Premiership Women's Rugby
This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Premiership Women’s Rugby news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoSaracens cruise to Allianz Premier 15s final with victory over Harlequins
Saracens avenged last season's final defeat to Harlequins as they made light work of Quins in the Allianz Premier 15s semi-final....
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoTaufoou’s late strike clinches win for Lightning
By LILY PATEY Loughborough..22 Harlequins ......17 Vital try: Hallie Taufoou A BUMPER crowd of 1,500 at Franklin’s Gardens went home happy...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSarries leave it late to edge out spirited Wasps
By BEN HART Saracens ........31 Wasps ..............26 SARACENS pipped Wasps in a London derby thriller at the StoneX to round-off an...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoExeter relieved to secure home semi
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ................29pts Bristol ................26pts ‘RELIEF’ was the overriding emotion for Exeter Chiefs head coach Susie Appleby as her...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoUnderwood hits four in emphatic 11-try rout
By HARRY CHRISTOPHER DMP Sharks ......0 Gloucester-H ..67 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury rounded off the season with a comprehensive win over DMP Durham Sharks...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoNine-try Warriors produce powerful finish
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Worcester ......51 Sale ..................26 WORCESTER Warriors made it back-to-back victories to end their campaign strongly, running in nine...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoPhillip’s brace seals Warriors revival
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Double: Carys Phillips Worcester ......34 Loughborough 24 WORCESTER Warriors came from 24-17 down at the break to seal...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBears into the play-offs despite heavy defeat
By MATT MERRITT Bristol ..............26 Harlequins ......43 A PHYSICALLY imposing Harlequins used the power of their pack to propel them to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSaracens humbled by ruthless Chiefs
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ................54pts Saracens ..........12pts EXETER Chiefs secured their place in the semi-finals in the most comprehensive way possible,...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoCherry and Whites end Wasps’ play-off hope
By ED HAYWARD Gloucester-H ..36 Wasps ................7 IN THEIR last home game of the season, Gloucester-Hartpury put their opponents play-off hopes...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSilky Sale come out on top in battle of Sharks
By TOM BULMER Brace: Leah Lyons Sale Sharks ..57 DMP Sharks ......5 SALE Sharks secured their second win of the campaign...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoUnderwood seals win in super style
By JON BATHAM 5th Place Play-off Gloucester-H .........29 Saracens................. 15 ELLIE UNDERWOOD’S late try saw Gloucester Hartpury finally shake off visitors...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSixways to host Allianz Premier 15s final
The Allianz Premier 15s final will be held at Sixways, Worcester on Friday 3rd June (KO 15:00). The top four teams...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWasps winger Ellie Boatman reflects on whirlwind season
England sevens and Wasps winger Ellie Boatman has become a dual-code try scoring sensation this season as she finds herself in...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoWasps keep their play-off hopes alive
By JON BATHAM Wasps ..............30 Harlequins ......14 MEGAN Jones proved Wasps’ conductor-inchief as they steamrollered champions Harlequins to keep their end...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoLoughborough fight back for late draw
By MATT MERRITT Bristol..................26 Loughborough..26 IT all came down to a tense final 10 minutes in Bristol as Loughborough Lightning fought...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoExeter’s ruthless attack runs riot over Sharks
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ................90 Darlington MP ..7 A RAMPANT Exeter side did their top four hopes the world of good,...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoGloucester’s Sing steals victory at the death
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Gloucester-H ..15 Worcester ......12 EMMA Sing held her nerve to kick a 77th minute penalty for Gloucester-Hartpury as...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSaracens on the hunt for home semi-final
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Saracens v Sale Today, Kick-off 2pm, Stone X Stadium SARACENS head coach Alex Austerberry is seeing Sunday’s...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBears confident for wrestle with the leaders
PREVIEW... By IMOGEN AINSWORTH Bristol Bears v Saracens Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, Shaftesbury Park BRISTOL host Saracens at Shaftesbury Park today in...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoHarlequins keep the pressure on title rivals
By TOM BULMER Darlington MP....5 Harlequins........48 Harlequins ran in eight tries to secure maximum points from their trip to the North...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoPlay-off hunting Exeter blow Worcester away
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Exeter ..............60 Worcester ........7 EXETER Chiefs banished the demons of last weekend’s heart-breaking late defeat to Loughborough, as...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoLightning denied late victory by the upright
By MATT MERRITT Loughborough..19 Gloucester-H ....19 LOUGHBOROUGH saw a late penalty strike the upright to deny them victory. The teams were...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoWasps score nine to condemn Sale’s woes
By SAM BYTHEWAY Sale ..................14 Wasps ............53 WASPS gained an important five points in the battle for the Premier 15’s top...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBristol’s power game puts squeeze on Wasps
By JON BATHAM Wasps ................5 Bristol ................7 FORWARDS dominated as Bristol dealt a hammer blow to Wasps’ top-four hopes in the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoKabeya grabs late double to deny the Chiefs
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Loughborough..28 Exeter ..............25 A LATE double from Sadia Kabeya stunned Exeter Chiefs to secure a bonuspoint victory for...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoNine-try Worcester prove too strong for Sharks
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Worcester ........57 Darlington MP 17 WORCESTER Warriors Women ran in nine tries as they overran DMP Durham Sharks...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoFletcher returns as Quins look to put on a show
By FIONA LYONS PREVIEW... Harlequins v Sale Today. Kick-off 3pm, Twickenham Stoop HARLEQUINS head coach Gerard Mullen has made just one...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoQuins bounce back in style
By STEWART McCULOUGH Harlequins ....42 Worcester ......15 HARLEQUINS got back to winning ways with a resounding victory at The Stoop to...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSnowsill puts seal on thrilling Bears win
By STEWART MCCULLOUGH Bristol ...................... 12 Worcester............... 10 WALES international Elinor Snowsill held her nerve to convert Kayleigh Powell’s 76th minute...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoMuir leads Wasps charge with hat-trick
By TOM BULMER DMP Durham..............0 Wasps.......................46 WASPS ran out emphatic winners over DMP Durham Sharks at the Darlington Arena. Giselle Mather’s...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoInjury-hit Sarries see off battling Quins
By MATT MERRITT Harlequins................ 8 Saracens.................22 SARACENS put in a battling performance to come out on top in front of more...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoTry-star Davies sparks Lightning surge
By CHRIS HENDREN Sale............................. 3 Loughborough.......32 LARK DAVIES survived an early injury scare to lead Loughborough to a convincing win at...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoChiefs edge it as Underwood sees red
By SIMON BEASLEY Gloucester-H..........32 Exeter.......................36 EXETER Chiefs edged past Gloucester Hartpury in a ten-try thriller. Kanako Kobayashi opened the scoring for...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoLightning fire ten past bottom dwelling Sharks
By JON BATHAM Loughborogh ..58 Darlington MP....5 FLYERS Georgie Lingham and Bo Westcombe-Evans led a ten-try romp as Loughborough hammered bottom...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoStruggling Sale braced for daunting Bears fight
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Sale v Bristol Today, Kick-off 2pm AFTER six straight defeats Sharks must do battle with the title...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoFlo keeps her cool to land Wasps late leveller
By HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO Wasps ..............15 Exeter ..............15 WASPS fly-half Flo Williams struck a late penalty to take a share of the...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoCokayne stars as Quins grit out bonus win
By HARRY LATHAM-COYLE Harlequins ......26 Gloucester-H ..12 INJURY-hit Harlequins ended Gloucester-Hartpury’s winning run with a gritty bonus point victory. Having been...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoLeaders survive scare in high-scoring thriller
By BEN HART Saracens ........39 Worcester ......28 SARACENS pulled clear in the final five minutes to edge a nail-biter at StoneX...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSharks show fight but Warriors just too strong
By TOM BULMER DMP ....................5 Worcester ......74 WORCESTER kicked off 2022 with a bonus point win over DMP Durham Sharks at...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoSaracens find groove after early onslaught
By RICHARD LANE Sale Sharks ....26 Saracens ........41 SARACENS had to work hard for victory after a fierce opening quarter, but...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoFree flowing Lightning surge to big victory
By MATT MERRITT Wasps ..............22 Loughborough..41 WASPS rallied in the latter stages of each half but it was not enough to...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoIoan welcomes rookies into first camp for Wales
Uncapped: Madi Johns EIGHT uncapped players are included in Wales Women’s first training camp of the year. Madi Johns, Lilliana Podpadec,...
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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years agoWRU name first Wales Women retainer contracts
Nine Wales Women players have been handed retainer contracts and joined the WRU’s performance programme. Last week, the WRU announced Welsh...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoCleall claims bonus try as Sarries surge on
By BEN JOHNSON Loughborough..12 Saracens ........27 SARACENS opened up a two-point lead at the top of the table with Poppy Cleall’s...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoErrors cost Gloucester the full five points
By SAM BYTHEWAY Glouc-Hartpury.. 17 Sale Sharks ......3 GLOUCESTER-Hartpury extended their winning run to four games. The freezing, damp conditions at...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoBears bite back after their shock defeat
By TOM BULMER DMP Sharks ......7 Bristol Bears ..47 BRISTOL bounced back from last weekend’s home defeat to Gloucester-Hartpury to notch...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoWales ace Carys returns to beef up pack
By SAM JACKSON PREVIEW... Worcester v Wasps Today. Kick-off 2pm WARRIORS open their 2022 account at Sixways with Wales pair Carys...
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Women's Premier 15's
/ 4 years agoMore to come warns Chiefs coach Appleby
By GEORGIE PRICE PREVIEW... Exeter v Harlequins Today. Kick-off 2.30pm, live on BBC Sport EXETER are determined to build on their...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWRU hand out first full-time Wales Women contracts
The first full-time Wales Women players have been contracted by the Welsh Rugby Union. 12 players have accepted contracts – two...















