The Oulton Raidettes Women's Rugby League Club are a women's rugby league football team based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They were founded in 2012 and have affiliations with the Oulton Raiders. , they play in the National Championship.
History In 2012, the team played in the Yorkshire and North East Division and made their first appearance in the Women's Challenge Cup where they played Wigan St Patricks in the first round. The league system was restructured several times in the following seasons with Oulton competing in Division One in 2013 and, from 2015, in the Premier Division which was the top tier of the RFL Women's Rugby League. In 2016 and 2017, before the group format was introduced to the Challenge Cup, Oulton reached the quarter-finals of the competition. In 2017, Oulton competed in the Championship and reached the Grand Final in the first season of the competition.
In April 2022, Oulton defeated 14–12 in their final group match to progress to the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup. In October 2022, Oulton defeated the 33–14 in the Championship Grand Final, but declined promotion to the 2023 Super League. In 2023, Oulton reached the Championship Grand Final again, but lost 30–16 to . In January 2024, following the restructuring of the women's league pyramid, it was announced that Oulton would be in the Northern Women's Championship. They finished the season in fourth place to qualify for the play-offs, but forfeited their semi-final match due to players having other commitments, including several of them being in France as part of England Rugby League's Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) programme.
In July 2026, Oulton won the Challenge Plate by defeating 42–6 in the final. Results SeasonLeaguePlay-offsChallenge CupOther competitionsRef.DivisionPWDLFAPtsPos2012Yorkshire and North East12colspan=585thLost in Plate semi-finalsR1Challenge ShieldR12013Division One18colspan=5168thR2Challenge ShieldR12014Division Onecolspan=9R2colspan=2 2015Premier14707242286147thLost in Shield round 1 Challenge Cup2016Premier5212568447th QFWRLA Challenge CupSuper Six (Group 2)870130840142nd Lost in FinalYorkshire Cup2017Championship 64111867692ndLost in Grand FinalQFYorkshire Cup2018Championship 14905304126223rd colspan=2 2019Championship 1432911435877thR1colspan=2 2020Championship colspan="12"2021Championship 1141612817895thcolspan=2 2022Championship 141211542152252ndWon in Grand FinalQFNines2023Championship 181503568208293rdLost in Grand FinalLeague CupQF2024Northern Championship 161006430296204thForfeited semi-finalscolspan=2 2025Northern Championship 1030712822459thChallenge ShieldR22026National Championship12615299338136thChallenge Plate
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