Leeds book a third successive Challenge Cup final date with St Helens after overcoming Wigan with a strong second-half display.
Leeds reached their third successive Women’s Challenge Cup final with a powerful second-half performance against a young Wigan side.
The Warriors gave as good as they got in the opening period at the Totally Wicked Stadium, tries from Vicky Molyneux and Grace Banks seeing them level at half time against a Leeds side who scored through Enright, Caitlin Beevers and Zoe Hornby. Rhinos are old hands in the Challenge Cup, winning it in 2018 and 2019 and reaching their first-ever Wembley final last year.Wigan, by contrast, were seeking to reach their first final, and after a strong start to the season under club legend Denis Betts were optimistic of breaking their duck.Enright scored in the corner with the Wigan defence stretched just 70 seconds into the game, but Molyneux stepped between two defenders to level and Emma Knowles’ kick edged Wigan ahead.
Full-back Grace Banks raced through a gap to restore Wigan’s lead but Hornby made sure it was all-square at the break, spinning out of a tackle to power over under the posts.
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