Bristol Ladies earn bonus point victory over Richmond

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A try for each of the Bristol front row helped the home side to a 47 – 5 victory over Richmond Women this afternoon on a poignant day for the club. A minute’s silence was observed at the start of the game, and across several other rugby clubs, in memory of Jen Lander – a player who was a huge part of Bristol Ladies who passed away earlier this week.

The passion and emotion of the day was evident from the home side right from kick off through to the half time whistle, as Bristol scored seven unanswered tries in the first 40 minutes.

Amy Wilson Hardy (sponsored by Massey Cladding Solutions) showed her pace and skills down the wing scoring a hat-trick of well worked tries, outrunning the Richmond defence on multiple occasions. Forwards Abbie Parsons (sponsored by Empica PR), Clara Nielson and Sarah Bern (sponsored by Fifth Consultancy) also crossed in the first half as Bristol showed their strength across the field. Sydney Gregson (Dambusters Rugby and EML Retail) added the seventh using her strength in the tackle to battle down the field and cross. Meg Jones converted one, taking the halftime score to 37 -0.

The second half continued in the same vein with Izzy Noel Smith and Marlie Packer crossing in the first 15 minutes, with Bristol continuing to push at every opportunity.

Things shifted slightly on 65 minutes, as Sarah Bern and then Daisy Travers were both shown yellow cards in quick succession, being penalised for infringements at the scrum and in defence. Richmond used the advantage in numbers to power over from a driving maul for their only score of the game, scored by Rowena Burnfield – however the Bristol defence worked hard to deny them any further momentum. Sarah Bern was back on the field for the final play of the game and showed her threat as she stormed down the wing looking for her second of the afternoon. She was sent into touch by a cover tackle from Richmond and the final whilst blew on 47 – 5, with Bristol securing the bonus point win and maintaining their spot at the top of the Premiership table for another week.

Final Score: Bristol Ladies 47 – 5 Richmond Women

Scores Schedule:

Minutes	Team	Type	Player	Score
2	BRI	TRY	Parsons	5 – 0
4	BRI	TRY	Wilson Hardy	10 – 0
4	BRI	CONV	Jones	12 – 0
10	BRI	TRY	Bern	17 – 0
18	BRI	TRY	Wilson Hardy	22 – 0
28	BRI	TRY	Wilson Hardy	27 – 0
34	BRI	TRY	Nielson	32 – 0
37	BRI	TRY	Gregson	37 – 0
44	BRI	TRY	Noel Smith	42 – 0
50	BRI	TRY	Packer	47 – 0
65	BRI	YELLOW	Bern	47 – 0
66	RICH	TRY	Burnfield	47 – 5
69	BRI	YELLOW	Travers	47 – 5

Team Sheet:

1. Abbie Parsons (35 minutes)
2. Clara Nielson
3. Sarah Bern
4. Amelia Buckland Hurry (70 minutes)
5. Kayleigh Armstrong (55 minutes)
6. Izzy Noel Smith (55 minutes)
7. Poppy Leitch
8. Poppy Cleall (40 minutes)
9. Taz Bricknell
10. Megan Jones (70 minutes)
11. Amy Wilson Hardy
12. Lucy Attwood
13. Sydney Gregson
14. Chantelle Miell (55 minutes)
15. Cat McNaney

16. Daisy Travers (for Parsons)
17. Clea Fawcett (for Buckland Hurry)
18. Kate Newton (for Cleall)
19. Liv Jones (for Armstrong)
20. Marlie Packer (for Cleall)
21. Lottie Holland (for Miell)
22. Sarah Graham (for Jones)

Report courtesy of Emma Bacon, Bristol Ladies Media, sponsored by Wring Group