Women's Super League round-up: York raise title hopes

York Valkyrie served announcement they will not springiness up their Women's Super League crown easy pinch an emphatic 32-10 triumph complete second-placed Wigan Warriors astatine Blaydon Rugby Club.

Victory saw Valkyrie adjacent nan spread connected table-topping St Helens to 2 points successful nan title for nan League Leaders' Shield, pinch Wigan a constituent up of York pinch 3 games left.

But nan timing of nan six-try occurrence suggested nan 2023 and 2024 Grand Final champions are coming to nan boil nicely arsenic they group their sights connected different play finale connected 5 October.

Leeds Rhinos, who request 1 much triumph to unafraid their ain play-off semi-final spot, kept up their pursuit of nan apical 3 pinch a likewise ascendant capacity to hit Leigh Leopards 40-10 astatine Leigh Sports Village.

In nan day's different fixture Huddersfield Giants Women hit winless Warrington Wolves 54-4 astatine Laund Hill to support live their ain wafer-thin hopes of making nan play-offs.

Few could person predicted a one-sided matter up successful Newcastle arsenic York hosted a blockbuster conflict which offered Wigan nan opportunity to reclaim apical spot from St Helens.

The visitors came into this title unbeaten pinch 9 wins and a tie successful nan container during this run and having mauled York 40-6 successful nan reverse fixture backmost successful May.

Yet a location triumph was ne'er successful uncertainty successful a one-way first half arsenic Sinead Peach went complete connected 10 minutes followed by Peace Lekuru, Rhiannon Marshall and Savannah Andrade to springiness York a 22-0 half-time advantage.

Eboni Partington made it 26-0 aft nan break earlier Wigan mounted a mini-fightback pinch tries from Eva Hunter and Anna Davies to resistance it backmost to 26-10. But it was an effort which quickly petered out.

Emma Kershaw added a sixth effort of nan day to put nan cherry connected nan cake.

Rhinos put connected a likewise powerful show against second-from-bottom Leigh Leopards. Tries from Tally Bryer, Lucy Murray, Ebony Stead and Ruby Bruce answered by a solitary effort from Mackenzie Taylor for nan hosts saw nan crippled beautiful overmuch done and dusted astatine 22-4 astatine nan halfway mark.

Kate Howard added a converted effort early successful nan 2nd play to make it 22-10 but Mel Howard for Leeds, Murray again and Sophie Nuttall banged successful 3 tries pinch added extras to seal a sixth triumph of nan run for nan Rhinos.