The RFL Women's Nines is a

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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 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,

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, St Helens, and

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were the five teams to advance as group leaders.

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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) #

(W) #

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# Bristol Golden Ferns ;Group B #

(Q) #

London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, England. They play their home games at Plough Lane and currently compete in the RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of British rugby le ...

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

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# Hull FC ;Group D #

(Q) #

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# Oulton Raidettes #

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;Group E #

(Q) # Cardiff Demons #

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# Leigh Miners Rangers

Finals

The finals took places at the AJ Bell Stadium in

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

29–6

26–0 St Helens ;Group B *

16–8 Catalans Dragons *Catalans Dragons 22–7

37–0

;Semi-finals *

23–7 Catalans Dragons *

26–0 St Helens ;Final *

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 #

(Q) #

# Leamington Royals # Oldham ;Group Two #

(Q) # Cardiff Demons (W) #

;Group Three # St Helens (Q) #

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# Newcastle Thunder ;Group Four #

(Q) # Leigh Leopards #

;Group Five #

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(Q) #

# Hull FC # Workington Town

Finals

The 2023 finals took places on 24 June at the AJ Bell Stadium in

for a second time and was contested by the six teams which qualified during the May event held in Warrington.

won the tournament for the first time. Results are as follows: ;Group A *

36–0

14–14

0–33

;Group B *

11–10 St Helens * Cardiff Demons 0–23

* St Helens 16–8 Cardiff Demons ;Semi-finals *

14–4 St Helens *

4–12

;Final *

21–8

2024

The 2024 RFL Women's Nines competition began on 5 May and was held at Victoria Park,

. 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. Leeds Rhinos and Huddersfield Giants were named as the wildcard entries for the finals day. ;Group 1 *

(Q) *

* Leigh Leopards * Widnes Vikings ;Group 2 * St Helens (Q) *

(W) * Telford Raiders * Leamington Royals ;Group 3 * Cardiff Demons (Q) *

;Group 4 *

(Q) *

(W) *

Finals

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.

won the tournament for the first time. ;Group A *

8–17

26–8

0–31

;Group B *

12–4 St Helens * Cardiff Demons 0–23

* St Helens 9–17 Cardiff Demons ;Semi-finals *

0–12

40–0 Cardiff Demons ;Final *

21–0

2025

The 2025 RFL Women's Nines competition will be held at West Park Leeds RUFC in

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, Leeds, with the whole tournament being played over one day on 5 July.

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have been invited to take part in the 2025 event, meaning they will become the first national team to compete in the tournament.

References

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