Gloucester Continue Unbeaten Start - Pwr Round-up

Gloucester Hartpury's unbeaten commencement to their Premiership Women's Rugby run continued pinch triumph complete Sale Sharks, while Saracens kept up nan unit connected nan convention leaders pinch an emphatic triumph complete struggling Leicester Tigers.

Defending PWR champions Gloucester ran retired 40-24 winners astatine Kingsholm, pinch Rachel Lund scoring a hat-trick successful a six-try haul.

Gloucester's lead astatine nan apical of nan array stayed astatine 5 points arsenic second-placed Saracens maintained nan power pinch a 79-5 triumph complete bottommost broadside Leicester.

Elsewhere, Trailfinders moved into 3rd pinch a 45-19 location triumph complete Bristol Bears.

Pacesetters Gloucester Hartpury were forced to travel from down against Sale arsenic Erica Jarrell-Searcy went complete for a converted effort wrong 7 minutes, but nan leaders quickly levelled pinch Lund's first of nan afternoon.

Tries from Alex Matthews and Sisilia Tuipolutu put nan champions successful beforehand earlier a Nikita Prothero people narrowed nan Sharks' shortage earlier half-time.

After nan break, scores by Lund and Neve Jones established a 26-point lead for Gloucester Hartpury earlier Shona Campbell and Charlotte Fry salvaged a losing prize constituent for Sale pinch consolation tries.

Meanwhile, location were 9 different Saracens scorers astatine StoneX Stadium arsenic nan hosts made it 3 wins from three, while Leicester Tigers mislaid by much than 70 points for nan 2nd successive game.

While nan Tigers vanished pointless past clip retired against nan Bears, it was 55-0 to Saracens earlier nan visitors sewage disconnected nan people done an unconverted effort by Eneka Labeyrie, pinch slim hopes of chasing defeated by nan yellowish paper past shown to Clodagh Dunne.

There was still clip for Saracens to twist nan weapon arsenic Olivia Apps touched down aft an unthinkable 60-metre transportation and Poppy Cleall completed a hat-trick.

Assisted by an early yellowish paper for Bears' Simi Pam, Trailfinders made a agleam commencement against Bristol who clawed themselves level earlier a people by Alana Borland connected nan changeable of half-time sent nan hosts successful pinch a 24-14 lead and quashed nan Bears' momentum.

Though a people by Evie Gallagher reduced nan deficit, nan Bears were dominated aft nan break arsenic nan location broadside stormed to a 45-19 victory, moving them 5 points up of nan Bears pinch a bonus-point win.

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