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Saints have been a major force in domestic women’s rugby league since their formation in 2017 and have won three Challenge Cups and a Super League title during that time.
Their meteoric rise has happened fast, from playing at a local park to sharing the Totally Wicked Stadium with the club’s men’s side.
“For us we’ve been through a journey with women’s rugby league with how it’s grown until it’s got to this place,” Cunningham added.
“We’ve gone from barely getting enough teams to play games, or checking the pitch for dog muck and glass before you play, to playing at Wembley and having the Totally Wicked Stadium as our home ground.”
Cunningham’s fellow England international Emily Rudge is also impressed with the rise of the club in a short space of time.
“The sport has come such a long way since I started playing. As an amateur club we were playing out of parks and we really struggled to get a team together,” Rudge told BBC Radio Merseyside.
“We struggled to get any sort of funding for kit. We packed bags in Morrisons to raise money for it.
“Now to see where we are, playing for an incredible club in St Helens, playing at a stadium on a regular basis, getting paid, playing at Wembley, that is such a massive journey we’ve come on. I feel fortunate to have experienced it all.”
