Jasmine Cudjoe
Leeds Rhinos hooker on BBC Radio Leeds

Leeds just need to keep going - it will come.

They need to keep trying and keep executing.

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These forwards are putting in a lot of effort into this first quarter in both attack and defence.

But doing the hard yards is an essential part of this game.

Have the Rhinos got the first score of the game?

No.

Olivia Whitehead is adjudged to have knocked on before grounding the ball. A fairly straightforward call for the TMO.

Saints get in a promising attacking position as they attempt to work the ball across the line, but it's spilled by centre Luci McColm.

A sign of how the attacks are working at the moment.

Armani Sharrock
Warrington Wolves Women head coach on BBC Radio Merseyside

St Helens' defence is what wins them games.

That's what they do best - they turn up for each other defensively.

Defences certainly on top so far. No quarter given from either side.

They played each other in the Women's Super League just a fortnight ago with Saints winning by just six points with only two tries in the game.

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As the clock ticks into the seventh minute, a picture of Rob Burrow appears on Wembley's big screen and the crowd breaks out into applause.

It won't be the last of the day for the late Leeds scrum-half.

Leeds do force an error on the last tackle as Caitlin Casey's kick on the last is fumbled by Beri Salihi at full-back.

Excellent field position for the Rhinos.

A good start feels crucial for Leeds. Last year, they shipped three tries to Saints in the first 20 minutes and never really recovered.

Each team has completed their first set of six. They'll want a few of those without any errors to settle any nerves.

We have had the National Anthem sung beautifully by Katherine Jenkins, and the traditional cup final hymn, 'Abide with Me'.

The players have met the guests on the pitch, including Wigan legend Martin Offiah in a very dapper pink suit!

There is only one thing left to do - get this game under way!

Leeds full-back Ruby Enright launches it with the boot and off we go.

Now the teams pause for a minute's silence to remember Rob Burrow.

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Now it is perhaps appropriate that rugby league has gathered today at Wembley for the Challenge Cup in the week that one of its most famous sons, Rob Burrow, lost his battle with motor neurone disease.

Burrow played with distinction for so many years for Leeds Rhinos and was a Challenge Cup winner in 2014 and 2015 in the blue and gold.

So the women's team will hope to lift that trophy in memory of one of the club's most dearly loved players.

Leeds Rhinos: Enright: Whitehead, Beevers, Hardcastle, Cousins; Butcher (c), Casey; Field, Bennett, Northrop, Hoyle, Murray, Sykes.

Interchanges: Robinson, Hornby, Dainton, Donnelly.

St Helens: Salihi; Hook, E. Stott, McColm, Burke; Harris, Gaskin; Whitfield, Jones, Crowl, Travis, Rudge, Cunningham (c).

Interchanges: Williams, D. Stott, Mottershead, Sutherland.

Leeds Rhinos:

Group stage:

Leigh Leopards - 52-4

Hull KR - 90-0

Huddersfield Giants - 54-10

Quarter-final: Warrington Wolves - 70-10

Semi-final: Wigan Warriors - 34-20

St Helens:

Group stage:

London Broncos - 64-0

Bradford Bulls - F-W/O

Warrington Wolves - 58-6

Quarter-final: Huddersfield Giants - 74-0

Semi-final: York Valkyrie - 32-2

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It is the second women's Challenge Cup final at Wembley and we have the same two teams who contested last year's showpiece.

On that occasion, Saints came out on top 22-8.

In fact, St Helens are aiming for a fourth successive Challenge Cup after earlier wins in 2021 and 2022.

Captain Jodie Cunningham has got used to lifting this trophy - will she be doing it again today?

It's the most famous day in the rugby league calendar - it's Challenge Cup final day.

But we have not just one final, but two!

Before Warrington Wolves and Wigan Warriors face off in the men's final at 15:07, we have the women's final between holders St Helens and Leeds Rhinos.

No wonder Warrington coach Sam Burgess called it a 'carnival of rugby league'.

BBC Sport

Leeds Rhinos will use Rob Burrow's fight against adversity as their inspiration in Saturday's Women's Challenge Cup final against St Helens, says head coach Lois Forsell.

The Rhinos will walk out at Wembley just six days after Burrow's passing at the age of 41, having lived with motor neurone disease since his 2019 diagnosis.

Burrow was a huge presence at the club he supported, offering advice and guidance to Rhinos' women's side having played 492 games for the men as part of the 'Golden Generation' which won numerous trophies.

Read more here.

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BBC Sport

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