Sale Sharks, who won only one game last season, made a strong start to their Premiership Women’s rugby campaign with a 46-17 victory over Leicester Tigers.
A dominant opening-period performance earlier on Saturday earned the Chiefs of Exeter a 24-12 victory over Trailfinders.
As Sale entered half-time leading 34-5, an expert performance before the break changed things.
The hosts also benefitted from a penalty try, which Lizzie Duffy successfully converted, and Amy Cokayne, Erica Jarrell, Holly Thorpe, Rhona Lloyd, Katie Childs, also scored in the opening half.
Tess Feury headed over for Leicester, but Sale quickly responded when Amy Relf converted and added another try in the 43rd minute before Trudy Cowan’s score of 46-5.
After 13 minutes, Liv McGoverne gave Exeter a strong opening lead with a loose ball before Hope Rogers seized a loose ball and headed over with a successful conversion.
Gabriella Nigrelli delivered her team’s third try with the help of Maisy Allen’s excellent quick attack, with McGoverne adding the extras to make it 19-0 at the break.
In the 49th minute, McGoverne’s team scored a looping pass to England’s Claudia Moloney-MacDonald, who had already led 24-0.
Kate Zackary gave the hosts hope when she saw a gap and dived over in the 54th minute, with Meg Jones scoring. Trailfinders appeared to be firmly out of the picture.
However, their encouraging second-half performance saw only five more points as Georgia Ponsonby flung the deficit wide in a packed area.
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Source: BBC
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