Duration | Group stage plus three knockout rounds |
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Number of teams | 16 |
Broadcast partners | BBC Sport |
Winners | St Helens |
Runners-up | Leeds Rhinos |
Biggest home win | Leeds Rhinos 92β0 Leigh Miners Rangers (3 April 2022) |
Biggest away win | Hull FC 0β114 Huddersfield Giants (3 April 2022) |
The 2022 Women's Challenge Cup (sponsored as the: 2022 Betfred Women's Challenge Cup) was theββ10th 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 18β8 in the final at Elland Road on 7 May.
Formatβ»
The competition has a different format from previous years. Instead of being straight knockout tournament, the first stage was played using single round-robin format with the top two teams from four groups advancingββto the "quarter-final stage," at which point knockout format was resumed.
Entry was limitedββto 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.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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On 6 March 2022 Widnes Vikings withdrew from the competition and "were replaced by another Championship side," Dewsbury Moor.
Group stageβ»
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.
Group Aβ»
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
Barrow Raiders | 0β68 | St Helens | 13 March 2022, 14:00 | Craven Park | |
British Army | 8β50 | Warrington Wolves | Aldershot Military Stadium | ||
St Helens | 88β0 | British Army | 27 March 2022, 14:00 | Totally Wicked Stadium | |
Warrington Wolves | 36β16 | Barrow Raiders | Halliwell Jones Stadium | ||
Warrington Wolves | 0β54 | St Helens | 3 April 2022, 14:00 | Halliwell Jones Stadium | |
Barrow Raiders | 38β0 | British Army | Craven Park | ||
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Group Bβ»
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
Huddersfield Giants | 8β38 | Leeds Rhinos | 12 March 2022, 12:00 | John Smiths Stadium | |
Leigh Miners Rangers | 72β0 | Hull FC | 13 March 2022, 14:00 | Twist Lane | |
Hull FC | 0β48 | Leeds Rhinos | β | ||
Leigh Miners Rangers | 6β46 | Huddersfield Giants | 27 March 2022, 14:00 | Twist Lane | |
Leeds Rhinos | 92β0 | Leigh Miners Rangers | 3 April 2022, 14:00 | Headingley | |
Hull FC | 0β114 | Huddersfield Giants | MKM Stadium | ||
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Group Cβ»
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
Dewsbury Moor | 0β78 | York City Knights | 13 March 2022, 14:00 | Dewsbury Moor Sports Club | |
Bradford Bulls | 6β44 | Wigan Warriors | 13 March 2022, 17:00 | Horsfall Stadium | |
York City Knights | 46β0 | Wigan Warriors | 20 March 2022, 12:00 | York Community Stadium | |
Wigan Warriors | 62β0 | Dewsbury Moor | 27 March 2022, 12:00 | Robin Park Arena | |
Bradford Bulls | 4β76 | York City Knights | 27 March 2022, 14:00 | Odsal Stadium | |
Dewsbury Moor | 4β22 | Bradford Bulls | 3 April 2022, 14:00 | ||
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Group Dβ»
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
Castleford Tigers | 10β32 | Wakefield Trinity | 13 March 2022, 14:00 | The Mend-A-Hose Jungle | |
Oulton Raidettes | 10β30 | Featherstone Rovers | |||
Oulton Raidettes | 40β0 | Castleford Tigers | 27 March 2022, 14:00 | ||
Wakefield Trinity | 0β32 | Featherstone Rovers | Belle Vue | ||
Featherstone Rovers | 86β0 | Castleford Tigers | 3 April 2022, 14:00 | Post Office Road | |
Wakefield Trinity | 12β14 | Oulton Raidettes | Belle Vue | ||
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Quarter-finalsβ»
The quarter-finals are scheduled for the weekend of 9/10 April. The teams topping each group will have home advantage in the quarter-finals.
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
St Helens | 24β0 | Huddersfield Giants | 10 April 2022, 14:00 | Totally Wicked Stadium | |
Leeds Rhinos | 40β0 | Warrington Wolves | 10 April 2022, 14:00 | Headingley Rugby Stadium | |
York City Knights | 92β2 | Oulton Raidettes | 10 April 2022, 14:00 | York Community Stadium | |
Featherstone Rovers | 12β10 | Wigan Warriors | 10 April 2022, 18:00 | Post Office Road | |
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Semi-finalsβ»
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.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
York City Knights | 24β26 | Leeds Rhinos | 24 April 2022, 14:30 | Halliwell Jones Stadium | |
St Helens | 82β0 | Featherstone Rovers | 24 April 2022, 17:30 | ||
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Finalβ»
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. The attendance of 5,888 was a new record attendance for a women's rugby league match in Great Britain.
Detailsβ»
St Helens | 18 β 8 | Leeds Rhinos |
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Tries: Burke, Partington (2), Cunningham Goals: Stott (1/4) |
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Tries: Hornby Goals: Winfield-Hill (2/3) |
Broadcast matchesβ»
Round | Match | Date | Broadcast method |
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Group stage match, week 1 | Barrow Raiders v St Helens | 12 March 2022 | Broadcast live on BBC Red Button |
Group stage match, week 2 | York City Knights v Wigan Warriors | 20 March 2022 | Broadcast live on Our League |
Group stage match, week 3 | Wakefield Trinity v Oulton Raidettes | 3 April 2022 | Broadcast live on Our League |
Quarter-final | Featherstone Rovers v Wigan Warriors | 10 April 2022 | Broadcast live on Our League |
Semi-final | York City Knights v Leeds Rhinos | 24 April 2022 | Broadcast live on BBC Red Button |
St Helens v Featherstone Rovers | |||
Final | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos | 7 May 2022 | Broadcast live on BBC Two |
See alsoβ»
Notesβ»
- ^ Hull forfeited the game after being unable to raise a team. Under the RFL operational rules, the match was awarded to Leeds as a 48β0 win.
Referencesβ»
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