2022 Women's Challenge Cup


The 2022 Women's Challenge Cup was the 10th staging of the Rugby Football League's cup competition for women's rugby league clubs. The competition was won by St Helens who beat Leeds Rhinos 18–8 in the final at Elland Road on 7 May.

Format

The competition has a different format from previous years. Instead of being a straight knockout tournament, the first stage was played using a single round-robin format with the top two teams from four groups advancing to the quarter-final stage, at which point knockout format was resumed.
Entry was limited to the 12 teams of the Women's Super League plus three Championship teams; Hull FC, Oulton Raidettes and Widnes Vikings; together with the Army women's team. Each team was seeded into one of four pots with one team from each pot being drawn into each group.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

  • Featherstone Rovers
  • Huddersfield Giants
  • Warrington Wolves
  • Wigan Warriors
  • Barrow Raiders
  • Bradford Bulls
  • Leigh Miners Rangers
  • Wakefield Trinity
  • British Army
  • Hull FC
  • Oulton Raidettes
  • Widnes Vikings
    • Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

    • St Helens
    • Warrington Wolves
    • Barrow Raiders
    • British Army
  • Leeds Rhinos
  • Huddersfield Giants
  • Leigh Miners Rangers
  • Hull FC
  • York City Knights
  • Wigan Warriors
  • Bradford Bulls
  • Widnes Vikings
  • Castleford Tigers
  • Wakefield Trinity
  • Featherstone Rovers
  • Oulton Raidettes
    • On 6 March 2022 Widnes Vikings withdrew from the competition and were replaced by another Championship side, Dewsbury Moor.

    Group stage

    The draw for the group stages was made on 7 December at Elland Road, Leeds. Making the draw were footballers Jermaine Beckford and Gemma Bonner.

    Quarter-finals

    The quarter-finals are scheduled for the weekend of 9/10 April. The teams topping each group will have home advantage in the quarter-finals.

    Semi-finals

    The draw for the semi-finals was made on 10 April with the matches played on 24 April as a double header at Warrington's Halliwell Jones Stadium.

    Final

    The final was played at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 7 May 2022. The match formed part of a triple-header with the semi-finals of the men's Challenge Cup. The attendance of 5,888 was a new record attendance for a women's rugby league match in Great Britain.