PWR Round 9 The champions started like champions. From an attacking line-out they drove ten metres for Neve Jones to open their account. Emma Sing was today’s kicker. 0-7 The weather was still, let’s call it, inclement; yesterday’s rain and wind continued. So when G-H switched their attack from forward power to spreading wider, handling
PWR – Round Nine’s Saturday Games First, your weather report: Storm Darragh brought high winds, heavy rain and a first cancellation of the season. It had to be the most anticipated match thus far: Bristol Bears v Exeter Chiefs. So Ilona Maher was saved a few thousand selfies and autographs. But the disappointment was great.
Sadia Kabeya makes her first Loughborough Lightning start of the 2024/25 season against Gloucester-Hartpury at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens this weekend. The Red Roses flanker made her return to action from injury as a half-time replacement against Saracens last weekend, and will now operate from blindside flanker against the Premiership Women’s Rugby defending champions
PWR – Round Nine Preview Fixtures Saturday 7 December Leicester Tigers v Saracens 12.30 Trailfinders v Sale Sharks 15.00 (live stream) Bristol Bears v Exeter Chiefs 15.05 (viewable on TNT) Sunday 8 December Loughborough Lightning v Gloucester-Hartpury It’s Quins’ chance to get some Christmas shopping done early. The biggest talking-point by far will be the
Breaking news: Bristol Bears are switching their derby game against Gloucester-Hartpury to the football ground, Ashton Gate, owing to “unprecendented demand”. And this, despite the fact that head coach, Dave Ward, had given a strong hint that their new signing, Ilona Maher, would be unlikely to feature for a while. She’d need time to grow
The odds swing Bookmakers across the world were hard at it yesterday, reassessing their odds on a Bristol Bears’ win in the 2024-25 PWR league. In their estimation Bears will win all their remaining games by a margin. Their competitiors might as well give up the chase. News of Ilona Maher’s signing has sent shudders
Ilona Maher has signed a short-term contract with Bristol Bears. This news is no sort of shock, but it introduces all manner of reactions. Here’s a conversation I overheard on a Bristol bus: Q. Why does the PWR allow players to join clubs that don’t need strengthening? Bears are the best, the strongest club in
PWR Round 8 – Sunday Match Of course it does, but we need to see how that claim is working out. The two winless sides met in Lancashire. This is where the heart of the PWR must be; Sale Sharks and Leicester Tigers fighting for their self-respect. Sharks put up a perfectly decent performance, scoring
Three games here. Saturday saw two London sides hosting. Both Sarries and Quins were anxious to ensure every point; one of the top five clubs was going to face bitter disappointment come the season’s end. For the present they could take advantage against two sides pitched a distance behind them. Quins v Trailfinders Trailfinders conceded
Ilona Maher (USA) has received official PWR backing from Genevieve Shore, the chair, for a visa application that would allow her to join one of its clubs. The two thought likeliest are Gloucester-Hartpury and Bristol Bears, who sit third and fourth in the league table at present. Of course it’s perfectly possible that other clubs
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