ELLAND Road will host next year's Challenge Cup semi finals.

The home of Leeds United Football Club will host both games as part of a "triple header" with the Women's Challenge Cup Final on Saturday, May 7.

It is the third year in a row that the women's showpiece has been held in conjunction with last-four ties in the men's competition.

“The growing profile of Women’s and Girls’ Rugby League has been a huge success story for the game in recent years, and taking the 2022 Betfred Women’s Challenge Cup Final to Elland Road represents another significant step forward," RFL chief commercial officer Mark Foster said.

“Elland Road is a Premier League football stadium with a strong history of staging big Rugby League occasions, including one famous men’s Challenge Cup Final replay between Hull FC and Widnes in 1982.

“Now the Betfred Challenge Cup triple header will fall firmly into that category.

"The Women’s Challenge Cup Final is proving increasingly popular both with Rugby League supporters and with our broadcast partners and TV viewers, as we saw when the Women’s Final was shown live on BBC2 for the first time earlier this year.

“We are confident that more supporters than ever will want to be at Elland Road to watch the Betfred Women’s Challenge Cup Final in 2022, and it will be a fitting stage for the brilliant athletes who are driving the development of Women’s Rugby League.

“With Elland Road also staging a Men’s Semi Final in the Rugby League World Cup next autumn, there’s so much to look forward to in 2022.”

Warrington Wolves will also be involved in the draw for the first round of the Women's Challenge Cup on Tuesday.

Sixteen teams will be drawn into four groups, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the quarter finals.

The Wire have been placed in Pool Two for the seedings.

Betfred Women’s Challenge Cup 2022

First Round seedings

Pool One – St Helens, Leeds Rhinos, York City Knights, Castleford Tigers

Pool Two – Wigan Warriors, Huddersfield Giants, Featherstone Rovers, Warrington Wolves

Pool Three – Bradford Bulls, Wakefield Trinity, Barrow Raiders, Leigh Miners Rangers

Pool Four – The Army, Hull FC, Oulton Raidettes, Widnes Vikings