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Oulton Raidettes
Club information
Full nameOulton Raidettes Women's Rugby League Club
NicknameOulton Raidettes
FoundedMarch 2012
Current details
Ground
  • Oulton Sports Pavilion, Oulton Green, Leeds
CompetitionRFL Women's National Championship
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The Oulton Raidettes Women's Rugby League Club are a women's rugby league football team based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They were founded in 2012 and have affiliations with the Oulton Raiders.[1] As of 2025, they play in the National Championship.

History

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In 2012, the team played in the Yorkshire and North East Division and made their first appearance in the Women's Challenge Cup where they played Wigan St Patricks in the first round.[2] The league system was restructured several times in the following seasons with Oulton competing in Division One in 2013[3] and, from 2015, in the Premier Division which was the top tier of the RFL Women's Rugby League.[4] In 2016 and 2017, before the group format was introduced to the Challenge Cup, Oulton reached the quarter-finals of the competition.[5][6] In 2017, Oulton competed in the Championship and reached the Grand Final in the first season of the competition.[7]

In April 2022, Oulton defeated Wakefield Trinity 14–12 in their final group match to progress to the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup.[8] In October 2022, Oulton defeated the Salford Red Devils 33–14 in the Championship Grand Final,[9] but declined promotion to the 2023 Super League.[10] In 2023, Oulton reached the Championship Grand Final again, but lost 30–16 to Hull Kingston Rovers.[11] In January 2024, following the restructuring of the women's league pyramid, it was announced that Oulton would be in the Northern Women's Championship.[12] They finished the season in fourth place to qualify for the play-offs, but forfeited their semi-final match due to players having other commitments, including several of them being in France as part of England Rugby League's Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) programme.[13][14]

In July 2026, Oulton won the Challenge Plate by defeating Bradford Bulls 42–6 in the final.[15]

Results

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Season League Play-offs Challenge Cup Other competitions Ref.
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
2012 Yorkshire and North East 12Unknown8 5th Lost in Plate semi-finals R1 Challenge Shield R1 [2]
2013 Division One 18Unknown16 8th Did not qualify R2 Challenge Shield R1 [3][16]
2014 Division One Unknown R2 N/a [17][18]
2015 Premier 1470724228614 7th Lost in Shield round 1 unknown WRLA Challenge Cup W [19][20][21]
2016 Premier 521256844 7th N/a QF WRLA Challenge Cup W [5][22][23]
[24][25][21]
Super Six (Group 2) 87013084014 2nd Lost in Final Yorkshire Cup W
2017 Championship 6411186769 2nd Lost in Grand Final QF Yorkshire Cup RU [6][7][26][27]
2018 Championship 1490530412622 3rd Did not compete[a] PR N/a [30][31]
2019 Championship 143291143587 7th Did not qualify R1 N/a [30][32]
2020 Championship Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Championship 114161281789 5th Did not qualify N/a N/a [30]
2022 Championship 14121154215225 2nd Won in Grand Final QF Nines QR [30][33][34]
2023 Championship 18150356820829 3rd Lost in Grand Final GS League Cup QF [30][b][35]
2024 Northern Championship 16100643029620 4th Forfeited semi-finals N/a N/a [14][30]
2025 Northern Championship 103071282245 9th Did not qualify N/a Challenge Shield R2 [30]
2026 National Championship 1261529933813 6th Did not qualify N/a Challenge Plate W [15][30]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ It was initially reported that Oulton Raidettes were in the semi-finals but their place was taken by Hull F.C.[28][29]
  2. ↑ League tables on the RFL "Match Centre" include some results from play-off matches. In 2023, Oulton appear above Dewsbury Moor though they finished the regular season a point behind in third place.

References

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  1. ↑ "The Raidette's | Oulton Raiders". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Oulton Raiders". Women's Rugby League. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Oulton Raiders". Women's Rugby League. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Round Up – 5 July 2015". 4 The Love Of Sport. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Women's Weekly Round up". RFL. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Women's Rugby League Round Up 28th May". 4 The Love Of Sport. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  7. 1 2 "HIGHLIGHTS | Stanningley v Oulton Raidettes". www.rugby-league.com. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Betfred Women's Challenge Cup Quarter-finalists confirmed". RFL. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Grand Final Success for Sheffield Eagles and Oulton Raidettes". RFL. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Salford Red Devils and Leigh Leopards to join BWSL in 2023". RFL. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Hull KR Women targetting Super League after completing historic treble". Hull Live. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "New era for Tier Two of Women's Rugby League". RFL. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Women's Match Report | Stanningley | Round 17". Leigh Leopards. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  14. 1 2 "Women". Rugby Leaguer & League Express. No. 3448. 16 September 2024. p. 24.
  15. 1 2 "Women's Finals". Rugby Leaguer & League Express. No. 3541. 20 July 2026. p. 31.
  16. ↑ "Oulton Raiders". Women's Rugby League. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013.
  17. ↑ "Women's Rugby League". Women's Rugby league. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "Womens Round up". RFL. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Round Up : 13 September 2015". 4 The Love Of Sport. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  20. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Play Offs : 20 September". 4 The Love Of Sport. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  21. 1 2 "Red-letter day beckons for Women's Rugby League". Total Rugby League. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  22. ↑ "Women's Rugby League – 15 May 2016". 4 The Love Of Sport. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  23. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Weekly Round up 18th September". 4 The Love Of Sport. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  24. ↑ "Leigh Miners and Thatto Heath take the honours at Grand Finals Day". 4 The Love Of Sport. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  25. ↑ "Oulton Raidettes win first ever Yorkshire County Cup". 4 The Love Of Sport. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  26. ↑ "Stanningley thwart Trinity's play off hopes". 4 The Love of Sport. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  27. ↑ "Castleford Tigers and Wigan St Pats claim regional titles". 4 The Love of Sport. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  28. ↑ "Leeds Rhinos win League Leaders' Shield as semi-finals confirmed". www.rugby-league.com. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  29. ↑ "Women's Super League semi-final to be shown live on Our League". www.rugby-league.com. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Match Centre". RFL.
  31. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Round-Up | May 9". RFL. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  32. ↑ "Women's Rugby League Round-Up". RFL. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  33. ↑ "Broadcast details for Betfred Women's Challenge Cup Semi-Finals Confirmed". RFL. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  34. ↑ "Cardiff Demons finish second in their group in the RFL Nines". Wales Rugby League. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  35. ↑ "BBC Radio 5 Live to broadcast Betfred Women's Challenge Cup Quarter Final draw". RFL. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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