Women

BWSL: Round 8 Round Up

21 Jul 2025

Wigan continued their dominance in Round 8 of the Betfred Women's Super League with an 80-0 demolition of bottom side Warrington Wolves this weekend.

The Warriors ran in 14 tries with Tiana Power claiming four of them.

Sisters Tiana and Shaniah Power both crossed inside five minutes for unbeaten Wigan before a Cerys Jones double and scores from Georgia Wilson, Mia Atherton and Tiana's second put the leaders out of sight by half-time.

Tiana Power and Jones completed hat-tricks after Megan Williams crossed to take the Warriors past 50 points before Australian centre Power added her fourth. Tries from Eva Hunter, Remi Wilton, and Kaitlin Hilton capped the rout.

Isabel Rowe added 12 goals from 14 attempts as Wigan made it 156 points without reply from their past two matches.

Reigning champions York Valyrie were made to work hard by second-bottom Barrow Raiders in the first half, building a 16-0 half-time lead thanks to Savannah Andrade, Lisa Parker and Emma Kershaw scores.

But the floodgates opened after the break as Peace Lekuru scored her first Super League tries with a hat-trick. Zoe Hornby, Emma Kershaw, Tara Moxon, Evie Sexton, Eboni Partington and Andrade also crossed as the Raiders shipped nine second-half tries.

On The Sportsman, Tilly Davies gave Huddersfield Giants an early lead away to?Leeds Rhinos, but the hosts blasted back with five unanswered tries before half-time from Izzy Northrop (2), Ella Donnelly, Melanie Howard and Ebony Stead.

The second half followed the same pattern with the Rhinos again outscoring their West Yorkshire rivals by five tries to one.

Stead completed her hat-trick, while Shannon Brown, Evie Cousins and Ruby Bruce also crossed, with Freya Whitehead grabbing a consolation score for the Giants.

Luci McColm scored 28 points as St Helens inflicted Leigh Leopards' heaviest defeat with an 80-0 thumping to go top of the Women's Super League table.

Extending their undefeated start to eight games, St Helens scored 15 tries to leapfrog Wigan, but the Warriors reclaimed top spot with a victory over bottom club Warrington Wolves on Sunday.

McColm added 10 conversions to two tries of her own as newly promoted Leigh were swept aside in the first meeting between the two sides.

Dani McGifford caused the early damage for Saints with two of her three tries in the opening 12 minutes, punctuated by the first of Rachael Woosey's double.

Tries from Darcy Stott, Beri Salihi and Hollie Bawden made it 30-0 at half-time and there was no relief for the Leopards after the break as McColm's double, and one from Georgia Sutherland kept the scoreboard ticking over.

McGifford completed her hat-trick to make it 10 for the season and move with one try of leaders Amelia Brown, of Huddersfield, and Wigan pair Eva Hunter and Grace Banks.

Katie Mottershead and captain Jodie Cunningham got in on the scoring, before Phoebe Hook added two more in the space of two minutes, while Woosey claimed her second.