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club

St Helens R.F.C. St Helens R.F.C. is a professional rugby league club in St Helens, Merseyside who compete in the Super League, the top tier for rugby league in Great Britain. They are the current Champions, having won the last 4 consecutive titles, and becom ...

have operated a women's team since they took some women from

Thatto Heath Crusaders Thatto Heath Crusaders is an amateur rugby league club situated in Thatto Heath, St Helens, Merseyside. The club currently competes in the National Conference League Premier Division History ''Thatto Heath'' RLFC began life in 1981, originall ...

, and other women's sides in 2017 ahead of the 2018 season. They won four successive Challenge Cups from 2013 to 2016, and again from 2021–2024. The 2016 win formed part of their

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winning season. The side won the 2021 Women's Challenge Cup after beating York City Knights, adding to the four cup titles won as Thatto Heath. That season, they also completed the treble for the second time. In 2024 the club announced it would become semi-professional, and start making match payments to players, becoming the third British side to do so after

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and

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who started the season prior.

Seasons

Honours

Women's Super League The Women's Super League (WSL), currently known as the Barclays Women's Super League (BWSL) for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's football in England. Established in 2010, it is run by the Football Association and features t ...

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::Grand Final :::Winners (5): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021 ::League Leader's Shield :::Winners (2): 2016, 2021 :::Runners-up (2): 2017, 2019 * Women's Challenge Cup :::Winners (8): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

References

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