14 Dec 2023

Giants Women's U19s announced as part of DiSE cohort

6 players from the Giants Women’s U19s team have been selected for England Rugby League’s Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) 2024-2025 programme.

Mollie Iceton, Freya Whitehead (both Stanningley), Olivia Atherton (Featherstone Lionesses), Leah Schofield (Queensbury), Leah Mae Beckett and Ruby Tyson (both Elland) will all feature in the programme alongside their Giants U19s duties.

Iceton, Whitehead and Schofield are all brand-new faces in the squad, with Atherton, Beckett and Tyson looking to excel in their final year.

Previous Giants Women to be scouted for the programme include Amelia Brown, Albany Coates and Pippa Curley. The trio recently travelled to France to compete against Catalans Dragons U19s with the England DiSE team. 

The DiSE is the first step of the England Performance Pathway, aiming to scout out England’s most exciting young prospects in Years 12 and 13 with the potential to reach international honours.

Following the completion of the programme, the aim is for the players to continue in England’s pathways through to the Knights and Women’s senior team.

The Rugby Football League’s DiSE Manager, Conor Meese, says:  

“We’re delighted to have selected our DiSE cohort for the next two years. There are some really talented young players amongst the group who are definitely showing signs that they could progress through the ranks within the women’s game, and it is our job to help and aid that development.

“The programme is giving young players invaluable experience, as shown by our recent trip to Perpignan with the class of 21’, and I hope that we can continue to see our DiSE graduates reaching the very top of the women’s game as Keara [Bennett] and Eboni [Partington] have.”

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