Summary

  • Coverage produced by the Rugby Football League for BBC Sport

  • Result: Castleford Tigers 14-20 Leeds Rhinos

  • Leeds Rhinos come from behind to beat Castleford Tigers in Women's Challenge Cup final

  • Women's Super League side Bradford Bulls beat Championship Stanningley to win Challenge Shield

  • Result: Bradford Bulls 44-16 Stanningley

  • Both matches took place at Warrington Wolves' Halliwell Jones Stadium

  1. Rhinos win Challenge Cuppublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 4 August 2018

    Castleford Tigers 14-20 Leeds Rhinos

    A late try by Lois Forcell seals Leeds Rhinos' first Challenge Cup victory.

    Courtney Hill's attempted conversion bounced back off the post but Castleford Tigers were unable to find an equalising try.

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    Women's Challenge Cup: Lois Forsell's late try seals Leeds Rhinos' first silverware

  2. Converted Staveley try puts Rhinos in frontpublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 4 August 2018

    Castleford Tigers 14-16 Leeds Rhinos

    Aimee Staveley forces her way over to bring Leeds Rhinos level with Castleford Tigers.

    Courtney Hill kicked the extras to put Rhinos ahead for the first time with 20 minutes remaining in the Women's Challenge Cup final.

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    Women's Challenge Cup 2018: Converted Aimee Staveley try puts Leeds Rhinos in front

  3. Rhinos score early in second halfpublished at 16:08 British Summer Time 4 August 2018

    Castleford Tigers 14-10 Leeds Rhinos

    Caitlin Beevers dives over from close range as Leeds Rhinos make the perfect start to the second half.

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    Women's Challenge Cup 2018: Leeds Rhinos' Caitlin Beevers dives in from metre out

  4. Roche pounces for breakaway trypublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 4 August 2018

    Castleford Tigers 14-6 Leeds Rhinos

    Castleford Tigers' Georgie Roche intercepts an attempted Leeds Rhinos pass before running half the length of the pitch to score a breakaway try. Katie Hepworth kicks the extras.

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    Women's Challenge Cup 2018: Castleford Tigers' Georgie Roche pounces for breakaway try

  5. Nuttall pulls a try back for Rhinospublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 4 August 2018

    Castleford Tigers 8-6 Leeds Rhinos

    Sophie Nuttall dives in at the corner to pull a try back for Leeds Rhinos. The try is converted by Courtney Hill.

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    Women's Challenge Cup 2018: Sophie Nuttall pulls a try back for Leeds Rhinos

  6. Stanley runs in Tigers' secondpublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 4 August 2018

    Castleford Tigers 8-0 Leeds Rhinos

    Tara Stanley runs in Castleford Tigers' second try.

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    Women's Challenge Cup 2018: Tara Stanley darts over line for Castleford Tigers' second try

  7. Hepworth opens scoring for Tigerspublished at 15:36 British Summer Time 4 August 2018

    Castleford Tigers 4-0 Leeds Rhinos

    Castleford Tigers captain Katie Hepworth scores the opening try of the Women's Challenge Cup final, grounding the ball after taking a high catch.

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    Women's Challenge Cup 2018: Castleford captain Katie Hepworth scores first try of final

  8. BBC coveragepublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    BBC Sport will be showing all the action from the Challenge Cup and Challenge Shield finals at Warrington Wolves' Halliwell Jones Stadium.

    12:40-17:00 - Women's Challenge Shield final followed by Women's Challenge Cup final- Connected TV and online

    Whet your appetite with these highlights of last year's finals, when Bradford Bulls beat Featherstone Rovers 50-16 to lift the Challenge Cup, and York City Knights won the Shield final 26-24 against The Army.

    Will we get more of the same in this year’s finals: Bradford Bulls v Stanningley, Challenge Shield, 13:00 BST; Castleford Tigers v Leeds Rhinos, Challenge Cup, 15:00 BST?

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    Highlights: Best action from the 2017 Challenge Cup final

  9. Challenge Cup previewpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    There is guaranteed to be a new name on the Challenge Cup with Leeds Rhinos and Castleford Tigers both contesting their first finals.

    Newly-formed Leeds Rhinos have enjoyed a fantastic first season and currently sit top of the Women’s Super League with four matches remaining.

    Castleford Tigers, who lost 40-12 at Leeds in the league earlier in the season, are fourth in the table, four points behind the Rhinos with a game in hand.

    The Tigers have shown real battling qualities in the cup, beating holders Bradford Bulls in the first round before making it past St Helens and York City Knights to reach the final.

    Leeds beat Wakefield Trinity, Army RL and Wigan Warriors to set up their chance of a first piece of silverware.

    Castleford Tigers in actionImage source, Seb Sternik/@castigerswomen
  10. Challenge Shield previewpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    Super League side Bradford Bulls will go into the final of the Challenge Shield as slight favourites against Championship outfit Stanningley.

    But having won the treble of Super League, Challenge Cup and Grand Final last year, they have struggled to repeat that success after losing a number of their star players to Leeds Rhinos.

    The Bulls have won just two of their eight league matches and are fifth in the Super League, while Stanningley, who are based in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, are fourth in the Championship.

    StanningleyImage source, SBSPhotos
  11. What is it?published at 16:48 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    Women’s rugby league has two knockout competitions – the Challenge Cup and Challenge Shield.

    They are contested by teams in the Women’s Super League and the Championship – the top two tiers of the women’s game – as well as representative sides from the armed forces.

    The teams that lost in the first round of this year's Challenge Cup went into the Challenge Shield.

    This is the fifth season the two cup competitions have been run side-by-side and both finals will be played on Saturday, 4 August, at Warrington Wolves’ Halliwell Jones Stadium.

    Thatto Heath – now St Helens – won the first three Challenge Cup finals before Bradford Bulls clinched the trophy last season.