Leeds turn up the turbo, quick rucks and York backpedalling.

Sinead Peach strays high. Penalty against York.

Leeds head coach Lois Forsell wanting her side to ramp up more aggressively in the second-half, having been bullied a bit in the opening 40.

Good to see Sophie Nuttall back out, after her cut and bloodied nose.

Sinead Peach then spills the ball, trying to offload for York. Leeds get the ball back. Scrum on their 40.

Off we go...

Leeds get the ball off the restart and we're up and running.

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Just to remind you earlier today, Barrow Raiders had to come from behind to see off a spirited Leigh Leopards and book their place in an expanded Women's Super League for 2024.

After Jodie Litherland kicked the only points of the opening 40 for the Raiders, Hattie Dogus scored two tries to put Leigh ahead.

The two missed goals proved key, as Beth Lindsay stomped in from close range and then Jodie Morley crashed through after concerted pressure to steer the Raiders to a lead with a couple of minutes to play.

It's heartbreak for the Leopards, who were there or thereabouts all season, but it's Barrow who join champions Featherstone in the big time next year.

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Hull KR's hopes of a Grand Final/Challenge Cup double in 2023 were well and truly blitzed by Wigan, who return to the showpiece for the first time since 2020.

Liam Marshall grabbed a hat-trick, while Jai Field added two and there were also scores for Toby King and the prolific Abbas Miski.

The Robins were lacklustre, surprisingly so, and their points came from tries to Elliot Minchella and Jez Litten.

It's been a fine season for Willie Peters' side with a top-four finish, but it's Matt Peet whose adventure continues on to the final game.

Read more here.

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Sam Tomkins will bow out in a Grand Final for Catalans Dragons, after his clutch try delivered victory over holders St Helens in a nerve-shredder in Perpignan.

While Tomkins and teammate Mitchell Pearce can still dream of the fairytale ending, for Saints stalwarts James Roby and Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook the journey ends here.

Will Hopoate scored the first try of the game, putting Saints ahead after Adam Keighran had kicked the only two points of the first-half for the Dragons.

Keighran chipped away at the score, eventually levelling, before Tomkins worked his magic to send the bumper crowd wild in the south of France.

To read more, head here.

So here we are at the break, and it's going well for the Valkyrie.

While the players take their well-earned rest in the sheds, let's look at how the men's semi-finals went, with their Grand Final at Old Trafford to come next weekend.

Andrea Dobson
Former England captain on BBC Radio Leeds

York have taken their chances and defended their line really well.

There were two occasions where Leeds made the wrong decision going forward.

This 8-0 scoreline is close and it'll still go to the wire.

Halfway there then for York Valkyrie as tries from Tamzin Renouf and Tara Jane Stanley deliver a first 40 lead.

Leeds showed flashes of their threat, but the impact of Caitlin Beevers, Caitlin Casey and in particular Keara Bennett has been well-managed.

York boss Lindsay Anfield admitted her side don't always handle pressure well, Leeds certainly know how to win these games.

Right now though, it's York's to lose

Gemma Kay
Former York Valkyrie player on BBC Radio York

Where do you start with that? It came out of nothing.

Leeds will be really disappointed to concede a score right on the stroke of half-time.

But this game isn't over by any means.

Leeds haven't had a problem getting downfield, but York have done a good job of keeping them out once they get close to the 20.

Savannah Andrade comes out to shut down Caitlin Casey on the last, and with good reason, as her kicking game has kept York's backline alert all game.

Emma Kershaw takes a searching kick by Caitlin Casey in for York as Leeds poured forward.

Great composure as the hooves were thundering.

It was created by Casey's dummy and run, backed up by Hanna Butcher's incision on the back of it.

Casey seems to play with time slowed down.

Meanwhile, treatment for Sophie Nuttall who took a whack on the face, catching the back of a head to her nose and leaving her covered in blood.

Carrie Roberts was a proper strike weapon at St Helens and she's proving the same for York now.

The British Army soldier took a crash ball on the right edge and almost scythed through, but the Leeds left-edge defence do well to keep her short.

Another chance notched up for the Valkyrie though.

Andrea Dobson
Former England captain on BBC Radio Leeds

What a hit - I bet Ruby Enright felt that one.

That's just taken the game up a notch.

Ruby Enright is a slight lass. She just run a ball in from backfield and smashed right into York's enforcer Rhiannon Marshall.

It was a bell-ringer. Credit to Enright for Leeds, she bounced back up.

But it was a whack and a half from Marshall. Didn't miss. Like a boxer's overhand right.

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Rhiannon Marshall is scattering defenders. Lovely tip on sets Savannah Andrade into space too for York.

York hand the ball over with a kick, but Leeds are finding joy in the collision, they are notching up the pace at each play-the-ball.

Caitlin Casey cooks up a lovely kick, but Tara Jane Stanley does a superb job of clearing her own in-goal and avoiding the swarming chase.

Leeds get a jump start with back to back set-restarts and find themselves inside the York 10.

Keara Bennett sweeps to Caitlin Casey. She's locked up.

Then Bennett darts again, shapes to pass but didn't but is all wrapped up. Her dummy-half threat will have been on the tip-sheet.

York have looked really dangerous when winger Georgie Hetherington has cut in from the flank and run at the big forward.

Her evasive swerve and pace is definitely putting the jitters about the Leeds big boppers. Who wants to tackle something that quick?!

York thought they were in.

Rhiannon Marshall takes a pass from the scrum and gets her roll-on, but just as the line beckons, the Valkyrie forward sees the ball squirt out and go to ground.

Denied on tackle one. Rueful smack of her desk from director of rugby Lindsay Anfield.