After last week's round saw just one game surviving Covid/medical issues, round five should have become the first to have all ten teams playing with the final game being in the new Monday night spot.
St Helens Suffering Sees York Handed Win
However, one game suffered from an extension of last week's issues as St Helens Women were unable to field a team which meant York City Knights Ladies were given an automatic 24-0 win. This is due to the rules for sides unable to play but not posing enough of an issue cases wise with less than seven.
Wilson Double Sees Warriors Topple Tigers
The action began at Victoria Park as Wigan Warriors Women secured a first ever victory over Castleford Tigers Women with a 22-8 win. The Tigers opened the scoring with a Lacey Owen try inside six minutes for 4-0 before a self-converted try from Georgia Wilson put the Warriors 6-4 ahead. Rachel Thompson crossed for 10-4 before Hollie Dodd's try cut the gap to 10-8 into the interval.
Castleford were dealt a double blow within two minutes of the restart as Lucy Eastwood was sent to the sin-bin and seconds later, Carys Marsh crossed to extend Wigan's lead to 14-8. A second try for Wilson saw Wigan benefit from the 13 v 12 situation for a second time as they moved to an 18-8 advantage. The final say on the score line came before the hour as Emily Baggaley collected a pass to cross for 22-8. Strong defence from both sides meant no further scores as Wigan held on to extend their perfect start of four wins from four games in the WSL.
Bulls Beaten By Rallying Rhinos
The sole game at Mobile Rocket Stadium saw Bradford Bulls Women lose out 42-10 to Leeds Rhinos Women. Sadly updates were sparse with the scorers for Bradford not available at all online while Leeds simply listed theirs. Braces for Caitlin Beevers and Ellena Powell were joined by tries from Fran Goldthorp, Sophie Robinson, Zoe Hornby and Courtney Winfield-Hill who also converted seven times in the 42-10 victory.
Wolves Win Extends Wakefield Woes
Warrington Wolves Women sealed consecutive wins with a 52-14 win over Wakefield Trinity Ladies at Victoria Park. A strong first half from the Wolves saw 32-6 lead thanks to a hat-trick from Sammy Simpson, scores from Abigail Johnson, Amy Bennett and Michelle Davis who also added three goals with Claire Mullaney kicking one and Wakefield's first half score came from Emma Kershaw with Lisa Taylor converting.
The second half saw Simpson claim her fourth try ahead of Brooke Price crossing for Trinity and then Mullaney crossed and converted before Olivia Whitehead crossed for Trinity with Brogan Evans and Dani Bound rounding off the win with Mullaney adding a third goal of the game for the 52-14 final score.
Billington Treble Halts Hudds
The round ended on Monday night with the new Twitch spot at Odsal Stadium as Featherstone Rovers Ladies came from behind to win 28-18 against Huddersfield Giants Women.
Rovers struck first with Brogan Churm crossing inside seven minutes with Katie Hepworth converting for a 6-0 lead that would become 12-0 into the interval as Churm crossed for a second time with Hepworth converting
The second half saw Hudds get off the mark on 48 minutes as Bella Sykes crossed with Frankie Townend converting for 12-6 before the Giants staged a rapid turnaround with Bethan Oates scoring twice in four minutes and with Townend converting, they led 18-12. The scoreboard then belonged to Chloe Billington as she crossed and touched down for a 14 minute hat-trick which saw Hepworth add two conversions as the Rovers completed the 28-18 win.
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