2022 Women's Super League Groups 1/2 Round One (Catch-up)

The blog catchup resumes with the opening round of this seasons Women's Super League which sees a 5/7 split to form Groups One and Two due to the Castleford Tigers Women's dropping down.

Group One

Derby Delight For Saints 

St Helens Women began the defence of the BWSL title with a comfortable 44-0 victory over Wigan Warriors Women at the Totally Wicked Stadium. A rapid start from the hosts saw Leah Burke crossing on the wing and Zoe Harris converting for a 6-0 lead inside four minutes. Channy Crowl, Amy Hardcastle and Paige Travis all touched down before the half-hour mark with Harris adding two conversions for a 22-0 advantage and the hosts went into the interval leading 28-0 after Harris improved a second try of the afternoon from Hardcastle.

Wigan showed improvement in the second half as despite not scoring, they held Saints out until the final 15 minutes when a rapid treble saw Shona Hoyle and Eboni Partington both cross with Harris converting the former before a self-converted try to wrap up the 44-0 victory. 

Hudds Humbled By York

Huddersfield Giants Women suffered an opening loss with a 50-6 to York City Knights Ladies at Laund Hill Sports Complex. The visitors raced into a 12-0 lead with tries from Emma Kershaw and Olivia Wood which Tara Jane Stanley converted. Hudds got off the mark with a self-converted try from Frankie Townend to make it 12-6 but would go into the interval 16-6 behind after Kershaw claimed her second try. 

A rapid brace from Hollie Dodd within four minutes of the restart saw York take control with Stanley converting the latter for a 26-6 lead. Tries from Georgia Taylor, Grace Field and Betty Lambert saw Stanley add two conversions to open up a huge 44-6 lead with Olivia Whitehead wrapping up the 50-6 with a self-converted score in the final minute. 

Group Two

Wolves Win Against Battling Barrow

Warrington Wolves Women opened the season with a 32-6 win over Barrow Raiders Ladies at Craven Park. The Wolves struck first with a Georgia Sutherland try inside three minutes before Michelle Davis crossed to double the lead to 8-0. Barrow hit back with a Sam Norman try which Jodie Litherland converted for 8-6 before a Fern Davies try and Davis conversion sent the Wolves into the interval leading 14-6.

Sutherland claimed her second try with Davis kicking for a 20-6 lead on 50 minutes with Charlize Magraw crossing and another try by an unnamed scorer seeing Davis kick to wrap up the 32-6 victory. 

Trinity Toppled By Miners

Leigh Miners Rangers Ladies sealed instant success in the BWSL with a 28-14 win over Wakefield Trinity Ladies at Twist Lane. Sadly the game updates didn't have any Leigh scorers other than they took a 12-0 lead before being pegged back by tries from Leonie Lawson and Abby Price and a Megan Preston conversion for 12-10 with the lead into the interval becoming 16-10.

The hosts took control by opening up a 24-10 lead with Saskia Lewis cutting the gap to 24-14 with a try before Leigh rounded off the win late on for a 28-14 final score. 

Rovers Rout Bulls

The final game of the weekend saw a dominant 30-0 win for Featherstone Rovers Ladies over Bradford Bulls Women at Odsal Stadium. 

A perfect start for Rovers as Zoe Teece crossed inside four minutes with Jess Matthews converting for 6-0. Fev extended the lead to a huge 20-0 into the interval after tries from Olivia Grace, Charley Blackburn (Matthews conv) and Chloe Billington.

The rout was completed by two tries after the hour mark as Ellie Lamb touched down ahead of a second score from Billington which Lucy Richardson converted for the 30-0 final score. 

2022 Super League Round 12 (Catch-Up)

 The delayed catch-up process continues as the Super League reached Round 12.

Senior Treble Stuns Warriors

Huddersfield Giants continued their good form with a 33-22 win over Wigan Warriors at the John Smith's Stadium. A rapid start from the hosts saw Lewis Senior and Ricky Leutele both cross for tries that Oliver Russell converted to open up a 12-0 lead. Wigan replied with a score from Sam Halsall which Harry Smith converted for a 12-6 gap into the interval. 

Senior crossed for his second try of the evening within four minutes of the restart and Russell converted for 18-6 before Jake Wardle went over to make it 22-6. A Wigan comeback saw Halsall score his second try ahead of a debut score from Matty Nicholson and Smith conversion for 22-16. Hudds opened up the two score gap with a Sam Hewitt effort for 16-16 before Nicholson struck for a second time and Smith kicked for 26-22. The hosts wrapped up the win with Senior's hat-trick try in the final minute with Russell adding a fourth success with the boot to confirm the 32-22 victory.

Saints Hold Off Hull FC

St Helens stayed on top after a 24-10 victory over Hull FC at the Totally Wicked Stadium. Saints struck first through Tommy Makinson who crossed for 4-4 inside seven minutes before Darnell McIntosh levelled for Hull with a try on the half-hour mark for 4-4. The hosts did lead into the interval though as Jack Welsby crossed in the final minute of the half with Makinson converting for 10-4 at the break.

Makinson added a penalty goal to extend the lead to 12-4 in the 53rd minute and the contest swayed further towards Saints as Jonny Lomax crossed for a try which Makinson improved for 18-4. The final says on the score-line were braces as Makinson claimed his and converted for 24-4 before McIntosh sealed his and Jake Connor kicked for a 24-10 final score. 

Dragons Demolish Weakened Wolves

Catalan Dragons kept up the battle for top spot with a huge 40-8 demolition of Warrington Wolves at Stade Gilbert Brutus. The hosts struck first with Sam Tomkins sweeping over a penalty goal for a 2-0 lead which was cancelled out by a Connor Wrench try which Peter Mata'utia converted for 6-2. Catalans levelled the score with a Tom Davies try for 6-6 which is how the score remained into the interval. 

The sides exchanged penalty goals through Tomkins and Mata'utia for 8-8 before the Dragons regained the lead with huge impact as Mitchell Pearce and Julian Bousquet both crossed with Tomkins converting both and adding a penalty goal for a 22-8 lead. The final four minutes saw three scores as a comfortable win became a demolition, Gil Dudson, Fouad Yaha and Artur Mourgue all touching down with Tomkins improving the first and Mourgue converting twice for a huge 40-8 win.  

Toulouse Topple Trinity

Toulouse Olympique returned to winning ways with a narrow 20-14 win over Wakefield Trinity at Stade Ernest Wallon. Toulouse opened the scoring with a Chris Hankinson penalty goal for 2-0 before a Lewis Murphy try gave Trinity a 4-2 advantage. The lead swung again twice more as Oli Ashall-Bott put the host 6-4 ahead before Liam Kay touched down and Mason Lino converted for 10-6 into the interval.

The hosts regained the lead within four minutes as Matty Russell touched down and Hankinson converted for 12-10 but Trinity hit back with a Corey Hall try for 14-12. Hankinson levelled the contest at 14-14 with a penalty and the win was sealed with seven minutes left as Ashall-Bott claimed his second try and Hankinson converted for a 20-14 final score. 

Red Devils Rally Past Rhinos

Salford Red Devils boosted their form with a comfortable 23-8 win over Leeds Rhinos at the AJ Bell Stadium. The hosts struck first with a rapid brace from Ken Sio and Joe Burgess which saw Marc Sneyd convert for 10-0. Leeds cut the gap with a try from Ash Handley for 10-4 before Andy Ackers (Sneyd conv) crossed to sent the hosts into the interval leading 16-4.

Sneyd added a drop goal for 17-4 on 67 minutes before a Ryan Brierley try which Sneyd converted wrapped up the win at 23-4. Leeds did have the final say though with a late try from Mikolaj Oledzki for a 23-8.

Classy Cas Crush Robins

The round came to an end at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle as Castleford Tigers eased to a 32-0 win over Hull Kingston Rovers. The Tigers took just five minutes to get off the mark as George Griffin crossed and Gareth O'Brien converted for 6-0. Three scores in five minutes from Kenny Edwards, Jake Mamo & Jason Qareqare saw O'Brien convert twice and add a penalty goal for a 24-0 lead into the interval. 

The second half saw Mamo and Qareqare both complete braces in the 48th and 68th minutes to wrap up a dominant 32-0 victory.