The RFL Women's Nines is a rugby league nines competition played as a pre season tournament ahead of the RFL Women's Super League. It is the first Women's Rugby League title in Europe to award prize money.

2022 On 30 March, the RFL announced that the inaugural RFL Women's Nines tournament would take place on 1 May. The competition saw teams from across RFL Women's Super League and RFL Women's Super League South, as well as selected invitational teams compete for six spaces in the final competition. The qualifiers saw 20 teams play in five groups of four with each group leader advancing to the final stage along with one wildcard team. Catalans Dragons, Leeds Rhinos, Huddersfield Giants, St Helens, and York City Knights were the five teams to advance as group leaders. Warrington Wolves were granted a wildcard entry as the best placed runner-up having drawn with St Helens and finished behind them on points difference.

+ 2022 GroupsGroup AGroup BGroup CGroup DGroup E 1 (Q) (Q) Catalans Dragons (Q) (Q) (Q) 2 (W) 3 4 Warrington Lunas

Source: Finals

The finals took places at the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford on 24 July. The tournament was won by the York City Knights. Results are as follows:

Group A St Helens 12–4 Huddersfield Giants Leeds Rhinos 29–6 Huddersfield Giants Leeds Rhinos 26–0 St Helens

Group B York City Knights 16–8 Catalans Dragons Catalans Dragons 22–7 Warrington Wolves York City Knights 37–0 Warrington Wolves

Semi-finals Leeds Rhinos 23–7 Catalans Dragons York City Knights 26–0 St Helens

Final York City Knights 7–0 Leeds Rhinos

2023 The 2023 RFL Women's Nines competition began on 14 May and was once again held at Victoria Park, Warrington and saw 20 teams compete for the six places in the final tournament.

+ 2023 GroupsGroup OneGroup TwoGroup ThreeGroup FourGroup Five 1 (Q) (Q) (Q) (Q) (Q) 2 (W) 3 4 Oldham Newcastle Thunder Workington Town

Source: Finals

The 2023 finals took places on 24 June at the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford for a second time and was contested by the six teams which qualified during the May event held in Warrington. Leeds Rhinos won the tournament for the first time. Results are as follows:

Group A Leeds Rhinos 36–0 Warrington Wolves Wigan Warriors 14–14 Leeds Rhinos Warrington Wolves 0–33 Wigan Warriors

Group B York Valkyrie 11–10 St Helens Cardiff Demons 0–23 York Valkyrie St Helens 16–8 Cardiff Demons

Semi-finals Leeds Rhinos 14–4 St Helens York Valkyrie 4–12 Wigan Warriors

Final

Leeds Rhinos 21–8 Wigan Warriors

2024 The 2024 RFL Women's Nines competition began on 5 May and was held at Victoria Park, Warrington. All eight Super League teams took part along with a selection of teams from the regional Championships and Widnes Vikings of League 1. The 16 teams were divided in to four groups to compete for the six places (four group winners and two wildcards) in the final tournament. Leeds Rhinos and Huddersfield Giants were named as the wildcard entries for the finals day.

+ 2024 GroupsGroup 1Group 2Group 3Group 4 1 (Q) (Q) (Q) (Q) 2 (W) (W) 3 () () 4 Widnes Vikings () ()

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Finals

The 2024 finals took place on 28 July at Craven Park in Hull, and was contested by the six teams which qualified during the May event held in Warrington. Wigan Warriors won the tournament for the first time.

Group A York Valkyrie 8–17 Huddersfield Giants Wigan Warriors 26–8 York Valkyrie Huddersfield Giants 0–31 Wigan Warriors

Group B Leeds Rhinos 12–4 St Helens Cardiff Demons 0–23 Leeds Rhinos St Helens 9–17 Cardiff Demons

Semi-finals Huddersfield Giants 0–12 Leeds Rhinos Wigan Warriors 40–0 Cardiff Demons

Final

Wigan Warriors 21–0 Leeds Rhinos

2025 The 2025 RFL Women's Nines competition was held at West Park Leeds RUFC in Bramhope, Leeds, with the whole tournament being played over one day on 5 July. Scotland, who had been invited to take part in the 2025 event, would have become the first national team to compete in the tournament, but they withdrew from the competition as did Northumbria University and North Wales Crusaders. Wigan Warriors went unbeaten throughout the tournament to retain the title.

+ 2025 GroupsGroup AGroup BGroup CGroup D 1 (Q) (Q) (Q) (Q) 2 (Q) (Q) (Q) (Q) 3 (C) (C) (C) (C) 4 (S) (S)

Source: Finals Championship quarter-finals 0–31 22–0 0–7 8–11

Championship semi-finals 8–4 25–0

Championship final 12–0

Cup semi-finals 0–10 0–21

Cup final 15–0

Shield final 19–0

2026 On 5 February 2026, the RFL confirmed the 2026 competition would take place on 2 May at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, the format of which would include two separate competitions: a Challenge Grade and a Community Grade.

There were nine teams in the Challenge Grade competition, as Widnes Vikings withdrew the week before the tournament. In the Community Grade, there were eight teams including two representing Rochdale Hornets.

Challenge Grade

Widnes Vikings

Community Grade

Wigan St Patricks Rochdale Hornets (A) Halton Farnworth Hornets

Development University of Leeds Rochdale Hornets (B)

Finals Challenge Grade championship final 16–8 Challenge Grade shield final 12–8 Community Grade championship final Rochdale Hornets (A) 8–4 Development Community Grade shield final Wigan St Patricks 6–4

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