Women's Finals Round Up : 2021

After a disrupted covid season, the ten clubs were split into two divisions. The top five and the lower five played off and the bottom side was eliminated. The remaining four played off as seen below.

Top Group Finals: St Helens took on Castleford and were far too good for their opponents, winning 58-0. In the other match, Leeds narrowly defeated a very plucky York side 22-18. This brought the two best sides to the grand final. 

Amazingly these two hadn't played each other all season due to the disruption with the pandemic. In the short history of women's RL, Leeds had the pedigree and the league title but Saints had the strongest looking side. 

The final was held at Leeds with over 4,000 in attendance but the hosts were eventually overpowered 0-28. It was the first time Saints Women have won a trophy in the three years of women's SL existence but one could see that being added to. 

Lower Group Finals: In the two semi-finals played, Featherstone was too good for Bradford and Huddersfield scraped home against Warrington. Both winners scored 30 points. The final looked an interesting prospect with Featherstone outperforming Huddersfield through the season but not by mutch.

As for the match itself, the closeness of the sides was evident in a tight encounter. Huddersfield prevailed 24-22 to finally get past its rival, albeit by the smallest of margins. 

The winning Saints team. Pic RFL.