PWR – Round 13 Saturday Matches Saracens v Leicester Tigers Gloucester-Hartpury v Loughborough Lightning Saracens v Leicester Tigers “We knew we had to come out and execute”. So said Poppy Cleall, after she won the Player of the Match award. Her words were only too well chosen. Tigers were executed to the extent of a
Lilli Ives Campion and Daisy Hibbert-Jones will both achieve significant milestones when Loughborough Lightning take on Gloucester-Hartpury this weekend. Second row Ives Campion, aged just 21, will run out at Kingsholm Stadium on Saturday (kick-off: 2pm) for her 50th Premiership Women’s Rugby game, and her 63rd outing overall in an African Violet shirt. The Red
Was it design or accident that saw Genevieve Shore move across from Chair to Chief Executive of the PWR board on the same day as the Red Roses acquired a new captain? Of the two appointments we might consider the choice of Zoe Aldcroft more predictable than Shore. The PWR had been leaderless since early
Premiership Women’s Rugby has announced the appointment of Genevieve Shore as the new Executive Chair of the organisation, effective immediately. With more than two decades of leadership experience leading teams, growing businesses and advocating for women’s sport, Shore will drive the continued growth and success of PWR and the future of women’s rugby in England.
Just five rounds of the regular season left. The big talking-point is the presence of five clubs fighting for the four places in the play-offs. That adds drama and tension to the affair. The top five shape up like this after twelve rounds. Table
PWR – Round 12 – Sunday Games Bristol Bears v Gloucester-Hartpury Loughborough Lightning v Saracens Bristol Bears v Gloucester-Hartpury After the Big Game at Twickenham came Bears’ attempt at staging an even bigger one. According to many pundits this was the way women’s rugby, even rugby as a whole, must go. It was Ilona Maher’s
Two on offer here: Trailfinders v Harlequins Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks Trailfinders v Harlequins This may not have been the box-office hit of the weekend, but it showed PWR at its very best. Sixth played first, but you could hardly slide a pin between them. Quins started like the well-oiled machine they have been
Harlequins Head Coach Ross Chisholm names his squad for this Saturday’s trip to Trailfinders Sports Ground, as Quins go in search of their ninth consecutive victory in the PWR. The front-row remains unchanged from Big Game with Lizzie Hanlon at tighthead, Connie Powell at hooker and Silvia Turani at loosehead. Wallaroo Kaitlan Leaney comes back
Harlequins have announced that the Club’s Women’s team have broken the World Record for attendance at a Women’s club rugby match for a fourth consecutive year at Big Game, as a crowd of 18,055 were treated to a 42-17 Quins victory at Allianz Stadium. Using high resolution 360 imagery from the event and specialist software
Loughborough Lightning have added more international quality to their squad after signing Canadian forward Courtney Holtkamp until the end of the 2024/25 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 25-year-old second row joins the African Violets for a third spell having made 18 appearances across the 2020/21 and 2021/22 campaigns. Holtkamp enjoyed a meteoric rise in rugby
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