The RFL are excited to announce the return of the Women\u2019s Nines Festival in 2026, following the success of last year\u2019s one-day event, which contributed to Wigan Warriors\u2019 most successful and historic season to date. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2026 Women\u2019s Nines Festival will take place at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, on Saturday 2 May and will feature a new competition structure. This year\u2019s festival will include two separate competitions: a Challenge Grade and a Community Grade. The introduction of these grades allows more community teams to get involved, whilst maintaining competitive and enjoyable matches for all participants.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Challenge Grade will feature teams from across both professional and community clubs, including teams from the Betfred Women\u2019s Super League, Women\u2019s Super League Academies, the National Championship and League 1. The diversity of teams entering will ensure a day of tightly contested matches and fun-filled action!<\/p>\n
With the 2026 festival marking the first time in four years that Women\u2019s Super League teams are not required to participate, this presents an exciting opportunity for new and existing teams to cement their place in the history books alongside clubs such as Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors.<\/p>\n
Places are limited to 12 Challenge Grade and 8 Community Grade teams, with entries accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to availability.\u00a0 Like this story, share it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The RFL are excited to announce the return of the Women\u2019s Nines Festival in 2026, following the success…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,236485],"class_list":["post-460092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-womens-nines-festival-details-confirmed-for-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460092","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=460092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Mikayla Gillespie, RFL Development Officer, said:\u00a0\u201cWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Women\u2019s Nines Festival this year. At the RFL we have worked hard to create an experience that is fun, inclusive, and exciting for players and fans alike and we cannot wait to welcome everyone back.\u201d \u00a0
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\u201cThe Women\u2019s Nines Festival is the ultimate celebration of Women\u2019s Rugby League, it\u2019s a space where our women\u2019s teams can showcase their talent, enjoy themselves, and connect with the community in a unique and meaningful way.\u201d \u00a0
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\u201cTeams are encouraged to get in touch as soon as possible to guarantee their place!\u201d\u00a0
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For any enquires, please contact: Mikayla.Gillespie@rfl.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n