2021 Women's Super League Round Four Review

Sandwiched between last week's Challenge Cup semis and next week's final is round four of the Women's Super League with Victoria Park and Weetwood Sports Park being the venues.

Wolves Dunn By Bulls

The round opened with the Twitch broadcasted game as Bradford Bulls Women claimed a 40-28 win over Warrington Wolves Women. The Bulls opened the scoring with Sarah Dunn racing full length for a try which she also converted for a 6-0 lead. Jess Harrap crossed to extend the lead with Dunn kicking for 12-0 before Wire got off the mark with a self-converted try from Michelle Davis for 12-6 on 28 minutes. Bradford restored their two score lead with a Cara Cookland try before Stacey Greenwood crossed and Harrap hit her brace with all three converted by Dunn for a 30-6 lead into the interval.

Bradford continued their spree with Grace Ramsden going over for 34-6 before Warrington mounted a superb fightback with Dani Bound crossing ahead of a Georgia Sutherland six-minute brace with Davis converting the lot to cut the gap to 34-24. The Bulls wrapped up the win with an Alice Fisher which Dunn converted for 40-24 though Warrington had the last say with Sutherland completing her hat-trick and Davis converting for a 40-28 final score. 

Rovers Rout Trinity

The opening game up at Weetwood saw a local derby as Featherstone Rovers Ladies eased to a 54-10 win over Wakefield Trinity Ladies. Fev opened the scoring inside five minutes with Jessie Matthews crossing for a try which Beth Blacklock converted for 6-0 but Trinity hit back rapidly with Toni Thompkins touching down and Lisa Taylor levelling at 6-6 with the conversion. Rovers regained the lead with a Jess Courtman score (Blacklock conv) before Grace Dyke raced over for a full length try which Courtman improved for 18-6 and they went into the interval with a 26-6 lead after Katie Hepworth and Chloe Billington added tries. 

Fev resumed their spree in the second half with tries from Andrea Dobson and Cairo Newby with Blacklock converting both before improving Billington's second score for a huge 44-6 lead. Wakefield halted the spree with an Emma Kershaw try but it proved to be only a blip for Fev as Matthews scored her second try and Billington complete her hat-trick with Blacklock converting only the former for a 54-10 final score.

Wondrous Wilson Guides Warriors Past Giants

Wigan Warriors Women continued their unbeaten start with a 68-10 win over Huddersfield Giants Women. The Giants struck first with Amelia Brown crossing and Chloe Smith converting for a 6-0 lead that was levelled by Vanessa Temple's try which Georgia Wilson converted for 6-6. Wigan went ahead with a Rachel Thompson score which Wilson converted for 12-6 before she improved an Emily Stirzaker try and added a self-converted try of her own for 24-6. Thompson claimed her second try ahead of an effort from Jade Gregory-Haselden with Wilson converting both before scoring her second try which Thompson converted for 42-6 into the interval. 

Alike the first half, Hudds opened the scoring in the second half with Annabel Loney touching down for 42-10 but it proved to be inly a minor blip in the Warriors' spree with Thompson and Wilson completing hat-tricks, Anna-Mary Davies crossing and Temple hitting her second score with Wilson adding two conversions for 62-10 before scoring her fourth try late on which Rebecca Greenfield converted to round off the huge 68-10 win. 

Tigers Hold Off City Knights

The final game of the round saw a rematch from last weekend's Challenge Cup semi with the result reversed this time as Castleford Tigers Women gained revenge with a 20-18 win over York City Knights Ladies. Castleford struck first with Hollie Dodd crossing for 4-0 before ex-Tiger Sinead Peach touched down for 4-4. Dodd claimed her second try for 8-4 before Kaitlin Varley crossed to give the Tigers a 12-4 lead into the interval. 

York cut the gap with a try from another ex-Tiger in Rhiannion Marshall at 12-8 but Georgia Roche restored the two score lead with a try for 16-8. A self-converted score from Marshall cut the gap to 16-14 with Cas moving their lead up to six at 20-14 on 66 minutes with Lucy Eastwood's try, York though set-up a tight finish as Alisha Clayton crossed for 20-18 but the missed conversion allowed Cas to hold on for the 20-18 win.