Women’s Super League, Challenge Cup and Rugby League World Cup key dates for 2022 | Rugby League News

The Women’s Super League returns to Sky Sports in 2022

We have put together a guide to all of the fixtures for this year’s Women’s Super League, Challenge Cup and Rugby League World Cup…

Betfred Women’s Challenge Cup

Sat, Mar 12: Group 2 – Huddersfield Giants vs Leeds Rhinos (2pm).

Sun, Mar 13: Group 1 – Army RL vs Warrington Wolves, Barrow Raiders vs St Helens; Group 2 – Leigh Miners Rangers vs Hull FC; Group 3 – Widnes Vikings vs York City Knights, Bradford Bulls vs Wigan Warriors; Group 4 – Castleford Tigers vs Wakefield Trinity, Oulton Raidettes vs Featherstone Rovers (all 2pm).

Sun, Mar 27: Group 1 – St Helens vs Army RL, Warrington Wolves vs Barrow Raiders; Group 2 – Hull FC vs Leeds Rhinos, Leigh Miners Rangers vs Huddersfield Giants; Group 3 – Bradford Bulls vs York City Knights, Wigan Warriors vs Widnes Vikings; Group 4 – Oulton Raidettes vs Castleford Tigers, Wakefield Trinity vs Featherstone Rovers (all 2pm).

Sun, Apr 3: Group 1 – Warrington Wolves vs St Helens, Barrow Raiders vs Army RL; Group 2 – Leeds Rhinos vs Leigh Minters Rangers, Hull FC vs Huddersfield Giants; Group 3 – York City Knights vs Wigan Warriors, Widnes Vikings vs Bradford Bulls; Group 4 – Featherstone Rovers vs Castleford Tigers, Wakefield Trinity vs Oulton Raidettes (all 2pm).

Apr 9-10: Quarter-finals.

Apr 23-24: Semi-finals.

Sat, May 7: Final (Elland Road).

St Helens are the current Women’s Challenge Cup holders

Betfred Women’s Super League

Sun, May 15: Group 1 – St Helens vs Wigan Warriors, Huddersfield Giants vs York City Knights, Castleford Tigers vs Leeds Rhinos (all 2pm); Group 2 – Barrow Raiders vs Warrington Wolves (12pm), Bradford Bulls vs Featherstone Rovers, Leigh Miners Rangers vs Wakefield Trinity (both 2pm).

Fri, May 20: Group 1 – Leeds Rhinos vs Huddersfield Giants (5.45pm).

Sun, May 22: Group 1 – Wigan Warriors vs Castleford Tigers (2pm), York City Knights vs St Helens (5.15pm); Group 2 – Featherstone Rovers vs Barrow Raiders, Bradford Bulls vs Leigh Miners Rangers, Warrington Wolves vs Wakefield Trinity (all 2pm).

Sat, Jun 4: Group 2 – Wakefield Trinity vs Bradford Bulls (12pm)

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St Helens were crowned Women’s Super League champions in 2021 with victory over Leeds Rhinos in the Grand Final

Sun, Jun 5: Group 1 – Castleford Tigers vs St Helens, Huddersfield Giants vs Wigan Warriors (both 2pm), York City Knights vs Leeds Rhinos (5.30pm); Group 2 – Barrow Raiders vs Leigh Miners Rangers (12pm), Featherstone Rovers vs Warrington Wolves (2pm).

Thur, Jun 23: Group 1 – St Helens vs Leeds Rhinos (5.30pm, live on Sky Sports).

Sun, Jun 26: Group 1 – Wigan Warriors vs York City Knights, Castleford Tigers vs Huddersfield Giants (all 2pm); Group 2 – Barrow Raiders vs Leigh Miners Rangers (12pm), Bradford Bulls vs Warrington Wolves, Featherstone Rovers vs Leigh Miners Rangers (both 2pm).

Sun, Jul 3: Group 1 – Wigan Warriors vs Leeds Rhinos, St Helens vs Huddersfield Giants (both 2pm), York City Knights vs Castleford Tigers (5.15pm); Group 2 – Warrington Wolves vs Leigh Miners Rangers (11.30am), Featherstone Rovers vs Wakefield Trinity, Barrow Raiders vs Bradford Bulls (both 2pm).

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Former Woman of Steel Courtney Winfield-Hill left the York City Knights defence trailing in her wake to score for Leeds Rhinos in the 2021 Women’s Super League semi-finals

Sun, Jul 17: Group 1 – St Helens vs Castleford Tigers, Leeds Rhinos vs Wigan Warriors (both 2pm), York City Knights vs Huddersfield Giants (5.15pm); Group 2 – Warrington Wolves vs Bradford Bulls, Wakefield Trinity vs Barrow Raiders, Leigh Miners Rangers vs Featherstone Rovers (all 2pm).

Thur, Jul 21: Group 1 – Leeds Rhinos vs Wigan Warriors, (5.30pm, live on Sky Sports).

Sun, Jul 31: Group 1 – St Helens vs York City Knights, Huddersfield Giants vs Leeds Rhinos (both 2pm); Group 2 – Barrow Raiders vs Featherstone Rovers, Leigh Miners Rangers vs Bradford Bulls, Wakefield Trinity vs Warrington Wolves (all 2pm).

Sun, Aug 7: Group 1 – Leeds Rhinos vs St Helens (12.30pm), Castleford Tigers vs York City Knights, Wigan Warriors vs Huddersfield Giants (both 2pm); Group 2 – Bradford Bulls vs Wakefield Trinity, Leigh Miners Rangers vs Barrow Raiders, Warrington Wolves vs Featherstone Rovers (all 2pm).

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England international and 2021 Woman of Steel Jodie Cunningham broke from inside her own half for a stunning try in St Helens’ Women’s Super League Grand Final win over Leeds Rhinos

Sun, Aug 14: Group 1 – Leeds Rhinos vs Castleford Tigers (1pm), Huddersfield Giants vs St Helens (2pm), York City Knights vs Wigan Warriors (5.15pm); Group 2 – Wakefield Trinity vs Leigh Miners Rangers (12pm), Warrington Wolves vs Barrow Raiders, Featherstone Rovers vs Bradford Bulls (both 2pm).

Sun, Aug 28: Group 1 – Leeds Rhinos vs York City Knights (1pm), Wigan Warriors vs St Helens, Huddersfield Giants vs Castleford Tigers (both 2pm); Group 2 – Bradford Bulls vs Barrow Raiders, Wakefield Trinity vs Featherstone Rovers, Leigh Miners Rangers vs Warrington Wolves (all 2pm).

Semi-finals: Dates and venue TBC (live on Sky Sports).

September 18-19: Grand Final (date and venue TBC, live on Sky Sports).

Women’s Rugby League World Cup

England’s women have a home World Cup to look forward to at the end of the year

Tue, Nov 1 (Headingley): England vs Brazil (2.30pm), Papua New Guinea vs Canada (5pm).

Wed, Nov 2 (LNER Community Stadium): New Zealand vs France (5pm), Australia vs Cook Islands (7.30pm).

Sat, Nov 5: England vs Canada (DW Stadium, 12pm), Papua New Guinea vs Brazil (MKM Stadium, 5pm).

Sun, Nov 6 (LNER Community Stadium): New Zealand vs Cook Islands (5pm), Australia vs France (7.30pm).

Wed, Nov 9 (Headingley): Canada vs Brazil (5pm), England vs Papua New Guinea (7.30pm).

Thur, Nov 10 (LNER Community Stadium): France vs Cook Islands (5pm), Australia vs New Zealand (7.30pm).

Mon, Nov 13 (LNER Community Stadium): Semi-finals – Group B winner vs Group A runner-up (5pm), Group A winner vs Group B runner-up (7.30pm).

Sat, Nov 19 (Old Trafford): Final (1.15pm).