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York Valkyrie hold out to beat Wigan Warriors 8-6 and win the Women’s Super League Grand Final at Brick Community Stadium | Rugby League News
York Valkyrie won the Women’s Super League Grand Final, beating Wigan Warriors 8-6.
It was York’s third title after previous victories in 2023 and 2024.
Early on in this year’s final at the Brick Community Stadium, Sinead Peach went over to score the opening try, with Ellie Williamson providing the conversion.
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Wigan Warrior’s Eva Hunter was sent to the sin bin after this challenge but was she lucky not to see red?
Wigan came back to level the game in the first half as Jenna Foubister put Mia-Jayne Atherton through to score the try and Isabel Rowe converted.
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York Valkyrie beat Wigan Warriors in Grand Final to lift Super League title for third time.
Atherton was sent to the sin bin as was Wigan’s Eva Hunter. The latter was fortunate to evade a red card for a dangerous tackle. She was sin-binned and Williamson landed the decisive kick to put York ahead.
Wigan launched attack after attack in the second half but, in a superb defensive effort, York held out, with player of the match, teenager Amelie Lenham, standing out with try-saving tackles.
Afterwards as York celebrated becoming the first team to win the Women’s Super League three times, the fiancé of Lisa Parker, who’d played with a broken hand, proposed to her, capping off a fairy-tale evening.
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York’s Lisa Parker was proposed to after winning the Women’s Super League Grand Final.
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