St Helens women's trailblazers Jodie Cunningham and Emily Rudge announce retirement from rugby league

St Helens captain Jodie Cunningham and vice-captain Emily Rudge have announced they will both retire from rugby league at the end of the 2026 season. Both aged 34, the lifelong friends are England's two most capped women's players and have played together since school. The pair revealed they had mutually agreed to retire at the same time.