The

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club

St Helens R.F.C. St Helens R.F.C. is a professional rugby league club in St Helens, Merseyside who compete in the Super League, the top tier for rugby league in Great Britain. They are the current Champions, having won the last 4 consecutive titles, and bec ...

have operated a women's team since they took some women from

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, and other women's sides in 2017 ahead of the 2018 season. They won four successive Challenge Cups from 2013 to 2016, and again from 2021–2024. The 2016 win formed part of their

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winning season. The side won the

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after beating

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, adding to the four cup titles won as Thatto Heath. That season, they also completed the treble for the second time. In 2024 the club announced it would become semi-professional, and start making match payments to players, becoming the third British side to do so after

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and

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who started the season prior.

Seasons

Honours

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::Grand Final :::Winners (5): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021 ::League Leader's Shield :::Winners (2): 2016, 2021 :::Runners-up (2): 2017, 2019 *

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:::Winners (8): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

References

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