17 members of our Women's Under 16s/P2P (Pathway To Performance) squad have been selected for the 2025 Rugby Football League's Girls Talent Hubs!
Regional squads have been selected to participate in a six-week development programme, aimed at identifying future rugby league stars.
Commencing on Wednesday, 4th June 2025, the sessions are aimed at core development and offer up two playing opportunities.
The RFL’s Girls Talent Hubs are the first step on the performance pathway, and act as one element of identifying girls to progress as an Under 17 onto the England Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) programme.
DiSE is a National Programme for Year 12 and Year 13 girls who are deemed to have the potential to represent England in the future and play at the top of the Women’s game in England. Thirty DiSE places are available every academic year for a new group of Year 12 students who study full time at school or college.
DiSE is a ‘dual career’ performance programme which combines education and elite rugby development. Players receive high-level training delivered on a camp basis by the England Performance Unit. The rugby sessions are designed and overseen by the RFL’s Stuart Barrow, England Women Head Coach, who closely monitors players development throughout their journey.
Lydia Binstead (St.Helens Women’s U16s Assistant Coach) and Dave Rotheram (St.Helens Women’s U16s Assistant Coach) have also been named on the coaching staff in the North West regional squads for this year’s RFL’s Girls Talent Hubs.
Congratulations and good luck to all of our players and staff who will be participating.
Under 15s
Ellie Hamilton, Georgia Houghton, Alice Howard, Lydia Kelsey, Savannah-Rose Mafi, Erin Pumford, Annabel Rigby, Megan Watson, Olivia Wilson
Under 16s
Polly Burns, Olivia Doxey, Chloe Eden, Hope Eden, Charlotte Edwards, Darcy Fleming, Madison Webb, Sofia Bourke
