2022 Women's Rugby League European Championship B

The 2022 Women's Rugby League European Championship B was an international women's rugby league tournament that took place between June and October 2022.[1] It was divided into two groups, with Ireland, Italy and Wales playing in the north, and Greece, Serbia and Turkey contesting the south.[1]

2022 (2022) Women's European Championship B - North  ()
Number of teams3
Winner Wales
Matches played3
2022 (2022) Women's European Championship B - South  ()
Number of teams3
Winner Greece
Matches played3

Greece won the southern section winning both their games in the teams first tournament.[2] Wales won the northern section, again winning both their matches.[3]

Fixtures edit

North Group edit

11 June 2022
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Italy   6–30   Ireland
Tries: Menotti 80'
Goals: Pantaleoni (1/1)
Report (ERL)
Tries: Coleman (3) 2', 7', 16'
Cobain 30'
Lawless 38'
Willett 64'
Goals: Copley (2/5)
McGuiness (1/1)
Pasian Di Pato Rugby Stadium, Udine[1]
Attendance: 500[4]
Referee: Tony Palacios (Spain)[5]
Player of the Match: Ali Coleman (Ireland) & Rebecca Pantaleoni (Italy)[6]
Team details
Italy Position Ireland
Name Number Number Name
Rebecca Pantaleoni 1 Fullback 1 Francessca Copley
Rwan Hassnien 2 Wing 2 Roisin Crowe
Giulia Colangeli 3 Centre 3 Bettie Lambert
Giada Arzenton 4 Centre 4 Steph Carroll
Camilla Matilde Giacomazzo 5 Wing 5 Ray Lawless
Alessandra Menotti 6 Stand off 6 Alex McGuinness
Cecilia Piva 7 Scrum half 7 Ella Synott
Marika Ascione 8 Prop forward 8 Mairead Quinn
Martina Dall'Antonia 9 Hooker 9 Erin Coll
Rosa Bettolatti 10 Prop forward 10 Clodagh Dunne
Siria Raisa 11 Second row 11 Storm Cobain
Altea Forto 12 Second row 12 Emma Curran
Virginia Pinarello 13 Loose forward 13 Ali Coleman
Marvin Severgnini 14 Interchange 14 Iona McCusker
Giulia Iozzia 15 Interchange 15 Stacy Hanley
Elisa Orofino 16 Interchange 16 Charlie Willett
Enrica Pandolfo 17 Interchange 17 Orla McCallion
Suin Pezzano Coach John Whalley
Source:[7]

19 June 2022
13:00 BST (UTC+01:00)
Wales   60–0   Italy
Tries: R. Carr 3'
Michael 7'
Hughes 28'
Price (3) 39', 52', 60'
Davies 45'
King 56'
McGuire 71'
Marsh 74'
Sayle 78'
Goals: Salter (8/9)
Report (ERL)
Report (WRL)
Pandy Park, Crosskeys[1]
Attendance: 410[8]
Referee: Fiona McConn (Ireland)[9]
Touch judges: Rob Apsee (Wales), Chris Williams (Wales)[9]
Team details
Wales Position Ireland
Name Number Number Name
Eleri Michael 1 Fullback 1 Rebecca Pantaleoni
Anne-Marie Sayle 2 Wing 2 Rwan Hassnien
Kathryn Salter 3 Centre 3 Giulia Colangeli
Rosie Carr 4 Centre 4 Silvia Gai
Brittony Price 5 Wing 5 Ludovica Gurrieri
Amberley Ruck 6 Stand off 6 Giada Arzenton
Rhi Parker 7 Scrum half 7 Alessandra Menotti
Lauren Aitken 8 Prop forward 8 Rosa Bettolatti
Carys Marsh 9 Hooker 9 Martina Dall'Antonia
Emily Hughes 10 Prop forward 10 Marika Ascione
Bryonie King 11 Second row 11 Marvin Severgnini
Charlie Mundy 12 Second row 12 Giulia Iozzia
Bethan Dainton 13 Loose forward 13 Virginia Pinarello
Molly Reardon 14 Interchange 14 Giulia Zaffarana
Joeann McGuire 15 Interchange 15 Camilla Matilde Giacomazzo
Fern Davies 16 Interchange 16 Siria Raisa
Katie Carr 17 Interchange 17 Altea Forto
Thomas Brindle Coach Coach:

8 October 2022
15:00 IST (UTC+01:00)
Ireland   4–44   Wales
Tries: Coleman 2'
Report (WRL)
Report (ERL)
Tries: Ruck 15'
Carr (2) 22', 36'
Mundy 41'
Aitken 46'
Burnell (2) 56', 75'
Reardon 66'
Goals: Salter (6/8)
Estuary Road, Dublin[10]
Attendance: 350
Referee: Will Gilder (England)
Team details
Ireland Position Wales
Name Number Number Name
Louise Burgess 1 Fullback 1 Leanne Burnell
Bettie Lambert 2 Wing 2 Brittony Price
Francessca Copley 3 Centre 3 Kathryn Salter
Ray Lawless 4 Centre 4 Rosie Carr
Roisin Crowe 5 Wing 5 Eleri Michael
Alex McGuinness 6 Stand off 6 Amberley Ruck
Jemma Farrell 7 Scrum half 7 Rhi Parker
Mairead Quinn 8 Prop forward 8 Fern Davies
Iona McCusker 9 Hooker 9 Carys Marsh
Clodagh Dunne 10 Prop forward 10 Lauren Aitken
Storm Cobain 11 Second row 11 Bryonie King (c)
Alison Coleman 12 Second row 12 Charlie Mundy
Philippa Birchall (c) 13 Loose forward 13 Emily Hughes
Louise McGonagle 14 Interchange 14 Molly Reardon
Amy O'Neill 15 Interchange 15 Ffion Jones
Lisa Callan 16 Interchange 16 Katie Carr
Charlie Willett 17 Interchange 17 Joeann McGuire
John Whalley Coach Thomas Brindle


South Group edit

25 September 2022
13:00 TRT (UTC+03:00)
Turkey   4–8   Greece
Tries: Sanliturk 13'
Report (ERL)
Tries: Koutsioumpa (2) 8', 75'
İTÜ Ayazağa Stadium, Istanbul[11][12] [13]
Referee: Stefan Stamenic (Serbia)
Team details
Turkey Position Greece
Name Number Number Name
Ozlem Kaya 1 Fullback 1 Magdelini Stavrianou
Derya Sanliturk 2 Wing 2 Dimitra Papoutsi
Gozde Gor 3 Centre 3 Irene Daslou
Aslihan Helvaci 4 Centre 4 Cleopatra Velmachou
Selin Ardal 5 Wing 5 Velissaria Koutsioumpa
Ecem Acıkgoz 6 Stand off 6 Antonia Voikli
Ece Tekin 7 Scrum half 7 Sofia-Margarita Kitsaneli
Hafize Berin Donmez 8 Prop forward 8 Maria-Anna Lamprou
Nurbanu Yorubulut 9 Hooker 9 Maria Avzoti
Elif Yilmaz 10 Prop forward 10 Maria-Eleni Gkirlemi
Elif Cinar 11 Second row 11 Magdelini Stavrianou,
lif Kutlu 12 Second row 12 Georgia-Fotini Koutsimpogeorgou
Nazife Taskin 13 Loose forward 13 Ourania Koutsikou
Meryem Savk 14 Interchange 14 Anna Spatharova
Tugcu Guvenc 15 Interchange 15 Asimina Mastoraki
Beyzanur Oktay 16 Interchange 16 Styliani Markou
Nazlican Filiz 17 Interchange 17 Chrysavgi Bakaloumi
Julien Treu Coach Stuart McLennan

2 October 2022
15:30 EEST (UTC+03:00)
Greece   28–0   Serbia
Tries: Koutsioumpa 8'
Velmachou 26'
Voikli (2) 46', 54'
Markou 71'
Stavrianou 79'
Goals: Kitsaneli (1/5)
Velmachou (1/1)
Report (ERL)
Goritsa Stadium, Athens[14][15]
Attendance: 400[16]
Referee: Mike Smaill (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Aris Dardamanis (Greece), Nektarios Tsakalos (Greece)
Team details
Greece Position Serbia
Name Number Number Name
Magdelini Stavrianou 1 Fullback 1 Tamara Bošnjak
Velissaria Koutsioumpa 2 Wing 2 Ljiljana Bajic
Kleopatra Velmachou 3 Centre 3 Nika Bajic
Styliani Markou 4 Centre 4 Anastasija Karanovic
Dimitra Papoutsi 5 Wing 5 Katarina Veljanovsku
Antonia Voikli 6 Stand off 6 Jelena Stojiljkovic
Sofia-Margarita Kitsaneli 7 Scrum half 7 Karolina Blizanac
Maria-Anna Lamprou 8 Prop forward 8 Teodora Marin
Maria Avzoti 9 Hooker 9 Natasa Kovacevic
Maria-Eleni Gkirlemi 10 Prop forward 10 Jovana Fridl
Aspasia Stavrianou 11 Second row 11 Natalija Simic
Georgia-Fotini Koutsimpogeorgou 12 Second row 12 Sanja Starcevic
Ourania Koutsikou 13 Loose forward 13 Marija Maslakovic
Asimina Mastoraki 14 Interchange 14 Ksenija Bogojevic
Chrysavgi Bakaloumi 15 Interchange 15 Sanja Floric
Eirini Dakidi 16 Interchange 16 Natasa Vignjevic
Chrysi Lymperidi 17 Interchange 17 Marija Simovic

25 November 2022
14:00
Serbia   24–16   Turkey
TBA[1]

References edit

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