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The 2026 RFL Women's Super League (also known as the Betfred Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth season of the Women's Super League, for female players in clubs affiliated to the Rugby Football League (RFL).
The competition, which began on 16 May, consisted of 13 rounds starting with each team playing each other once before a mid-season split into two groups of four, after which teams played the three teams in their half of the table twice more. After round 13, the League Leaders' Shield was awarded to the team in first place in the top four group (Super Four) who qualified for the grand final against the winner of a semi-final between the teams finishing second and third. The team finishing last in the bottom four group (Shield) faced the winners of the 2026 Championship in a promotion/relegation play-off.
Wigan Warriors were the defending champions, hoping to become the first team to win back to back treble, but they narrowly lost 6–8 to York Valkyrie who became the first team to win three grand finals.
Teams
The eight clubs in the 2026 Super League were all from Northern England. Seven teams from the 2025 Super League were joined by Featherstone Rovers who, after winning the 2025 Championship, replaced .
Fixtures and results
Tables Regular season
Super 4s
Shield
Play-offs The play-off semi-final was played on 18 September. The Grand Final was played on 27 September as a double-header with the promotion/relegation play-off.
Relegation playoff
Grand Final playoffs
Team bracket
Semi-final
Grand Final
Player statistics
Top 5 try scorers
Rank Player (s) Club Tries 1 Amelia Brown 26 2 Eva Hunter 19 3 Anna Davies 17 4 Connie Boyd 12 Ebony Stead Liv Whitehead
Top 5 goal scorers
Rank Player (s) Club Goals 1 Isabel Rowe 55 2 Mel Howard 46 3 Faye Gaskin 33 4 Sam Hulme 18 Ellie Williamson
Top 5 points scorers
Rank Player (s) Club Points 1 Isabel Rowe 126 2 Mel Howard 116 3 Amelia Brown 104 4 Faye Gaskin 82 5 Eva Hunter 76
(Regular season and play-offs)
End of season awards The RFL's 2026 Rugby League Awards Night took place on 29 September. The Women's Super League winners were: Woman of Steel: Jenna Foubister (Wigan Warriors) Young player of the year: Connie Boyd (Leeds Rhinos) Coach of the year: Denis Betts (Wigan Warriors)
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