Castleford Tigers Women

The Women's Team was formed in 2016[1] following discussions between local teachers Jonny Payne and Danny Holmes, who had set up girls teams for local amateur club Cutsyke Raiders,[1] and Castleford Tigers Board Members Steve Gill and Richard Pell.

In the debut season of the Women's Super League Castleford Tigers competed as one of 3 teams in the competition alongside Yorkshire rivals Bradford Bulls and Featherstone Rovers. The Tigers finished bottom of the inaugural competition winning only one of their six games.[2]

With a larger number of teams joining the competition, 2018 saw Castleford compete as one of 7 teams in the Women's Super League, alongside Bradford, Featherstone and newcomers York City Knights, Wigan Warriors, St. Helens and Leeds Rhinos. Widnes Vikings had harboured hopes of joining the competition but pulled out before the season started.

Castleford kicked off the season with a 62-0 thrashing over York and have gone on to win 4 of their 7 games, along with 2 draws and 1 loss.[3] On 4 August, they played Leeds Rhinos in the Women's Challenge Cup Final at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington. Castleford led 14-6 at half-time but eventually succumbed to 20-14 defeat,[4] finishing as runners-up.

The Tigresses kicked off the 2019 season with a 78-0 hammering against York City Knights before going on to win their first seven Super League games remaining as the only unbeaten side in the competition to date.[5] In terms of their Challenge Cup (Rugby League) exploits, the side beat local rivals Featherstone Rovers, Bradford Bulls and also a 100-0 destruction of local rivals Wakefield Trinity, a record in Women's rugby league, en route to a second successive Challenge Cup Final. The final will be played at the University of Bolton Stadium on 27 July, as part of a triple-header of games with the men's Challenge Cup Semi Finals.[6] The Tigresses also broke the record attendance for a Women's game with a crowd of 1,492 at their Quarter Final tie against Bradford[7]

The Tigresses were ready to kick off the 2020 season with the intentions of putting the losses of the finals in 2019 behind them, but due to Covid 19 the season never got started as the year went on the announcement of Claire Garner retiring from the sport, The England international will be miss by al at the Tigers, Meg Birch also has stepped away from rugby after the birth of her second child.

Castleford Tigers Women currently play their home games at Wheldon Road, home of Castleford Tigers

• Women's Super League

• League Leaders Shield

Winners (1): 2019

• Women's Challenge Cup

Winners (0):

Runners up (1): 2018

• HerRL Trophy

Winners (1): 2019