Throughout their jubilant celebrations after profitable the Ladies’s Tremendous League title, there was one message York Valkyrie needed to get throughout: By no means write off the underdog.
Earlier than being dominated in an 18-8 loss within the Grand Ultimate, it’s truthful to say St Helens have been the favourites, solely dropping as soon as within the common season and choosing up the League Leaders’ Protect and Problem Cup on the best way.
In the meantime, York had been below the pump in an adversity-filled season with accidents to star gamers Tara-Jane Stanley and Sinead Peach pinning them as second finest heading into the large dance.
Nevertheless, on the dwelling of a membership with the tagline ‘By no means write off the Saints’, the Valkyrie employed that precise message to their benefit, dominating the bodily battle and blowing the Ladies’s Tremendous League high canines out of the water on their dwelling patch, making historical past by turning into the primary group to go back-to-back.
Lindsay Anfield’s facet have been fired up on the considered being written off, driving themselves in direction of the second they bought to show each doubter unsuitable.
“We are engulfed by rugby league, we are engulfed by York Valkyrie,” mentioned the injured Stanley on Sky Sports activities.
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Watch the second York Valkyrie raise the Ladies’s Tremendous League Grand Ultimate trophy
“We’re a household. We love being at coaching, we love spending time collectively, we love rugby league.
“Lindsay loves winning but the main thing is we are building on a journey, we are building memories.
“Your time in rugby league may be very quick and you have to be current as a result of occasions like these do not come typically.
“St Helens, take nothing away from them, they have been phenomenal this season.
“Due to that and the very fact they beat us so convincingly within the semi-finals of the Problem Cup, folks did write us off.
“We were quietly confident, went in as the underdogs, but they put their heart and soul into that today.”
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Lindsay Anfield says engaged on ‘mindset’ for being in entrance and behind helped York Valkyrie to victory
Certainly, they wore the underdog tag with satisfaction and can now put on the tag of ‘historical past makers’ even prouder.
“It is so good, I couldn’t believe it,” added Kelsey Gentles.
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An emotional Georgie Hetherington says York Valkyrie are a ‘household’ after victory over St Helens within the Grand Ultimate
“What a game. It has been so tough. We knew Saints were going to give it to us.
“We’ve had a lot adversity and we felt possibly folks did not give us the respect as defending champions.
“We didn’t care about that, we were happy to be underdogs, and now we are back-to-back champions.”
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