Richard de la Riviere

York v Hudds looked like one of those games when you thought maybe there was a chance of bottom 4 beating top 4. They had a very close game last season. York were terrible last week and no Savannah Andrade, their best player, this week. But nope. 42-0 shows the gap is as wide as ever. And it was 42-0 after an hour.

Just a quick plug for Jason Emery who’s started doing a video/pod on the women’s game. Here are his two so far, one previewing the semi finals and one reviewing. You can subscribe so his videos will appear in your YT feed

Decent piece in the guardian by Gav Willacy https://www.theguardian.com/sport/no-helmets-required/2026/may/14/rugby-league-wsl-pay-gladiators-womens-super-league

They’re really going to miss Lindsay Anfield. She had a real ability to squeeze every bit of potential out of that squad, however unbalanced it was and however many players she had to play out of position. If Leon is to make a difference, we probably won’t see it until later in the year.

Hard to disagree. it’s an interesting difference between the men’s and women’s games. In the men’s game, the fans would have forced a change by now. But is that a good thing or not?

Catalans are hoping to add a couple of English players for the challenge cup

As far as I know, there’s nothing in the Cas stuff

The autobiography of Chantelle Crowl was released this week, published by myself. Here's how you can buy it and a brief guide to the contents. It has been a fabulous project to work on! https://womensrl.com/?p=776

The autobiography of Chantelle Crowl was released this week, published by myself. Here's how you can buy it and a brief guide to the contents. It has been a fabulous project to work on! https://womensrl.com/?p=776

I think it’s been mentioned in the past but I don’t want to out anyone in case I’m wrong. From memory, it’s Stuart Barrow plus 3 or 4 journalists (not me!)

Who have been the best players of 2025? With the Woman of Steel shortlist to be revealed this week, we look at the best players from each of the eight teams. https://womensrl.com/?p=765

HUGE breaking news! https://womensrl.com/?p=762

Plus Enright & Owen Leeds have had some terrible luck in the last few years, not just with injuries but players leaving

In her latest column, Channy Crowl congratulates Wigan on winning the Challenge Cup, points out what went wrong for St Helens and reflects on more post-match social-media misogyny https://womensrl.com/?p=745

Wow this would be amazing! Let’s hope it’s true.