2024 RFL Women's Super League
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| 2024 RFL Women's Super League | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 14 rounds + playoffs |
| Teams | 8 |
| Matches played | 56 |
| Points scored | 2,822 |
| Highest attendance | 4,813 (6 October) |
| Lowest attendance | 461 (15 June) |
| Champions | York Valkyrie |
| League Leaders Shield Winners | St Helens |
| Runners-up | St Helens |
| Biggest home win |
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| Biggest away win |
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| Woman of Steel | Georgie Hetherington |
| Top point-scorer | Faye Gaskin (160) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Leah Burke (28),
Top goal scorer Faye Gaskin (68) |
| Promotion and relegation | |
| Promoted from Championship | Leigh Leopards |
The 2024 RFL Women's Super League (also known as the Betfred Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Women's Super League, for female players in clubs affiliated to the Rugby Football League (RFL).
It was the first season following a re-structure of the women's game. The number of clubs in the Super League was reduced from 12 to 8 but playing as one league rather than two groups of six as in 2023. The regular season comprised 14 rounds commencing on 19 April.[1]
The Super League champions were determined after the top four teams played-off to decide which clubs would compete in the Grand Final on 6 October.[2] York Valkyrie retained their title, after narrowly defeating St Helens 18–8 in the final, which saw a record attendance of 4,813 for a Women's Super League grand final.
The club finishing bottom played-off against the winners of the 2024 RFL Women's Championship for a place in the 2025 RFL Women's Super League.[2] This match, which was also played on 6 October,[3] saw Leigh Leopards promoted from the championship, after they won 34–16 against Featherstone Rovers.
The eight clubs that competed the 2024 Super League were all from Northern England. The six teams of the 2023 Super League Group A were joined by Barrow and Featherstone who won promotion from the 2023 Group B.
Fixtures and results
Regular season
Play-offs
In the play-off semi-finals York won 12–10 at Leeds and St Helens defeated Wigan 18–4 to set up the Grand Final on 6 October at the Totally Wicked Stadium.[10] St Helens, who had won the Challenge Cup earlier in the season, hosted the match due to their top place finish in the league,[11] but were unable to the claim a treble when York came back from 8–6 down at halftime to win 18–8 and in doing so become the first team to retain the Super League title.[12] The crowd of 4,813 was a record attendance for a Women's Super League grand final.[13]
Team bracket
| Semi-finals | Grand Final | ||||||||
| 2 | Leeds Rhinos | 10 | |||||||
| 3 | York Valkyrie | 12 | |||||||
| 1 | St Helens | 8 | |||||||
| 3 | York Valkyrie | 18 | |||||||
| 1 | St Helens | 18 | |||||||
| 4 | Wigan Warriors | 4 | |||||||
Semi-finals
Grand final
 St Helens |
8–18 |  York Valkyrie |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Burke 10' Goals: Gaskin 35, 39' |
Report |
Tries: Owen 15' Partington 43' Gentles 55' Goals: Brennan 16 Marshall 44', 56' |
Totally Wicked Stadium Attendance: 4,813 Referee: Liam Rush Player of the Match: Georgie Hetherington (York) |
| St Helens | Position | York Valkyrie | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Number | Number | Name | |
| Beri Salihi | 1 | 5 | Georgie Hetherington | |
| Phoebe Hook | 20 | 26 | Carrie Roberts | |
| Erin Stott | 4 | 23 | Manuqalo Komaitai | |
| Rachel Woosey | 30 | 36 | Lisa Parker | |
Leah Burke  10' | 5 | 2 | Ebony Partington | |
| Zoe Harris | 6 | 6 | Sade Rihari | |
| Faye Gaskin | 7 | 3 | Tamzin Renouf | |
Vicky Whitfield  27'  61' | 8 | 8 | Olivia Wood | |
| Tara Jones 22' 67' | 9 | 29 | Izzy Brennan | |
| Chantelle Crowl 30' 61' | 10 | 10 | Jasmine Bell | |
| Emily Rudge | 12 | 11 | Lacey Owen | |
| Paige Travis | 11 | 12 | Savannah Andrade | |
| Jodie Cunningham | 13 | 33 | Megan Pakulis | |
| Naomi Williams 30' 61' | 14 | 13 | Rhiannon Marshall | |
| Darcy Stott 27' 52' | 16 | 15 | Kelsey Gentles | |
| Katie Mottershead 22' 67' | 19 | 18 | Jess Sharp | |
| Megan Williams 52' 61' | 22 | 28 | Remi Wilton | |
| Matty Smith | Coach | Lindsay Anfield | ||