Women’s Match Preview: St Helens (Semi-Final)
HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AHEAD OF WIGAN WARRIORS Betfred Women’s Super League play-off semi-final clash against St Helens at the Totally Wicked Stadium on Sunday 22 September (7:30PM K.O.)
Wigan Warriors Women travel to face League Leaders’ St Helens in the Betfred Women’s Super League Play-off Semi-Final at The Totally Wicked Stadium this Sunday 22 September (7:30pm K.O.) with the winners progressing to the 2024 Grand Final.
Squad News
Head Coach Denis Betts has named his 21-player squad for the fixture. Alice Fisher comes back into the squad to replace Eva Hunter (one match suspension). Mary Coleman successfully challenged a Grade C charge earlier this week and is free to play having been selected in the squad.
Opposition
St Helens Squad
St Helens Head Coach Matty Smith has named an unchanged 21-player squad for the knock-out tie:
Head-to-Head
The Semi-Final tie will be the third meeting between the two sides in 2024, having played each other home and away, with St Helens claiming wins in both meetings.
Previous 10 meetings:
- Wigan 12, St Helens 16 (SLR8, 12/7/24)
- St Helens 24, Wigan 8 (SLR5, 31/5/24)
- Wigan 4, St Helens 12 (SL-G1, 6/8/23)
- St Helens 26, Wigan 4 (SL-G1, 11/6/23)
- Wigan 4, St Helens 56 (SL-G1, 28/8/22)
- St Helens 44, Wigan 0 (SL-G1, 15/5/22)
- St Helens 52, Wigan 0 (SL-PO, 19/9/21)
- St Helens 28, Wigan 0 (SL, 15/9/19)
- Wigan 4, St Helens 6 (SL, 7/4/19)
- Wigan 10, St Helens 6 (SL-PO, 7/10/18)
Coach Quotes
Looking ahead to Sunday’s tie, Head Coach Denis Betts said: “2018 [Grand Final] is something I’ve only seen pictures of but I think the ambition and being part of this Club comes with a will that we want to be in Semi-Finals, be in Finals and be competing in the biggest games.
“That is the expectation that the girls have got, they know where they are and it’s a one off game – anything can happen in a one off game.”
Read the full preview with the Women’s Head Coach HERE.
Kit Check
Our Warriors Women will wear their Azure Blue away kit for Sunday’s fixture. The end of season sale is now on, shop remaining 2024 Kappa Kit HERE.
Match info
Sunday’s fixture will take place at St Helens’ Totally Wicked Stadium with Saints earning the home advantage after finishing top.
The fixture will be part of a historic double header of women’s sport as Liverpool FC also begin their new campaign against Leicester City at 2pm with the stadium set to be turned over from Football to Rugby League in just a matter of hours.
Tickets
Tickets for Sunday’s Semi-Finals at The Totally Wicked Stadium can be purchased in advance right up until kick-off directly from St Helens online HERE. Tickets can also be purchased at the turnstiles of The Totally Wicked Stadium North Stand on the day, with Contactless payments ONLY.
Pricing
- Adults – £5
- Concessions £3
- U16s £2
Full information on the fixture can be found HERE.
How to Follow
Watch Live
Both Betfred Women’s Super League semi-finals will take place live on Sky Sports with Leeds Rhinos v York Valkyrie kicking things off at 5pm before coverage turns to St Helens v Wigan Warriors from 7.30pm.
Listen Live
Listen to free audio commentary of St Helens Women v Wigan Warriors Women from 7:20pm via our Mixlr page HERE. Alternatively, you can simply use the pop out player below:
Social Media
Wigan fans can follow every piece of the action via our social media channels and website.
- X (Formerly Twitter) (@WiganWarriorsRL) – full match updates.
- Instagram (@wiganwarriorsrl) – half time and full time updates.
- Facebook (Wigan Warriors) – half time and full time updates.
- Website (www.wiganwarriors.com) – post-match reaction including a match report.
