Botterman bombs past Warriors’ defences
Worcester ……26 Saracens ……..48
HANNAH Botterman scored two tries in Saracens' emphatic victory over Worcester Warriors at Sixways.
Poppy Cleall and MacKenzie Carson also struck twice, with Rachel laqeretabua and Eloise Hayward also crossing to seal Sarries' 11th straight win.
Worcester opened the scoring with Vicky Laflin finishing in the corner on eight minutes, before Sarries hit back in stunning fashion.
A driving maul saw Carson crash over before Cleall charged down a clearance kick and scored her side's second.
Sarries then made it 17-5 when a fine counter-attack was finished by Botterman.
All the momentum was with the visitors as Cleall scored her second, which Lisa Martin improved before laqeretabua powered over in the corner.
Warriors had the final say in the half as Laura Keates scored after patient build-up.
Sarah Nicholas' conversion closed the gap to 29-12 at halftime.
But Sarries came out firing, with Carson scoring following a great line by Cara Wardle and Hayward then crossing after Martin's conversion.
Hayward saw yellow for a deliberate knock-on that gifted Warriors a penalty try but Botterman struck again, with Martin adding the extras.
But Worcester secured a bonus-point try when Sioned Harries swept over late on and Nicholas converted.
