A Battle of the Giants This was another game to show the PWR at its best. First met third, another repeat of last year’s final. Could G-H possibly hold out against ravenous Chiefs again? The hosts were suffering cruelly from injuries; it was hard to credit how many players they were short of: Heard, Venner,
The league takes a sort of break this weekend with only a single match to enjoy. But it gives us the chance to see how things are faring. Fixture: Saturday 17 February Gloucester-Hartpury v Sale Sharks, Hartpury College Stadium, 13.00 What a surprise that the two teams just happen to be sitting at the top
Just a pity that on the biggest day for the PWR (attendance-wise) the Quins side was a distance below its standards of previous seasons. Gloucester-Hartpury can now stand alongside Saracens for all-round squad strength. On parade today: eleven Red Roses, the Welsh captain and four others, two Irish internationals, two Spanish internationals (full teams below).
Preview Big Match Twickenham Stadium The game completes Round Six. We’re exactly a third of the way through the regular season. Amy Turner has made five changes to the side that lost to Chiefs three weeks ago. There are welcome returns from injury for Connie Powell and Lucy Packer. Sean Lynn makes three changes to
The fixture schedule was different this week: for the first time it spread across three days, with Bears taking on Gloucester-Hartpury at 19.30 on Friday evening. And sure enough, it was freezing cold. Whose bright idea was this? That helps to explain the lack of scoring, just a try in each half for Gloucester-Hartpury. The
A number of firsts: Glos-Pury’s first victory The first final to involve two clubs outside London. The first final to be played on the home ground of one of the finalists, a feature not to be repeated. But how to be sure? Choose HQ? Vickii Cornborough did suggest it six years ago. The first time
The tightness of the result (see below) tells us all we need to know about the narrow margins at work. G-H were on top for long periods of the game, their fluent combinations threatening to open up the Bears’ defences time and again. Yet they managed only three tries for all that endeavour. The first
Saracens v Gloucester-Hartpury Two barely recognisable squads gave the lie to the term ’reserve weekend’. The unofficial international between Wales and the USA Falcons deprived the head coaches of a host of players. Contracted England players were noticeable for their absence and Sonia Green was a late withdrawal. This is the game that had to
The 2021/22 Allianz Cup match between Gloucester-Hartpury and DMP Durham Sharks has been postponed. The interim decision to postpone the fixture is due to DMP Durham Sharks being unable to field a team with a suitably trained front row and player safety and welfare paramount. The Pool A match was originally due to be played
In the Sunday match Sarries showed what it takes to be runaway leaders year after year. A thoroughly talented and dogged side like Gloucester-Hartpury just couldn’t keep them from adding to their harvest of tries. Poppy Cleall is like a one-woman-band. There are times when she seems to be an entire team. Her offloads are
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