St Helens created history to win the first women’s Challenge Cup final to be played at Wembley. Women’s rugby league has made extraordinary strides in the past decade; in 2012, the first women’s final was played in front of a handful of people in Dewsbury.
However, the final is now staged alongside the men’s event as part of a double-header and it was Saints who put their name into the history books. Matty Smith’s side have now won seven of the 11 Challenge Cups to be played, including the last three.
