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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Aaron Bower

Wembley Challenge Cup final another giant step for women’s rugby league

Lois Forsell prepares her Leeds Rhinos side for Saturday’s final against St Helens at Wembley.
Lois Forsell, who played in the first Women’s Challenge Cup final in 2012, prepares her Leeds Rhinos side for Saturday’s final against St Helens at Wembley. Photograph: George Wood/Getty Images

Women’s rugby league will make history on Saturday and few people are better qualified to summarise the sport’s rise than Lois Forsell, who has witnessed both ends of the story.

The Women’s Challenge Cup final will take place at Wembley for the first time, as part of a double-header with the men’s event. Perhaps fittingly, the two most successful sides in the 11-year history of the competition have the honour as Leeds Rhinos take on the holders, St Helens, in a rematch of last year’s decider.

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