On a day of high scoring there were two shocks to stir the soul. Results: Exeter Chiefs 59 Leicester Tigers 27 Harlequins 27 Trailfinders Women 54 Loughborough Lightning 24 Saracens 33 Sale Sharks 27 Bristol Bears 24 The Matches Harlequins v Trailfinders Women Within two minutes Abby Dow scored from inside her own 10 metres.
PWR – Preview Round 18 This is a last chance for the fans of five clubs to see their team in action this season. How many of the five are surprise additions to this list? None. That is how predictable the league has become. The match-day schedule is reshaped once again, all these last-round games
Amy Turner has named her side to take on Trailfinders Women in season finale of the 2023/24 Allianz PWR. Retiring Harlequins legends Shaunagh Brown, Rachael Burford and Emily Scott have been named in the Starting XV, as the iconic trio prepare for their final game in the Quarters. The front-row remains unchanged from The Game
Helena Rowland returns for Loughborough Lightning for their final game of the Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby season this weekend against Saracens. The England international has been out of action since suffering a hand injury during the Guinness Women’s Six Nations opening round victory over Italy in late March, but has recovered for Sunday’s fixture at
Loughborough Lightning can confirm six players will be leaving the club upon the conclusion of Sunday’s Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby clash with Saracens Women. The cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens encounter is the African Violets’ final game of the 2023/24 campaign as they seek to sign off the season with a third consecutive victory following
A few hours after the test match in Auckland, we were transported to North London for another game that was a test match in all but name. As you watched this top-table clash, you had to wonder how either side might have got on if they’d been in North Harbour too. Could G-H have beaten
Harlequins Head Coach Amy Turner has named her side to face Bristol Bears Women on Saturday 25 May in the fourth instalment of Quins’ landmark women’s fixture – The Game Changer. In the front-row, Italian loosehead Silvia Turani returns to the Starting XV alongside Springbok Women’s captain Babalwa Latsha and Welsh hooker Carys Phillips. The
Loughborough Lightning have made four changes to their starting line-up for this weekend’s penultimate round of the Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby season away at Trailfinders Women. The African Violets travel to the capital fresh from a bonus-point victory over Harlequins and another five-point haul on Saturday (kick-off: 12.30pm) will secure fifth place in the final
This was an unusual round – three Sunday games, and only one on Saturday. But it marked a turning-point in the 2023-24 season. Gloucester-Hartpury claimed an unbeatable first place after demolishing Trailfinders. The other Sunday games also showed big wins; the one shock being a heavy defeat at home for Chiefs, Sarries’ first ever win
Round 15, the first since the Six Nations, ended like this: Harlequins 47 Leicester Tigers 12 Loughborough Lightning 26 Gloucester-Hartpury 61 Saracens 54 Sale Sharks 21 Trailfinders Women 10 Exeter Chiefs 40 (Bristol Bears weren’t able to play; you know why.) It was hot! I haven’t typed that word for a month or three. Scoring
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