2022 Women's Challenge Cup Explained

2022 Women's Challenge Cup
Duration:Group stage plus three knockout rounds
No Of Teams:16
Tv:BBC Sport
Biggest Home Win:Leeds Rhinos 92–0 Leigh Miners Rangers
(3 April 2022)
Biggest Away Win:Hull FC 0–114 Huddersfield Giants
(3 April 2022)
Season:2022
Season Champs:St Helens
Season Champ Name:Winners
Second Place:Leeds Rhinos
Mvp Link:Player of the Match
Prevseason Link:2021 Women's Challenge Cup
Prevseason Year:2021
Nextseason Link:2023 Women's Challenge Cup
Nextseason Year:2023

The 2022 Women's Challenge Cup (sponsored as the 2022 Betfred Women's Challenge Cup) was the 10th staging of the Rugby Football League's cup competition for women's rugby league clubs. The competition was won by St Helens who beat Leeds Rhinos 18–8 in the final at Elland Road on 7 May.

Format

The competition has a different format from previous years. Instead of being a straight knockout tournament, the first stage was played using a single round-robin format with the top two teams from four groups advancing to the quarter-final stage, at which point knockout format was resumed.[1]

Entry was limited to the 12 teams of the Women's Super League plus three Championship teams; Hull FC, Oulton Raidettes and Widnes Vikings; together with the Army women's team. Each team was seeded into one of four pots with one team from each pot being drawn into each group.[2]

Seeding pots for group stage draw
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Groups
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  • St Helens
  • Warrington Wolves
  • Barrow Raiders
  • British Army
  • Leeds Rhinos
  • Huddersfield Giants
  • Leigh Miners Rangers
  • Hull FC
  • York City Knights
  • Wigan Warriors
  • Bradford Bulls
  • Widnes Vikings
  • Castleford Tigers
  • Wakefield Trinity
  • Featherstone Rovers
  • Oulton Raidettes

On 6 March 2022 Widnes Vikings withdrew from the competition and were replaced by another Championship side, Dewsbury Moor.[3]

Group stage

The draw for the group stages was made on 7 December at Elland Road, Leeds. Making the draw were footballers Jermaine Beckford and Gemma Bonner.[4]

Group A

Group A fixtures
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Barrow Raiders0–68St Helens13 March 2022, 14:00Craven Park
British Army8–50Warrington WolvesAldershot Military Stadium
St Helens88–0British ArmyRowspan=227 March 2022, 14:00Totally Wicked Stadium
Warrington Wolves36–16Barrow RaidersHalliwell Jones Stadium
Warrington Wolves0–54St HelensRowspan=23 April 2022, 14:00Halliwell Jones Stadium
Barrow Raiders38–0British ArmyCraven Park
Source:[5] [6] [7]

Group B

Group B fixtures
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Huddersfield Giants8–38Leeds Rhinos12 March 2022, 12:00John Smiths Stadium
Leigh Miners Rangers72–0Hull FC13 March 2022, 14:00Twist Lane
Hull FC0–48Leeds Rhinoscolspan=3
Leigh Miners Rangers6–46Huddersfield Giants27 March 2022, 14:00Twist Lane
Leeds Rhinos92–0Leigh Miners Rangers3 April 2022, 14:00Headingley
Hull FC0–114Huddersfield GiantsMKM Stadium
Source:

Group C

Group C fixtures
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Dewsbury Moor0–78York City Knights13 March 2022, 14:00Dewsbury Moor Sports Club
Bradford Bulls6–44Wigan Warriors13 March 2022, 17:00Horsfall Stadium
York City Knights46–0Wigan Warriors20 March 2022, 12:00York Community Stadium
Wigan Warriors62–0Dewsbury Moor27 March 2022, 12:00Robin Park Arena
Bradford Bulls4–76York City Knights27 March 2022, 14:00Odsal Stadium
Dewsbury Moor4–22Bradford Bulls3 April 2022, 14:00
Source:[8]

Group D

Group D fixtures
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Castleford Tigers10–32Wakefield TrinityRowspan=213 March 2022, 14:00The Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Oulton Raidettes10–30Featherstone Rovers
Oulton Raidettes40–0Castleford Tigers27 March 2022, 14:00
Wakefield Trinity0–32Featherstone RoversBelle Vue
Featherstone Rovers86–0Castleford Tigers3 April 2022, 14:00Post Office Road
Wakefield Trinity12–14Oulton RaidettesBelle Vue
Source:

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals are scheduled for the weekend of 9/10 April.[9] The teams topping each group will have home advantage in the quarter-finals.[10]

Quarter-finals
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
St Helens24–0 Huddersfield Giants10 April 2022, 14:00Totally Wicked Stadium
Leeds Rhinos40–0 Warrington Wolves10 April 2022, 14:00Headingley Rugby Stadium
York City Knights92–2 Oulton Raidettes10 April 2022, 14:00York Community Stadium
Featherstone Rovers12–10 Wigan Warriors10 April 2022, 18:00Post Office Road
Source:[11]

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made on 10 April with the matches played on 24 April as a double header at Warrington's Halliwell Jones Stadium.[12]

Team 1ScoreTeam 2Match Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
York City Knights24–26 Leeds Rhinos24 April 2022, 14:30Halliwell Jones Stadium
St Helens82–0 Featherstone Rovers24 April 2022, 17:30
Source:[13] [14]

Final

The final was played at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 7 May 2022. The match formed part of a triple-header with the semi-finals of the men's Challenge Cup.[15] The attendance of 5,888 was a new record attendance for a women's rugby league match in Great Britain.[16]

Details

Broadcast matches

RoundMatchDateBroadcast method
Group stage match, week 1Barrow Raiders v St Helens12 March 2022Broadcast live on BBC Red Button
Group stage match, week 2York City Knights v Wigan Warriors20 March 2022Broadcast live on Our League
Group stage match, week 3Wakefield Trinity v Oulton Raidettes3 April 2022Broadcast live on Our League
Quarter-finalFeatherstone Rovers v Wigan Warriors10 April 2022Broadcast live on Our League
Semi-finalYork City Knights v Leeds Rhinos24 April 2022Broadcast live on BBC Red Button
St Helens v Featherstone Rovers
FinalSt Helens v Leeds Rhinos7 May 2022Broadcast live on BBC Two

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Hughes . Steven . Women's Challenge Cup schedule confirmed . 24 December 2021 . LoveRugbyLeague . 16 December 2021.
  2. News: Saints to face Wolves in Challenge Cup . 24 December 2021 . BBC Sport . 7 December 2021.
  3. Web site: Betfred Women's Challenge Cup update . www.rugby-league.com . RFL . 10 March 2022 . 6 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Betfred Women's Challenge Cup Round 1 Draw made . www.rugby-league.com . RFL . 24 December 2021 . 7 December 2021.
  5. Web site: Betfred Women's Challenge Cup Round One Round-Up . RFL . 14 March 2022 . 11 January 2023.
  6. Web site: England Watch Women . RFL . 28 March 2022 . 11 January 2023.
  7. Web site: Betfred Women's Challenge Cup Quarter-finalists confirmed . RFL . 3 April 2022 . 11 January 2023.
  8. Web site: Betfred Women's Challenge Cup Round 2 Preview . RFL . 25 March 2022 . 11 January 2023.
  9. Web site: A new format, a new final venue - Why we should look forward to the 2022 Women's Challenge Cup . Rugby League News . 24 December 2021 . 11 December 2021.
  10. News: Betfred Womens Challenge Cup 2022 . Forty20 . 12 . 1 . 27 . January 2022.
  11. Web site: England Watch Women - Challenge Cup quarter-finals . RFL . 11 April 2022 . 11 January 2023.
  12. News: Ibbetson . Stephen . Draw details confirmed for Challenge Cup semi-finals . 6 April 2022 . TotalRL.com . 5 April 2022.
  13. Web site: Leeds Rhinos women book Cup final spot . RFL . 24 April 2022 . 11 January 2023.
  14. Web site: St Helens overwhelm Featherstone as Cup defence continues . RFL . 24 April 2022 . 11 January 2023.
  15. Web site: Elland Road to host Betfred Women's Challenge Cup Final . www.rugby-league.com . RFL . 24 December 2021 . 3 December 2021.
  16. News: Women's Challenge Cup final: St Helens come back to beat Leeds Rhinos and retain trophy . 8 May 2022 . Sky Sports . 7 May 2022.

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