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Bears’ Tea-Party PWR – Catch-up Weekend

Two delayed matches: Bears v Chiefs Sharks v Trailfinders Bears v Chiefs A vital game for both sides. Bears nudged ahead when an attacking penalty saw Sarah Bern take a carving-knife through midfield before serving Keira Bevan. (7-0) Bern gave John Mitchell a sharp reminder who his first-choice tight-head is. Hope Rogers made an early

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Source: PWR

PWR – Catch-up Weekend

Fixtures: Saturday 8 February: Bears v Chiefs Sharks v Trailfinders These are the two matches that fell foul of some unfriendly weather. The Big One is Exeter Chiefs against Bristol Bears. Both clubs have produced outstanding results, coupled with unwelcome upsets. Consistency has been lacking, which makes predicting the outcome next to impossible. Certainly Sandy

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Source: Exeter Chiefs

PWR – Chiefs v Quins, plus other matters

The narrowest of margins Exeter Chiefs v Harlequins  A dramatic start: DaLeaka Menin went down injured in the first minute; a yellow for Silvia Turani who caused the mishap. Merry Doidge was held up over line, but Rogers opened the Chiefs’ account inside five minutes. By a great irony, Rogers would later cop her own

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Source: Loughborough Lightning

Beckett leaves Lightning with immediate effect

Loughborough Lightning today confirm that assistant coach Charlie Beckett has left the Club with immediate effect. Beckett joined Loughborough for his first full-time coaching position in the summer of 2024, following his retirement from playing professional rugby. The 29-year-old will pursue a new coaching role away from Loughborough, and the Club opted not to apply

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Source: Saracens

PWR – Round 16 – Saturday Matches

Bears bow again Results Leicester Tigers 7 Gloucester-Hartpury 38 Bristol Bears 22 Loughborough Lightning 31 Trallfinders Women 17 Saracens 31 Trailfinders Women v Saracens As so often, TF got on top at once. Abi Burton made a charge-down; a penalty followed. On two minutes they produced a catch and drive, and a line-out brought them

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Source: Stu Vincent

Lightning make three changes to their starting line-up

Loughborough Lightning have made three changes to their starting line-up for their penultimate Premiership Women’s Rugby game of the 2024/25 season, away at Bristol Bears. Fresh from scoring her second try of the campaign from the bench away at Leicester Tigers, Carmela Morrall starts at inside centre at a sold-out Shaftesbury Park on Saturday 1

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Source: PWR

PWR – Round 16 – Preview

Fixtures Saturday Tigers v Glos-Pury Midlands v West Bears v Lightning West v Midlands Trallfinders v Sarries London v London Sunday Chiefs v Quins West v London Background I present the fixtures slightly differently this time, to show a feature that I still find disturbing. It’s Sale’s turn to stay at home, so we are

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Source: PWR

Fancy another Round?

There have been memorable rounds of the PWR over the past eight years, but few to equal the drama of Round 15 2025. So dramatic, that I invite you to enjoy a second draught. In General There were three outstandingly exciting games to enjoy: only the Welford Road match was the away banker it had

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