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Women's Rugby League Conference

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Sport
  
Rugby league

Ceased
  
2013

Country
  
England

Instituted
  
2008

Number of teams
  
27

Replaced by
  
RFL Women's Rugby League

The Women's Rugby League Conference is a rugby league competition for female teams in Britain. It began in 2008.

Contents

The men's equivalent is the Rugby League Conference.

2011 structure

  • Central Division: Bradford Thunderbirds, Brighouse Ladies, Dudley Hill Diamonds, Keighley Cats, West Craven Warriors
  • North East Division: Featherstone Rovers, Hunslet Hawks, Peterlee Pumas, Leeds Akkies, Stanningley, Whinmoor
  • North West Division: Chorley Panthers, Leigh East, Leigh Miners Rangers, Mancunians RL, Wigan Ladies
  • South Division: Coventry Bears, Nottingham Outlaws, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, The Army, West London Sharks
  • West Division: Crossfields, Halton, Macclesfield, Warrington, Widnes Moorfield
  • The Southern Conference League began as a 10-team pilot league for male rugby league teams in the Midlands and South of England in 1997. It changed its name to the Rugby League Conference in 1998 and began to expand to cover the whole of Great Britain.

    The first Women's Rugby League Conference began in 2008.

    Competing teams by season

    In 2009 the following teams played in the Conference:

  • National Division: Bradford Thunderbirds, Copeland Wildcats, Coventry Bears, Nottingham Outlaws, Wakefield Panthers, West London Sharks
  • North West Division: Chorley Panthers, Halton, Hillside Hawks, Macclesfield, Warrington Wolves
  • Yorkshire Division: Bradford Dudley Hill, Brighouse, Keighley Cats, Leeds Akkies, Stanningley
  • 2010 structure:

  • East Division: Keighley Cats, Leeds Akkies, Guiseley, Stanningley, Whinmoor, York
  • South Division: Coventry Bears, Northampton Demons, Nottingham Outlaws, West London Sharks
  • West Division: Chorley, Warrington, Wigan
  • 2011 structure:

  • Central Division: Bradford Thunderbirds, Brighouse Ladies, Dudley Hill Diamonds, Keighley Cats, West Craven Warriors
  • North East Division: Featherstone Rovers, Hunslet Hawks, Peterlee Pumas, Leeds Akkies, Stanningley, Whinmoor
  • North West Division: Chorley Panthers, Leigh East, Leigh Miners Rangers, Mancunians RL, Wigan Ladies
  • South Division: Coventry Bears, Nottingham Outlaws, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, The Army, West London Sharks
  • West Division: Crossfields, Halton, Macclesfield, Warrington, Widnes Moorfield
  • 2008

  • West London Sharks Ladies
  • 2009

  • National Division: Bradford Thunderbirds
  • RLC Regional: Hillside Hawks
  • North West Division: Hillside Hawks
  • Yorkshire Division: Keighley Cats
  • 2010

  • Women's RLC: Keighley Cats
  • Women's RLC Plate: Coventry Bears
  • 2011

  • Women's RLC South Division: Coventry Bears
  • Women's RLC North East Division: Hunslet Hawks
  • Women's RLC Central Division: Bradford Thunderbirds
  • Women's RLC North West Division: Leigh East
  • Women's RLC West Division: Halton
  • Women's RLC: Warrington
  • Women's RLC Plate: Leeds Akkies
  • References

    Women's Rugby League Conference Wikipedia