2025 RFL Women's Super League

2025 RFL Women's Super League
Duration14 rounds + playoffs
Teams8
Matches played40
Points scored2,242
Highest attendance1,228
Wigan Warriors v St Helens
(29 June 2025)
Lowest attendance245
Barrow v Warrington
(13 July 2025)
Attendance3,042[a]
Biggest home winLeeds Rhinos 110–0 Warrington Wolves
(15 June)
Biggest away winWarrington Wolves 0–80 Wigan Warriors
(20 July)
Top point-scorer(s)Isabelle Rowe (156)
Top try-scorer(s)Eva Hunter (15)
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from ChampionshipTBD

The 2025 RFL Women's Super League (also known as the Betfred Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the ninth season of the Women's Super League, for female players in clubs affiliated to the Rugby Football League (RFL).

The regular season will have 14 rounds commencing on 16 May with the opening fixture between the 2024 champions, York Valkyrie, and Wigan Warriors, and concluding on 14 September.[1]

The Super League champions will be determined after the top four teams play-off to decide which clubs will compete in the Grand Final on 5 October.[1]

The club finishing bottom will play-off against the winners of the 2025 RFL Women's Championship for a place in the 2026 RFL Women's Super League.[2] This match will also be played on 5 October.[3]

Teams

The eight clubs in the 2025 Super League are all from Northern England. Seven teams from the 2024 Super League are joined by Leigh Leopards who, after winning the 2024 Championship, replaced Featherstone Rovers by winning promotion via a play-off.[4]

Fixtures and results

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Wigan Warriors (Q) 10 9 1 0 578 68 +510 19 Advance to semi-finals
2 St Helens (Q) 10 8 2 0 418 80 +338 18
3 York Valkyrie (Q) 10 8 0 2 360 102 +258 16
4 Leeds Rhinos 10 5 1 4 440 158 +282 11
5 Huddersfield Giants 10 3 0 7 142 370 −228 6
6 Barrow Raiders 10 3 0 7 120 448 −328 6
7 Leigh Leopards 10 2 0 8 122 378 −256 4
8 Warrington Wolves[A] 10 0 0 10 52 628 −576 0 Relegation play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) competition points 2) points difference (points scored minus points conceded) 3) points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded, multiplied by 100).
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
  1. ^ Warrington forfeited a game against St Helens. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 48–0 victory for St Helens, and converse loss for Warrington, with the points scored/conceded applying to both teams.[5]

Play-offs

The play-off semi-finals will be played on 21 September. The Grand Final will be played on 5 October.[1]

Player statistics

Top 5 try scorers

Rank Player (s) Club Tries
1 England Grace Banks  Wigan Warriors 16
2 England Ebony Stead  Leeds Rhinos 15
England Eva Hunter  Wigan Warriors
4 England Danielle McGifford  St Helens 13
5 Australia Tiana Power  Wigan Warriors 12

Top 5 goal scorers

Rank Player (s) Club Goals
1 England Isabel Rowe  Wigan Warriors 75
2 Australia Melanie Howard  Leeds Rhinos 39
3 Australia Ellie Williamson  York Valkyrie 28
4 England Faye Gaskin  St Helens 24
5 England Luci McColm 17

Top 5 points scorers

Rank Player (s) Club Goals
1 England Isabel Rowe  Wigan Warriors 158
2 Australia Melanie Howard  Leeds Rhinos 102
3 England Faye Gaskin  St Helens 64
England Grace Banks  Wigan Warriors
Australia Ellie Williamson  York Valkyrie
As of 19 August 2025(Round 10)[6]

Broadcasting

On 5 December 2024, Sky Sports announced that, as with the 2024 season, it would broadcast three regular season games, the play-offs and Grand Final.[7]

Round Match Date
1 Wigan Warriors v York Valkyrie 16 May 2025
7 Leeds Rhinos v St Helens 11 July 2025
13 St Helens v Wigan Warriors 5 September 2025
Semi-finals Team 1 v Team 4 21 September
Team 2 v Team 3
Grand Final TBD 5 October

Notes

  1. ^ not all games have released/announced their attendances

References

  1. ^ a b c "Betfred Women's Super League fixtures 2025". Rugby Leaguer & League Express. No. 3460. 9 December 2024. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Cardiff and London in new-look Championship". Rugby Leaguer & League Express. No. 3461. 16 December 2024. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Women's 2025 League Seasons get underway this weekend". Rugby Football League. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Leigh Leopards beat Rovers to reach Super League". Leigh Journal. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Women's Super League: Warrington Wolves Women forfeit St Helens fixture". Rugby Football League. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Scoreboard: week ending 17th August 2025". Rugby Leaguer & League Express. No. 3494. 18 August 2025. p. 30.
  7. ^ "Women's Super League 2025: Full fixtures released as York Valkyrie look to defend their title". Sky Sports. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2025.