2021 Women's Super League Round Eight Review

Alike the Men's Super League, the Women's continues to have a mixed schedule in round eight but for a change it was a lack of medical cover rather than COVID issues that forced postponements with Huddersfield Giants Women/ Castleford Tigers Women called off while York City Knights Ladies/Warrington Wolves Women moved to Tuesday. 

Medical Issues Halt Hudds/Cas

As mentioned above, for the second time this season a double header at the Mobile Rocket Stadium was cancelled due to lack of medial cover meaning Huddersfield Giants Women v Castleford Tigers Women was postponed until later in the season. 

Strong Saints Rout Rovers

The round officially began with St Helens Women easing to a 78-0 win over Featherstone Rovers Ladies at Victoria Park. A rapid start for Saints saw Carrie Roberts, Jodie Cunningham and Chantelle Crowl all cross early on with Beth Stott converting twice for a 16-0 lead. Crowl and Roberts completed braces ahead of efforts from Dani Bush and Rebecca Rotherham and with Stott adding a single conversion, Saints went into the interval with a strong 36-0 lead.

Zoe Harris resumed the Saints spree with Stott converting before improving a second Cunningham score and Emily Rudge try to bring up the 50 point mark at 54-0. Rachel Woosey got in on the scoring with a try before Roberts and Cunningham wrapped up their hat-tricks and Rudge crossed for her second try, Stott adding two conversions for 74-0. The final say on the score-line went to Leah Burke as she crossed late on to complete the 78-0 win. 

Rhinos Win Battle of Perfection Over Warriors

The second game of the afternoon at Victoria Park saw the battle of perfection as Leeds Rhinos Women extended their perfect start by halting the one of Wigan Warriors Women with a 28-6 win. Leeds raced into a 10-0 lead inside the opening quarter with Fran Goldthorp and Tara Moxon both crossing and Courtney Winfield-Hill converting once. Wigan got off the mark with a Victoria Molyneux score which Amy Boardman converted for 10-6 and Leeds regained their 10 point lead into the interval as Goldthorp crossed for a second time with Winfield-Hill converting. 

The second half saw the Rhinos wrap up the win with tries from Eloise Hayward and a second from Moxon both converted by Winfield-Hill for a 28-6 final score. 

Bose Quartet Sees Bulls Trounce Trinity

Monday's Twitch pick saw Bradford Bulls Women use home advantage to good effect with a 46-6 win over Wakefield Trinity Ladies at Odsal Stadium. The Bulls raced into a 16-0 lead inside the opening quarter with a Danielle Bose brace and Stacey Greenwood try which saw Sarah Dunn convert twice from three attempts. Millie Taylor crossed ahead of Bose completing her hat-trick and Kacy Haley going over (Dunn conv) for a huge 30-0 lead into the interval. 

The win was wrapped up by a Linda McLean score on the wing before a superb fourth from Bose and the try of the evening for Greenwood's second with Dunn and Grace Ramsden adding conversions for 46-0. Trinity avoided the nilling though with the final say as Olivia Whitehead raced over and Lisa Taylor converted for a 46-6 final score. 

City Knights Cruise Against Wolves

Tuesday evening saw the aforementioned re-arranged game take place at Victoria Park as York City Knights Ladies stormed to a 62-0 win over Warrington Wolves Women. York opened up a 12-0 lead early on with Sinead Peach and Tamzin Renouf crossing and Emma Hardy converting twice. The Wolves did well to keep the score to 12-0 until two scores in three minutes from Savannah Andrade and Renouf saw Hardy improve both for a 24-0 half-time lead.

The second half saw the visitors dominate with Katie Langan, Rhiannion Marshall and Katie Clayton all crossing before the hour mark and Hardy continuing her success with the boot for 42-0. Peach claimed her second try with Hardy converting before adding a try of her own for 52-0. The rout was completed with a Kelsey Gentles try (Hardy conv) and Grace Field score to wrap up the 62-0 win.