington Town