The 2017 Women's Super League was the inaugural season of the top level rugby league competition for women in England. Run by the Rugby Football League there were four teams in the league; three (Bradford Bulls, Castleford Tigers and Featherstone Rovers) associated with professional clubs in West Yorkshire and one (Thatto Heath) associated with a leading amateur club in Lancashire.
The league was won by Bradford Bulls who went undefeated in the six round regular season before defeating Featherstone Rovers 36–6 in the Grand Final. The win completed a treble for Bradford who in early August had defeated Featherstone 50–16 in the final of the 2017 Challenge Cup.
Teams
Club Location Bradford, West Yorkshire Castleford, West Yorkshire Featherstone, West Yorkshire St Helens, Merseyside
Results The season comprised six rounds during which each team played the others home and away. The team finishing top of the league automatically qualified for the Grand Final. The teams finishing second and third playing a preliminary final to determine who the other grand finalists were.
Round 1 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueReferee 48–14 23 July 2017, 14:00 Neil Pascall 26–32 23 July 2017, 14:00 Phillip SalisburySource:
Round 2 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueReferee 72–18 13 August 2017, 14:00 Neil Pascall 20–30 13 August 2017, 14:00 Source:
Round 3 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueReferee 0–24 20 August 2017, 14:00 Connor Astbury 64–4 20 August 2017, 14:00 Phillip SalisburySource:
Round 4 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueReferee 40–10 3 September 2017, 144:00 Neil Pascall 48–20 3 September 2017, 14:00 Gareth BillinghamSource:
Round 5 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueReferee 12–60 10 September 2017, 14:00 Philip Lawley 14–24 10 September 2017, 14:00 Phillip SalisburySource:
Round 6 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueReferee 72–10 24 September 2017, 14:00 Jake Brook 4–38 24 September 2017, 15:00 Neil HortonSource:
Regular season standings
Play-offs Preliminary final HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and TimeVenueReferee 20–21 (g.p.) 1 October 2017, 14:00 Phillip SalisburySource:
Grand Final
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