Leaders Saints beat York as Wigan thrash Barrow

With a comeback victory over reigning champions York Valkyrie, women’s Super League leaders St. Helens almost secured home advantage in the play-offs.

With just two games left, Saints were eight points ahead of third-placed York before Saints came out on top in the final 26 minutes to claim an 18-8 victory.

After defeating Barrow Raiders 92-0, Wigan is still one point behind St. Helens in the League Leaders’ Shield race.

After a 20-20 win in a see-saw game, Leigh and Huddersfield each received the win.

After Wolves squandered Sunday’s game, the Giants’ hopes of making it to the play-offs were already over thanks to fourth-placed Leeds’ 48-0 victory over Warrington.

Warrington claimed that they couldn’t field a full team due to injuries and player availability issues.

When Savannah Andrade scored early in the second-half and Rhiannon Marshall’s penalty on the stroke of half-time gave them an 8-0 lead, they appeared to be on course to do so.

Before two final ten minutes of scoring, two Phoebe Hook tries gave Saints control, Emily Rudge restored the team’s grip.

After York’s Sinead Peach was shown a red card for dissention, Faye Gaskin scored the winning goal with a last-minute penalty.

Wigan continued to put pressure on Saints when they ran in 17 tries at Barrow without a hit.

Isabel Rowe scored 12 goals for the Warriors, and Ruby Hunter, Mia-Jayne Atherton, Eva Hunter, and Jenna Foubister all crossed twice.

The scoresheet included Molly Jones, Lucie Sams, Georgia Wilson, Charlotte Meredith, and Cerys Jones.

Leigh led 10-0 at Golbourne Parkside before Fran Copley, Maddie Clegg, and Amelia Brown took the lead again with tries from Lucy Johnson and Mollie Young.