Women's Regular SL Season : 2021

Everyone loves scoring a try. Pic: RFL.

There were ten teams in the competition this year, up two from the previous season. Not all the top flight (Super league) clubs have women's sides while some in the championship (division 2) do. I would have thought all SL clubs (apart from the Catalan Dragons) should be fielding women's sides. 

The League: With covid still affecting squads, not all games were played. Some games were cancelled and others forfeited. When the competition was 'completed', the final standings were as below. Some of the results were one sided but hopefully the less experienced will get up to speed soon enough. 

Leeds won the title although they never actually played the second team St Helens. In turn, Saints only lost a game it had to forfeit so both were unbeaten on the field and it didn't clear up which team was the better of the two. 

SL Playoffs: The competition was divided into two sets of five, based on where teams finished the regular season. The SL playoff top five is shown immediately below. The top placings were reversed with St Helens defeating the other hitherto unbeaten side Leeds in a game the latter forfeited. Wigan fell below two sides it finished above in the league competition to end its season in a disappointing way. 

Shield Playoffs: The placings in the league were replicated here. The only side that proved out of its depth was Wakefield but hopefully they will be better for the experience. Both playoff groups went into a top four knock out series that will be covered on their completion.