Women’s Challenge Cup final: York City Knights 6-34 St HelensSix tries for Saints and Rachael Woosey scores in each halfSt Helens’ class and experience led them to a first Women’s Challenge Cup triumph as they comfortably saw off a valiant challenge from York City Knights. The Saints, littered with
England internationals and mainstays of the women’s game such as Emily Rudge, Jodie Cunningham and Amy Hardcastle, were too strong for the Knights throughout.
Leading 20-0 at half-time thanks to four outstanding tries worthy of gracing any game, the Saints controlled proceedings for the majority of the final against a York side still very much in their embryonic stages as a squad. In contrast, the experience of their opponents here was arguably one of the main differences, with their key players linking up to devastating effect to guide them to the title on an afternoon when the women’s sport was showcased live on the
BBC for the first time.