# 2025 Women's Challenge Cup

The 2025 Women's Challenge Cup (sponsored as the Betfred Women's Challenge Cup) is the 13th staging of the Rugby Football League's cup competition for women's rugby league clubs.

## Format

The competition uses a slightly different format from 2024. Although the group stage plus knockout rounds format is retained, the number of teams in the competition has been reduced from 16 to 12.
The group stage sees four groups of three competing in a single round robin with the group matches played over three consecutive weekends in April 2025. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the knockout rounds. The quarter-finals will be played on the last weekend in April. The semi-finals will be double headers with the semi-finals of the men's tournament on the weekend of 10/11 May 2025, and the final will be played at Wembley Stadium, London on 7 June 2025 alongside the finals of the men's competition and the 1895 Cup.
St Helens, winners in 2024, are seeded together with Leeds Rhinos, Wigan Warriors and York Valkyrie. These four, pool 2, will be in different groups in the group stage. The other eight teams form pool 1 with two being drawn in each group.
Seeding pots for group stage draw :
| Pool 1 | Pool 2 |
| Barrow Raiders Cardiff Demons Featherstone Rovers Huddersfield Giants Leigh Leopards London Broncos Sheffield Eagles Warrington Wolves | Leeds Rhinos St Helens Wigan Warriors York Valkyrie |
The draw for the group stages was made on 14 January.
The groups were drawn as follows:
Groups :
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
| Cardiff Demons St Helens Warrington Wolves | Featherstone Rovers Huddersfield Giants York Valkyrie | Leeds Rhinos Leigh Leopards Sheffield Eagles | Barrow Raiders London Broncos Wigan Warriors |

## Standings

Group 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cardiff Demons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
| 2 | St Helens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
| 3 | Warrington Wolves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Group 2 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Featherstone Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
| 2 | Huddersfield Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
| 3 | York Valkyrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Group 3 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Leeds Rhinos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
| 2 | Leigh Leopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
| 3 | Sheffield Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Group 4 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barrow Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
| 2 | London Broncos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knock-out stages |
| 3 | Wigan Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Fixtures and results
### Group stage

The fixture list for the group stage was announced on 10 March 2025.
Group stage: week one :
| Group | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Group | Home | Score | Away | Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Attendance |
| C | Leeds Rhinos | | Leigh Leopards | 5 April, 13:00 | Headingley Stadium | |
| A | Warrington Wolves | | Cardiff Demons | 6 April, 14:00 | Victoria Park | | |
| D | Wigan Warriors | | Barrow Raiders | 6 April, 14:00 | Robin Park | | |
| B | Huddersfield Giants | | York Valkyrie | 6 April, 15:00 | Laund Hill | | |
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Group stage: week two :
| Group | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Group | Home | Score | Away | Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Attendance |
| C | Sheffield Eagles | | Leeds Rhinos | 12 April, 12:30 | Olympic Legacy Park | | |
| A | St Helens | | Warrington Wolves | 12 April, 15:30 | Totally Wicked Stadium | | |
| B | York Valkyrie | | Featherstone Rovers | 13 April, 12:00 | York Community Stadium | | |
| D | London Broncos | | Wigan Warriors | 13 April, 14;00 | Chiswick Rugby Club | | |
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Group stage: week three :
| Group | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Group | Home | Score | Away | Date and Time | Venue | Referee | Attendance |
| B | Featherstone Rovers | | Huddersfield Giants | 18 April, 20:00 | Post Office Road | | |
| A | Cardiff Demons | | St Helens | 19 April, 14:30 | Cardiff University | | |
| D | Barrow Raiders | | London Broncos | 20 April, 12:00 | Craven Park | | |
| C | Leigh Leopards | | Sheffield Eagles | 20 April, 13:00 | Leigh Sports Village | | |
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