{"id":495584,"date":"2026-03-26T02:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T02:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/495584\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T02:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T02:13:07","slug":"saints-women-welcome-academy-p2p-talents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/495584\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints Women welcome Academy &#038; P2P talents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Saints\u2019 Under 19s Women\u2019s side previously played friendly fixtures ahead of the 2025 season; however, that changed last season, as it was the first competitive Academy campaign. A 12-round season was played, further enhancing the growth and development of young women\u2019s rugby league players<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"527\">Four members of our Women\u2019s Academy, ahead of the 2026 season, progressed from our Under 19s programme into the Saints Women\u2019s First Team environment. Read more on our Academy players progressing to the First Team by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saintsrlfc.com\/2025\/11\/25\/womens-academy-players-step-up-for-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"527\">Furthermore, St.Helens Women have been working with the Rugby Football League\u2019s P2P programme, which is designed for female players in Years 10\/11 as of the academic year starting in September. P2P is an opportunity for girls to develop their knowledge and ability both on and off the field with WSL clubs such as Saints, while still allowing for development with their community teams as well.<\/p>\n<p>With a youth development programme from the Under 15s and up to the Under 19s side, it showcases our commitment to developing young female players for the Saints.<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted to confirm the following players have been promoted up from our P2P programme, named alongside their local community clubs, whose work in developing the next generation of rugby league talent is always so greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia Doxey (Orrell St James)<br \/>\nMaddie Webb (Orrell St James)<br \/>\nDarcy Fleming (Blackbrook Royals)<br \/>\nSofia Bourke (Halton Farnworth)<\/p>\n<p>The Saints Women have also welcomed into our Academy ranks Jess Smith who has excelled in the community game for Rochdale Mayfield, and Ellie Hamilton\u00a0who shone brightly playing for Warrington Wolves\u2019 P2P side last year.<\/p>\n<p>St.Helens Women can also confirm and welcome four more additions to our P2P programme, again named alongside their community team.<\/p>\n<p>Cara Collins (Pilkington Recs) \u2013 1st Year P2P<\/p>\n<p>Scouted after being spotted playing brilliantly in the Saints Community Development Foundation\u2019s School Festival for Rainford High<\/p>\n<p>Amber Webster (Pilkington Recs) \u2013 1st Year P2P<\/p>\n<p>Scouted after being spotted playing brilliantly in the Saints Community Development Foundation\u2019s School Festival for Cowley High School<\/p>\n<p>Tia Anderson (Thatto Heath Crusaders) \u2013 2nd Year P2P<\/p>\n<p>Joins the Saints following a year in the P2P programme with Warrington and shining in the community game for Thatto<\/p>\n<p>Bella Richards (Thatto Heath Crusaders) \u2013 2nd Year P2P<\/p>\n<p>Joins the Saints following a year in the P2P programme with Warrington and shining in the community game for Thatto<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the gallery of our latest additions to our St.Helens Women\u2019s youth development programme below (with thanks to Kevin Humphries for the photos).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saints\u2019 Under 19s Women\u2019s side previously played friendly fixtures ahead of the 2025 season; however, that changed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[27411,174552,5903,101,151520,56,54,55,658,37734,174553,174554],"class_list":["post-495584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-girls","tag-p2p","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-st-helens-women","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-women","tag-womens","tag-womens-academy","tag-womens-and-girls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}