Rugby league season
The 2017 Women's Super League was the inaugural season of the top level rugby league competition for women in England. Run by the Rugby Football League there were four teams in the league; three (Bradford Bulls , Castleford Tigers and Featherstone Rovers ) associated with professional clubs in West Yorkshire and one (Thatto Heath ) associated with a leading amateur club in Lancashire.
The league was won by Bradford Bulls who went undefeated in the six round regular season before defeating Featherstone Rovers 36–6 in the Grand Final.
Teams
Thatto Heath Bradford Castleford Featherstone class=notpageimage| Locations of teams in Northern England
Results
The season comprised six rounds during which each team played the others home and away. The team finishing top of the league automatically qualified for the Grand Final. The teams finishing second and third playing a preliminary final to determine who the other grand finalists were.
Round 1: 23 July 2017
Castleford 48 – 14 Featherstone
Thatto Heath 26 – 32 Bradford Round 2: 13 August 2017
Featherstone 20 – 30 Thatto Heath
Bradford 72 – 18 Castleford Round 3: 20 August 2017
Thatto Heath 64 – 4 Castleford
Featherstone 0 – 24 Bradford Round 4: 3 September 2017
Featherstone 48 – 20 Castleford
Bradford 40 – 10 Thatto Heath Round 5: 10 September 2017
Thatto Heath 14 – 24 Featherstone
Castleford 12 – 60 Bradford Round 6: 24 September 2017
Castleford 4 – 38 Thatto Heath
Bradford 72 – 10 Featherstone Regular season standings
Source: Play-offs
Preliminary Final: 1 October 2017
Thatto Heath 20 – 21 Featherstone
Grand Final: 7 October 2017
36 – 6
Tries: Kirsty Moroney, Lois Forsell , Charlotte Booth, Claire Garner, Amy Hardcastle , Charlene Henegan, Haylie HieldsGoals: Claire Garner (4)report Tries: Georgia Roche Goals: Georgia Roche
Manchester Regional Arena
References
"England Rugby Football League" . Rugby League International Federation . Retrieved 4 October 2021."Bradford Bulls become first-ever Women's Super League champions" . Rugby Football League . 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2021."Rugby League" . www.rugby-league.com . RFL. Retrieved 4 October 2021."Featherstone Rovers secure Grand Final spot" . Rugby Football League . 2 October 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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