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Sheffield Eagles and Leeds Rhinos will play the first ever all-female club game of Wheelchair Rugby League on Sunday, when the clubs meet at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield.<\/p>\n
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Both sides make history with the fixture, which kicks off at 11.30am and demonstrates both the Eagles’ and Rhinos’ commitment to growing the community of Wheelchair Rugby League.<\/p>\n
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The game follows the Eagles hosting the first all-female Wheelchair Rugby League training event in Sheffield last year and contributing several players to an all-female Future of England game played as part of the England v France international fixture.<\/p>\n
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It will not be the first time that the Eagles have fielded an all-female side, having done so in several festivals and over the course of their four-year history regularly having five female players on the pitch at one time in all grades of competition.<\/p>\n
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“I’m delighted that yet again Sheffield Eagles will be breaking new ground for Wheelchair Rugby League, and I’d like to congratulate Leeds Rhinos, who will play an equal part in achieving this milestone”, said David Butler, Chairperson of the Eagles Foundation.<\/p>\n
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“Since the inception of our Wheelchair Rugby League team, we have strived to ensure that we make our club as diverse and as welcoming as possible, this game allows us to deliver against the feedback that some players prefer to play in an all-female environment. The game will be a great spectacle!”<\/p>\n
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The Betfred Wheelchair Super League clash takes place at 1.30pm, where the Eagles will be looking to build on last week’s narrow loss to Hull FC when they welcome the reigning Champions to the Steel City. A further reserve grade also takes place at 11.30am – entry to all games is free!<\/p>\n
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RESERVES (WOMEN) \u2013 11:30am KO<\/p>\n
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April Brooks\u00a0– Sponsored by The Brooks Family<\/p>\n
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Vicky Brooks\u00a0– Sponsored by The Brooks Family<\/p>\n
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Helen Calder – Sponsored by The Calder Family<\/p>\n
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Zoe Davis – Available for Sponsorship<\/p>\n
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Julie Fimusanmi – Available for Sponsorship<\/p>\n
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Jenny Pearson\u00a0– Available for Sponsorship<\/p>\n
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Stacey Roulson – Sponsored by EVOGO<\/p>\n
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Leah Steel \u2013 Sponsored by Sheffield Eagles Supporters Association<\/p>\n
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RESERVES \u2013 11:30am KO<\/p>\n
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James Birchnall\u00a0– Sponsored by KB Brick & Tiling Works<\/p>\n
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David Butler – Sponsored by Mary & Paul Butler<\/p>\n
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Matt Davis – Available for Sponsorship<\/p>\n
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Barry Grayson – Available for Sponsorship<\/p>\n
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Gareth Ramsey\u00a0\u2013 Sponsored by Morgan Wallen UK<\/p>\n
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Christian Sharman\u00a0– Available for Sponsorship<\/p>\n
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SUPER LEAGUE \u2013 1:30pm KO<\/p>\n
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James Birchnall\u00a0– Sponsored by KB Brick & Tiling Works<\/p>\n
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Will Brooks\u00a0– Sponsored by The Brooks Family<\/p>\n
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Chris Haynes\u00a0– Sponsored by Sheffield Eagles Supporters Association<\/p>\n
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Matt Davis – Available for Sponsorship<\/p>\n
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Jenny Pearson\u00a0– Available for Sponsorship<\/p>\n
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Sid Ramsey\u00a0\u2013Sponsored by Billington Structures Ltd<\/p>\n
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Stephen Reilly\u00a0– Sponsored by Dave Reilly School of Motoring<\/p>\n
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Ben Simpson – Sponsored by Beam Dyselxia<\/p>\n
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Joe Wink-Simmonds – Sponsored by Addison Project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"17\/07\/2025 Sheffield Eagles and Leeds Rhinos will play the first ever all-female club game of Wheelchair Rugby League…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}