2024 RFL Women's Championship

The 2024 RFL Women's Championship (also known as the Betfred Women's Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the eighth season of the RFL Women's Championship and the first of its restructure and expansion to include teams from across the country.

The winner of the competition will enter a promotion play-off on 6 October with the last placed team of the 2024 RFL Women's Super League for a place in the 2025 Super League.^[1][2]

Teams

In January 2024, the RFL confirmed the nine clubs in the Northern Championship and four of the clubs in Southern Championship.^[3] The teams in the Midlands Championship were announced in May.^[4]

Northern Championship

The 2024 RFL Women's Northern Championship began on 2 March and will conclude on 22 September, and will comprise 18 regular season matchweeks and playoffs.^[3][5]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Leigh Leopards	7	7	0	0	354	32	+322	14
2	Hull Kingston Rovers	6	5	0	1	176	100	+76	10
3	Dewsbury Moor	8	4	1	3	182	146	+36	9
4	Sheffield Eagles	5	4	0	1	174	100	+74	8
5	Salford Red Devils	7	4	0	3	118	134	−16	8
6	Oulton Raidettes	7	3	0	4	160	156	+4	6
7	Stanningley	9	2	1	6	168	202	−34	5
8	Bradford Bulls	8	2	0	6	112	248	−136	4
9	Castleford Tigers	7	0	0	7	38	364	−326	0

Results

Source^[6]

Round 1

Northern Championship: round one

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Salford Red Devils	04–16	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 March	Salford Stadium
Stanningley	22–28	Bradford Bulls	3 March	Stanningley
Oulton Raidettes	06–26	Leigh Leopards	3 March	Oulton Raiders
Castleford Tigers	–	Sheffield Eagles	TBA[a]	Castleford Panthers
Bye: Dewsbury Moor

Round 2

Northern Championship: round two

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Bradford Bulls	08–22	Oulton Raidettes	10 March	Bradford Bulls Women
Leigh Leopards	40–00	Salford Red Devils	10 March	Twist Lane
Castleford Tigers	00–42	Dewsbury Moor	10 March	Castleford Panthers
Hull Kingston Rovers	–	Sheffield Eagles	30 June[a]	Dewsbury Moor
Bye: Stanningley

Round 3

Northern Championship: round three

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Leigh Leopards	42–14	Sheffield Eagles	14 April	Twist Lane
Dewsbury Moor	16–24	Hull Kingston Rovers	14 April	Dewsbury Moor
Salford Red Devils	44–40	Bradford Bulls	14 April	Salford Stadium
Oulton Raidettes	30–12	Stanningley	14 April	Oulton Raiders
Bye: Castleford Tigers

Round 4

Northern Championship: round four

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Hull Kingston Rovers	70–80	Castleford Tigers	21 April	Hull KR
Sheffield Eagles	38–00	Bradford Bulls	21 April	Bawtry Road
Stanningley	08–20	Salford Red Devils	21 April	Bradford Dudley Hill
Leigh Leopards	48–40	Dewsbury Moor	21 April	Twist Lane
Bye: Oulton Raidettes

Round 5

Northern Championship: round five

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Sheffield Eagles	36–60	Stanningley	28 April	Dearne Valley Bulldogs
Dewsbury Moor	24–10	Bradford Bulls	28 April	Dewsbury Moor
Castleford Tigers	00–84	Leigh Leopards	28 April	Castleford Panthers
Salford Red Devils	16–14	Oulton Raidettes	28 April	Salford Stadium
Bye: Hull Kingston Rovers

Round 6

Northern Championship: round six

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Stanningley	16–24	Dewsbury Moor	12 May	Stanningley
Leigh Leopards	52–80	Hull Kingston Rovers	12 May	Twist Lane
Oulton Raidettes	32–46	Sheffield Eagles	12 May	Oulton Raiders
Bradford Bulls	54–40	Castleford Tigers	12 May	Bradford Bulls Women
Bye: Salford Red Devils

Round 7

Northern Championship: round seven

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Sheffield Eagles	40–20	Salford Red Devils	19 May	Olympic Legacy Park
Hull Kingston Rovers	32–80	Bradford Bulls	19 May	Hull KR
Castleford Tigers	06–42	Stanningley	19 May	Castleford Panthers
Dewsbury Moor	40–14	Oulton Raidettes	19 May	Dewsbury Moor
Bye: Leigh Leopards

Round 8

Northern Championship: round eight

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Salford Red Devils	14–12	Dewsbury Moor	2 June	Salford Stadium
Stanningley	12–26	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 June	Hull KR
Bradford Bulls	00–62	Leigh Leopards	2 June	Bradford Bulls Women
Oulton Raidettes	42–80	Castleford Tigers	2 June	Oulton Raiders
Bye: Sheffield Eagles

Round 9

Northern Championship: round nine

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Dewsbury Moor	–	Sheffield Eagles	16 June	Dewsbury Moor
Leigh Leopards	–	Stanningley	16 June	Twist Lane
Hull Kingston Rovers	–	Oulton Raidettes	16 June	Hull KR
Castleford Tigers	–	Salford Red Devils	16 June	Castleford Panthers
Bye: Bradford Bulls

Round 10

Northern Championship: round ten

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Sheffield Eagles	–	Castleford Tigers	23 June	Olympic Legacy Park
Leigh Leopards	–	Oulton Raidettes	23 June	Twist Lane
Hull Kingston Rovers	–	Salford Red Devils	23 June	Hull KR
Bradford Bulls	–	Stanningley	23 June	Bradford Bulls Women
Bye: Dewsbury Moor

Round 11

Northern Championship: round eleven

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Dewsbury Moor	–	Castleford Tigers	7 July	Dewsbury Moor
Sheffield Eagles	–	Hull Kingston Rovers	7 July	Olympic Legacy Park
Oulton Raidettes	–	Bradford Bulls	7 July	Oulton Raiders
Salford Red Devils	–	Leigh Leopards	7 July	Salford Stadium
Bye: Stanningley

Round 12

Northern Championship: round twelve

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Hull Kingston Rovers	–	Dewsbury Moor	14 July	Hull KR
Sheffield Eagles	–	Leigh Leopards	14 July	Olympic Legacy Park
Bradford Bulls	–	Salford Red Devils	14 July	Bradford Bulls Women
Stanningley	–	Oulton Raidettes
Bye: Castleford Tigers

Round 13

Northern Championship: round thirteen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Bradford Bulls	–	Sheffield Eagles	21 July	Bradford Bulls Women
Dewsbury Moor	–	Leigh Leopards	21 July	Dewsbury Moor
Castleford Tigers	–	Hull Kingston Rovers	21 July	Castleford Panthers
Salford Red Devils	–	Stanningley	21 July	Salford Stadium
Bye: Oulton Raidettes

Round 14

Northern Championship: round fourteen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Stanningley	–	Sheffield Eagles	4 August	Stanningley
Oulton Raidettes	–	Salford Red Devils	4 August	Oulton Raiders
Leigh Leopards	–	Castleford Tigers	4 August	Twist Lane
Bradford Bulls	–	Dewsbury Moor	4 August	Bradford Bulls Women
Bye: Hull Kingston Rovers

Round 15

Northern Championship: round fifteen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Dewsbury Moor	20–20	Stanningley	17 March	Dewsbury Moor
Castleford Tigers	–	Bradford Bulls	11 August	Castleford Panthers
Sheffield Eagles	–	Oulton Raidettes	11 August	Olympic Legacy Park
Hull Kingston Rovers	–	Leigh Leopards	11 August	Hull KR
Bye: Salford Red Devils

Round 16

Northern Championship: round sixteen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Stanningley	30–12	Castleford Tigers	24 March	Stanningley
Oulton Raidettes	–	Dewsbury Moor	18 August	Oulton Raiders
Salford Red Devils	–	Sheffield Eagles	18 August	Salford Stadium
Bradford Bulls	–	Hull Kingston Rovers	18 August	Bradford Bulls Women
Bye: Leigh Leopards

Round 17

Northern Championship: round seventeen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Leigh Leopards	–	Bradford Bulls	1 September	Leigh Sports Village
Dewsbury Moor	–	Salford Red Devils	1 September	Dewsbury Moor
Castleford Tigers	–	Oulton Raidettes	1 September	Castleford Panthers
Hull Kingston Rovers	–	Stanningley	1 September	Hull KR
Bye: Sheffield Eagles

Round 18

Northern Championship: round eighteen

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Sheffield Eagles	–	Dewsbury Moor	8 September	Olympic Legacy Park
Stanningley	–	Leigh Leopards	8 September	Stanningley
Oulton Raidettes	–	Hull Kingston Rovers	8 September	Oulton Raiders
Salford Red Devils	–	Castleford Tigers	8 September	Salford Stadium
Bye: Bradford Bulls

Semi-finals

The Northern Championship semi-finals will be played on 15 September.^[2]

Grand Final

The Northern Championship Grand Final will be played on 22 September.^[5]

Midlands Championship

The 2024 Midlands Championship will be played using a festival format and because of this the teams are ineligible for the Grand Final.^[3] The competition saw a soft launch in 2023 and was played between Cheltenham Phoenix, Coventry Bears, Leamington Royals, and Telford Raiders.^[9] Nottingham Outlaws replaced Cheltenham in the schedule for the 2024 competition which will begin on 1 June and in which teams will play two games on each of the three fixture days, followed by a finals day on 4 August.^[4]

Southern Championship

The 2024 Southern Championship acts as the next edition to the 2023 Super League South with the majority of clubs continuing in the new competition format. The competition started on 25 May.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts		LON	CAR	BED	ARM
1	London Broncos	1	1	0	0	36	6	+30	2		—	15 Jun	25 May[a]	4 Aug
2	Cardiff Demons	1	1	0	0	38	34	+4	2		20 Jul	—	9 Jun	6 Jul
3	Bedford Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6 Jul	3 Aug	—	15 Jun
4	Army	2	0	0	2	40	74	−34	0		6–36	34–38	20 Jul	—

Play-offs

Championship Grand Final

The Women's Championship Grand Final, currently scheduled to be played by the winners of the Northern and Southern Championship, will be played of 29 September.^[5]

Promotion Play-off Match

The Promotion Play-off Match will be contested by the winner of the Championship Grand Final and the last placed team of the 2024 RFL Women's Super League, and will take place on 6 October.^[5]

References

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