[4] The partnership meant that the team had use of the facilities at the Knights training base at York St John University's sports park.

[24] In January 2023, the team became the second in the Super League to announce that it would introduce payments for their players following the statement made in October by Leeds Rhinos.

[29] Sinead Peach, who was promoted to team captain at the start of the season,[22] won the 2023 Woman of Steel, and Lindsay Anfield was named Women's Super League Coach of the Year.

[30] On 27 October 2023, York became the first team in the Women's Super League to sign its players on to professional contracts with Peach, Stanley and Liv Wood each offered two-year deals.

[38][39] On 6 October, York defeated St Helens 18–8 in the Grand Final to become the first team to successfully defend the Super League title.

[3][47] In 2021 a £1 million investment, partly funded by the Rugby League World Cup CreatedBy programme, was used to build a 4G pitch matching the specifications of York Community Stadium.

[46][48] During the 2021 Rugby League World Cup the sports park hosted the Cook Islands women's team[49] and was the venue for the warm-up match between the Valkyrie and the Papua New Guinea Orchids on 20 October 2022.

[52] In May 2021, the Valkyrie played their first match at the Community Stadium; the semi-final of the Challenge Cup in which a hat-trick by Savannah Andrade saw York overcome Castleford 32–4.

[56] In October 2023, the crowd of 4,547 for the match between York Valkyrie and Leeds Rhinos set an attendance record for a RFL Women's Super League Grand Final.