2023-04-12 10:00:00
BOX 2 - Episode Eight: Caitlin Beevers
2021-11-29 16:39:03
Women's Players of the Year announced
Debut: vs Bradford Bulls (A) 15/4/2018
Honours -
Grand Final: Winner 2019, 2022; Finalist 2018, 2021, 2023
Challenge Cup: Winner 2018, 2019; Finalist 2022, 2023, 2024
League Leaders' Shield: 2018
After being selected for the Academy team at the start of the 2018 season, Caitlin Beevers was called up to the first team for their first Women's Super League campaign and secured her place for the remainder of the season, despite being 16 years old for the majority of the campaign.
The Dewsbury born player has proved to be versatile across the back line, playing most of her debut seasons at full back before transitioning into the centres more recently.
She finished her debut season as the team's top try scorer with 17 tries, one coming in the Challenge Cup Final when the Rhinos won their first piece of silverware, and another coming in the Grand Final against Wigan. To cap off a memorable year, she was named Young Player of the Year and made her first England appearance against France.
In 2019, she was part of a dangerous back line that aided Leeds to Grand Final and Challenge Cup success. She finished the season with 11 tries, notably scoring in all four rounds of the Cup including a spectacular length of the field effort to claim a 16-10 win over St Helens in the semi final. To cap her year off, she celebrated her 18th birthday by winning the Grand Final before flying to Australia and Papua New Guinea to represent England.
After the Covid pandemic stopped the 2020 season from going ahead, Beevers produced another top season in 2021, missing only one game and scoring nine tries.
As the Rhinos competed for all three pieces of domestic silverware in 2022, Beevers battled the season out with Fran Goldthorp as the pair finished as Leeds' joint top try scorers with 13. Beevers was ever-present in both league and cup action that season, particularly scoring Leeds' two tries in the Grand Final win over York. Named in England's World Cup squad too, she featured three times and scored tries against Brazil and Papua New Guinea.
2023 was underlined by an outstanding try from the centre in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley as she raced 70 metres to score at the start of the second half. Although Leeds were unable to lift the Cup, Beevers continued her try-scoring form with five throughout the season, including one in the Super League semi-final win over Saints. She also appeared in her fifth Grand Final as the Rhinos were defeated by the Valkyrie, before ending her season with an England cap and try against Wales at Headingley.
🔥 @CaitlinBeevers1, that is OUTSTANDING!
👏 The @leedsrhinos star scores one of the all-time great @wembleystadium tries!
🏆 #ChallengeCup
📺 @BBCTwo
— Betfred Challenge Cup (@TheChallengeCup) August 12, 2023
Sidelined for the start of the 2024 season, she returned in time for the start of the Betfred Women's Super League season and scored two tries in the Rhinos' opening game against Huddersfield. She was also a try scorer in Leeds' Challenge Cup semi final win over Wigan Warriors, and walked out at Wembley for a second time in consecutive years against St Helens. With nine tries in ten appearances under her belt, the centre's season was brought to an abrupt halt after an injury as a result of a hip-drop tackle.
Beevers made her return in 2025 - a season in which she was also named club captain. She made a full recovery from her injury to start in a 28-4 win over Huddersfield Giants and crowned the return to action with a try, before going on to help the side beat York in the final game of the regular season and take on Wigan Warriors in the semi finals.
Before joining the Rhinos, Caitlin played for Birstall Victoria before joining Dewsbury Moor and also played for her school, St John Fishers, where she has played in three national champion school finals and won both the title and player of the match in all three appearances.
She also balances her rugby with refereeing and in 2018 she became the first female to referee at Wembley when she took charge of the Steven Mullaney Memorial game, the Year Seven boys’ Champion Schools final. Outside of rugby, she currently works for Redcentric as a New Business Sales Executive apprentice
































