PWR champions Gloucester-Hartpury thrash Saracens

Rugby Women’s Premiership

Gloucester-Hartpury: (19) 40

Heard Cons: Sing 5 class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Tries: Muir, Jones 2, Shekells, Monaghan, Jones 2, Shekells, Monaghan,

Saracens: (0) 14

Reigning Rugby Women’s Premiership champions Gloucester-Hartpury opened their new season with a convincing six-try 40-14 win against Saracens.

11 internationals from England and Canada, who had previously competed in the World Cup final, were present for the match, which was a replay of the PWR final from the previous year.

In Kingsholm, Gloucester-Hartpury’s all-star cast firmly won in front of a crowd of 4,200 in front of the club, racing to a 26-0 lead before Saracens put anything on the board.

As May Campbell and Amelia MacDougall scored Saracens’ two tries, Wales’ Kelsey Jones scored twice while Red Roses Maud Muir, Jade Shekells, Tatyana Heard, and Sam Monaghan all scored twice.

Gloucester-Harptury dominated possession, territory, and the scoreboard despite not playing together since they won the championship in March. They never showed signs of weariness or cobwebs.

As Dan Murphy’s first league appearance, it marked the beginning of a new era for the three-time champions.

Within two minutes, Muir set the tone by intercepting scrum-half Natasha “Mo” Hunt’s quick pass to barrel through two tacklers and under the posts.

Shekells added their third as the ball went wide and Gloucester-Hartpury exploited their numbers on the overlap, and Jones, who missed last year due to an ACL injury, powered over as the hosts’ maul surged forward from a third consecutive line-out.

Saracens won six games in recent weeks to win the PWR Cup, but they were outdone in every way as Ireland’s Monaghan, who had knee surgery and made her debut for Gloucester-Hartpury, stretched over for the bonus point fourth try on 47 minutes.

“I was squealing from ear to ear the entire game, and the atmosphere the crowd created was magical,” Monaghan said of the game.

To put out a performance like this in just a few weeks, she continued. It demonstrates the group’s resolve and drive.

“We are aware that there is still a lot of growth to come, that game needs to be improved week after week,” he said.

Campbell and the Londoners eventually scored the winning try, but Jones scored her second try just five minutes later and Gloucester-Hartpury added another try.

N. Jones, Bradley, Samuda, Williams, Lewis, Davies, Goulden, and Dallavalle are the replacements.

McKenna, Breach, Gregson, Hardy, Corrigan, Harrison (c), Sellors, Clifford, Field, Tremelling, De Goede, Galligan, Evans, Cleall, M. Packer, and others.

Campbell, Crake, Rose, McMillan, Wright-Haley, MacDougall, Blacklock, Linkins, and Campbell.