RFL Women's Nines

The RFL Women's Nines is a rugby league nines that is played as a pre season tournament ahead of the RFL Women's Super League.

RFL Women's Nines
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 RFL Women's Nines
SportRugby league nines
Founded30 March 2022 (30 March 2022)
No. of teams20 (Qualifying)
6 (Finals)
Country England
 Wales
Most recent
champion(s)		 Leeds Rhinos
(1st title)
Most titles Leeds Rhinos
York Valkyrie
(1 title)

2022

On 30 March, the RFL announced that the inaugural RFL Women's Nines tournament would take place on 1 May.[1] The competition saw teams from across RFL Women's Super League and RFL Women's Super League South, as well as selected invitational teams compete for five spaces in the final competition. The qualifiers saw 20 teams play in five groups of four with each group leader advancing to the final stage.[2]

Finals

The finals took places at the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford on 24 July. Catalans Dragons, Leeds Rhinos, Huddersfield, St Helens, and York Valkyrie were the five teams to advance from the qualifiers. Warrington Wolves were also granted wild card entry.[2][3] Results are as follows:[4]

Group A
Group B
Semi-finals
Final

2023

The 2023 RFL Women's Nines competition began on 14 May and was once again held at Victoria Park, Warrington and saw 20 teams compete for the six places in the final tournament.[5][6][7][8][9]

Finals

The 2023 finals took places on 24 June at the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford for a second time and was contested by the six teams which qualified during the May event held in Warrington. Leeds Rhinos won the tournament for the first time. Results are as follows:[10][11]

Group A
Group B
Semi-finals
Final

References
  1. "Rugby Football League confirm Women's Nines competition". LoveRugbyLeague. March 30, 2022.
  2. "Women's Rugby League Nines | All you need to know". www.rugby-league.com.
  3. "Warrington awarded wildcard spot for Women's Nines Finals Day".
  4. "York City Knights claim 9s glory".
  5. "Women's Nines Rugby League returns after huge success last year". www.rugby-league.com.
  6. "Women's Rugby League Nines Festival delights fans in Warrington". www.rugby-league.com.
  7. "Women's Nines Festival 2023 - All you need to know". 11 May 2023.
  8. "The 'exciting spectacle' returning to Victoria Park today". 14 May 2023.
  9. "York Valkyrie aim to retain Women's Nines crown as competition returns". 21 April 2023.
  10. "Our League to stream Women's Nines Finals live from Salford City Stadium on Saturday". www.rugby-league.com.
  11. "Leeds Rhinos lift first Women's Rugby League trophy of 2023". www.rugby-league.com.
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