St Helens R.F.C. Women
| Club information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | St Helens Women's Rugby Football Club | ||
| Nickname(s) | The Saints The Red V | ||
| Short name | Saints | ||
| Colours |  White and red | ||
| Founded | 2013 (As Thatto Heath Crusaders) | ||
| Website | saintsrlfc.com | ||
| Current details | |||
| Ground(s) |
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| Coach | Derek Hardman and Craig Richards | ||
| Captain | Jodie Cunningham | ||
| Competition | RFL Women's Super League | ||
| 2024 | 1st | ||
 Current season | |||
| Uniforms | |||
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| Records | |||
| League Championships | 5 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021) | ||
| Challenge Cups | 8 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) | ||
The rugby league club St Helens R.F.C. have operated a women's team since they took some women from Thatto Heath Crusaders, and other women's sides in 2017 ahead of the 2018 season.[1] They won four successive Challenge Cups from 2013 to 2016, and again from 2021–2024. The 2016 win formed part of their treble winning season.[2] The side won the 2021 Women's Challenge Cup after beating York City Knights, adding to the four cup titles won as Thatto Heath.[3] 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 Leeds and York who started the season prior.[4]
Seasons
[edit]| Season | League | Play-offs | Challenge Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | |||
| 2013 | WRL | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 404 | 102 | 20 | 1st[5] | Won in Grand Final[6] | W |
| 2014 | Unknown | Won in Grand Final | W | ||||||||
| 2015 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 586 | 84 | 22 | 2nd[7] | Won in Grand Final | W | |
| 2016 | Unknown | 1st | Won in Grand Final | W | |||||||
| 2017 | Super League | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 124 | 6 | 2nd | Lost in Preliminary Final | SF[8] |
| 2018 | Super League | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 316 | 130 | 17 | 3rd | Lost in Semi Final | R2 |
| 2019 | Super League | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 522 | 131 | 25 | 2nd | Lost in Semi Final | SF |
| 2020 | Super League | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
| 2021 | Super League | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 628 | 42 | 20 | 1st | Won in Grand Final | W |
| 2022 | Super League | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 314 | 63 | 12 | 2nd | Lost in Semi Final | W |
| 2023 | Super League | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 362 | 126 | 14 | 2nd | Lost in Semi Final | W |
| 2024 | Super League | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 614 | 88 | 26 | 1st | Lost in Grand Final | W |
Honours
[edit]- Winners (8): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
References
[edit]- ^ "St Helens join forces with Thatto Heath Crusaders to enter Women's Super League". Archived from the original on 2022-02-11.
- ^ "Bradford Bulls Women's Team". Bradford Bulls Foundation. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "St Helens outclass York to take Women's Challenge Cup with Woosey double". TheGuardian.com. 5 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11.
- ^ "St Helens Women: Super League side to receive match payments from 2024 season onwards". BBC Sport. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Premier League Table". Women's Rugby league. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014.
- ^ "News". Women's Rugby League. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Premier league table". Women's Super League. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Bradford Bulls and Featherstone Rovers meet in Challenge Cup Final". 4 The Love Of Sport. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". Rugby Football League. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016.
- ^ "Thatto are just champion". Rugby-League.com. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Thatto Heath – Grand Final Champions!". 4 The Love Of Sport. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "Leigh Miners and Thatto Heath take the honours at Grand Finals Day". 4 The Love Of Sport. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2023.