2022–23 Premier 15s

The 2022–23 Premier 15s is the 6th season of the Premier 15s, the highest tier of English domestic women's rugby union competition (the 24th season including editions of the previous Women's Premiership), and the 3rd to be sponsored by Allianz.

2022–23 Premier 15s
Countries England
Date19 November 2022 – 24 June 2023
ChampionsGloucester-Hartpury (1st title)
Runners-upExeter Chiefs Women
Matches played90
Highest attendance15,420 – Harlequins v Exeter, 5 March 2023
Tries scored853
(average 9.5 per match)
Top point scorerNew Zealand Liv McGoverne (Exeter) (180 points)
Top try scorerEngland Lark Davies (Bristol) (23 tries)
Official website
www.premier15s.com

The competition schedule was adapted to take place in a shortened timeframe, compared with previous seasons, in order to accommodate the 2021 Rugby World Cup.[1]

For the second year running, the Allianz Cup will take place alongside the league, with fixtures for this cup competition scheduled within the international windows during the season.

Teams

As in previous Premier 15s seasons, 10 teams have been named to compete in the 2022–23 competition.[2]

Club Director of Rugby/
Head Coach
Captain(s) Kit supplier Stadium(s) Capacity Location
Bristol Bears Women England Dave Ward England Amber Reed
England Abbie Ward
Umbro Shaftesbury Park 200 Bristol
Ashton Gate 27,000 Bristol
DMP Sharks England Jake Rodgers England Georgina Roberts Macron Northern Echo Arena 25,500 Darlington, County Durham
The Racecourse 8,500 Durham, County Durham
Exeter Chiefs Women England Susie Appleby England Poppy Leitch
United States Kate Zackary
Samurai Sandy Park 13,593 Exeter, Devon
Gloucester-Hartpury Women Wales Sean Lynn England Natasha Hunt
England Zoe Aldcroft
Oxen Sports ALPAS Arena 600 Hartpury, Gloucestershire
Kingsholm Stadium 16,115 Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Harlequins Women England Amy Turner England Rachael Burford Castore Twickenham Stoop[lower-alpha 1] 14,800 Twickenham, Greater London
Surrey Sports Park Guildford, Surrey
Loughborough Lightning Wales Rhys Edwards Scotland Rachel Malcolm Kukri Loughborough University
Stadium
3,330 Loughborough,
Leicestershire
Sale Sharks Women Wales Rachel Taylor Ireland Lauren Delany
United States Georgie Perris-Redding
Macron CorpAcq Stadium 3,387 Sale, Greater Manchester
Saracens Women England Alex Austerberry United States Lotte Clapp
England Marlie Packer
Castore StoneX Stadium 10,500 Hendon, Greater London
University of
Worcester Warriors
England Joanne Yapp Scotland Lyndsay O'Donnell VX3 Sixways Stadium 11,499 Worcester, Worcestershire
Wasps Women England LJ Lewis England Liz Crake Hummel Twyford Avenue
Sports Ground
Acton, London

Player movements

Table

As of 3 June 2023

2022–23 Premier 15s Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Tries for Tries against Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Gloucester-Hartpury Women (Q)181602744255+4891193914079 *
2Exeter Chiefs Women (Q)181503904205+6991373016278
3Saracens Women (Q)181503792315+4771185515075
4Bristol Bears Women (Q)181206658445+2131006413162
5Harlequins Women181017628407+221996012155
6University of Worcester Warriors187110457586–129758911243 **
7Sale Sharks Women187011389583–19458926135
8Loughborough Lightning185013467473–675747229 **
9DMP Sharks1820161361006–870221662010
10Wasps Women1800181141014–90016148202 *
Green background (rows 1 to 4) indicate teams in the qualification places for the end-of-season play-offs.

(CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. (Q) Qualified for play-offs.
Starting table — source: England Rugby

Notes: *Gloucester-Hartpury awarded win and 5 points for cancelled fixture against Wasps.
**University of Worcester Warriors awarded win and 5 points for cancelled fixture against Loughborough Lightning.

Tiebreakers for teams tied on points: 1) Number of matches won; 2) Difference between points for and against; 3) Total number of points for; 4) Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams; 5) Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled.

Regular season

Fixtures for the season were announced by the Rugby Football Union on 17 August 2022.[4]

Round 1

19 November 2022
14:00
(1 BP) Sale Sharks Women31 – 12DMP Sharks
Try: Fielding 10' m
Grieve 19' c
V.A. Irwin 49' c
Washington 56' c
Pursglove 72' m
Con: Duffy (3) 20', 50', 57'
ReportTry: Herrick 31' m
Ishida 68' c
Con: Ishida 68'
CorpAcq Stadium
Referee: Andrew Wigley
19 November 2022
15:00
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women64 – 0Wasps Women
Try: Molloy 3' m
Burgess (2) 5' c, 15' c
Penalty try 21'
Murray 28' c
White (2) 46' m, 49' c
Osbourn-Clarke 65' m
Phillips 70' m
Johnes 74' c
Con: Reed (5) 5', 16', 29', 49', 74'
Report
Ashton Gate
Referee: Hamish Smales
19 November 2022
15:00
Exeter Chiefs Women17 – 25Gloucester-Hartpury Women
Try: Jefferies 21' m
Buchanan 74' m
Moloney 79' c
Con: McGoverne 79'
ReportTry: Bridger 3' c
Hunt 33' c
Lund 56' m
Con: Sing (2) 4', 35'
Pen: Sing (2) 13', 70'
Sandy Park
Referee: Charles Gayther
20 November 2022
14:30
Harlequins Women14 – 28University of Worcester Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Cleall 49' c
Heryet 73' c
Con: Tuima 50'
Green 74'
ReportTry: Febrey 4' c
Laflin (2) 17' c, 70' c
Haley 52' c
Con: Foxwell (4) 5', 18', 53', 71'
Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Adam Leal
20 November 2022
14:30
(1 BP) Saracens Women34 – 21Loughborough Lightning
Try: Campbell (3) 13' c, 31' m, 43' m
Clifford 46' c
G. Evans 80' +2 c
Con: Wyrwas 14'
Williams (2) 47', 80' +3
Pen: Williams 78'
ReportTry: Bolger (3) 4' c, 54' c, 58' c
Con: Hardy (3) 5', 55', 59'
StoneX Stadium

Round 2

26 November 2022
12:00
DMP Sharks0 – 95Exeter Chiefs Women (1 BP)
ReportTry: Nielson 15' c
Doidge (3) 24' c, 34' m, 40' +1 c
Buchanan (2) 28' m, 31' m
Allen (2) 44' m, 74' c
Robinson 47' c
Ounsley 51' c
Turani 54' c
Woodman (2) 59' m, 78' c
Johnson 66' c
Jacoby 71' c
Con: McGoverne (4) 16', 25', 40' +1, 48'
Cantorna (6) 52', 55', 67', 72', 75', 79'
Northern Echo Arena
Referee: Alexander Thomas
26 November 2022
12:30
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women36 – 5Bristol Bears Women
Try: N. Jones (2) 20' m, 36' m
Venner 50' m
Rugman (2) 55' c, 64' c
Sing 68' c
Con: Sing (3) 56', 65', 69'
ReportTry: Murray 25' m
ALPAS Arena
Referee: Ian Tempest
27 November 2022
13:00
(1 BP) University of Worcester Warriors17 – 24Sale Sharks Women
Try: Laflin 12' m
Fleming 18' m
Wright-Haley 32' c
Con: Foxwell 33'
ReportTry: Roberts 42' c
V.A. Irwin 50' c
Washington 60' c
Con: Duffy (2) 43', 55'
Benson 61'
Pen: Washington 9'
Sixways
Referee: George Selwood
27 November 2022
15:00
Loughborough Lightning15 – 24Harlequins Women (1 BP)
Try: Lingham (2) 54' m, 75' c
Con: Nelson 76'
Pen: Nelson 30'
ReportTry: Konkel-Roberts 10' m
Cleall 36' c
Leaney 45' c
Mayhew 79' m
Con: McKenzie (2) 37', 46'
cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens
27 November 2022
15:15
(1 BP) Saracens Women33 – 10Wasps Women
Try: Loyola 18' c
Rettie 31' c
McMillan 36' c
G. Evans 60' m
Campbell 77' c
Con: Williams (4) 19', 32', 37', 78'
ReportTry: Crake 68' c
Con: Edwards 69'
Pen: Edwards 34'
StoneX Stadium
Referee: Charles Gayther

Round 3

3 December 2022
11:30
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women84 – 12DMP Sharks
Try: Johnes 2' m
White 10' m
Phillips (3) 17' c, 39' m, 72' m
Coles (3) 23' c, 80' c, 80' +2 c
Snowsill 24' m
West 48' m
Wilkinson 54' m
Marston 58' c
Sprague 66' c
Bevan 78' c
Con: Snowsill (7) 18', 24', 59', 67', 78', 80' +2, 80+3'
ReportTry: Haynes 31' m
Smith 80' c
Con: Ishida 80'
Shaftesbury Park
Referee: Michael Lamb
3 December 2022
13:30
Wasps Women3 – 67Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)
Pen: Edwards 22'ReportTry: Rugman (3) 5' m, 29' c, 71' c
Crabb (3) 18' c, 24' c, 43' m
Goulden (2) 26' c, 40' +1 m
Lund 56' m
B. Lewis 79' m
Con: George (5) 19', 25', 37', 30', 39'
Rugman 72'
Twyford Avenue
Referee: Katherine Ritchie
3 December 2022
14:00
Harlequins Women19 – 10Saracens Women
Try: Penalty try 31'
McKenzie 33' m
Viksten 67' c
Con: McKenzie 68'
ReportTry: Ellis 17' m
Campbell 24' m
Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Dan Jones
3 December 2022
14:00
Sale Sharks Women15 – 14Loughborough Lightning (1 BP)
Try: Fielding 24' c
Perris-Reading 65' m
Con: Duffy 25'
Pen: Duffy 64'
ReportTry: Hibbert-Jones 2' c
Malcolm 36' c
Con: Nelson (2) 3', 37'
CorpAcq Stadium
Referee: Richard Gordon
3 December 2022
15:00
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs Women62 – 18University of Worcester Warriors
Try: Zackary 7' c
Fryday 16' c
McGoverne 31' c
Nielson 40' m
Robinson 52' c
Jefferies 56' c
Allen 64' m
Buchanan 66' c
Muzambe 70' m
Moloney 77' m
Con: McGoverne (6) 8', 17', 32', 53', 57', 66'
ReportTry: Laflin 34' m
Cox 75' m
Fleming 80' m
Pen: Nicholas 28'
Sandy Park
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe

Round 4

10 December 2022
11:30
Loughborough Lightning7 – 54Exeter Chiefs Women (1 BP)
Try: Field 4' c
Con: Nelson 5'
ReportTry: Buchanan 8' c
Zackary (2) 28' c, 55' c
MacDonald 29' m
Fryday 40' c
Rogers 44' c
Allen 61' c
Sinclair 78' c
Con: McGoverne (5) 9', 29', 40' +1, 45', 55'
Cantorna (2) 62', 79'
Loughborough University Stadium
Referee: Owen Taylor
10 December 2022
13:30
(1 BP) Harlequins Women40 – 3Sale Sharks Women
Try: Robinson 3' c
Bonar 12' c
Tuima 30' c
Cleall 40' +1 c
Scott 48' c
Mayhew 51' c
Con: McKenzie (5) 4', 13', 31', 40' +1, 53'
ReportPen: White 35'
Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Holly Wood
10 December 2022
14:30
Saracens Women7 – 53Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)
Try: Kasolo 67' c
Con: Aitchison 68'
ReportTry: K. Jones 3' m
Hunt 13' c
Lund 18' m
Bridger 32' m
Lewis 40' c
Penalty try 45'
Rugman (2) 49' m, 57' c
Tuipulotu 54' m
Con: Sing (3) 14', 40' +1, 58'
StoneX Stadium
Referee: Michael Hudson
11 February 2023[lower-alpha 2]
15:00
University of Worcester Warriors19 – 38Bristol Bears Women (1 BP)
Try: Phillips 20' c
Shekells 25' c
John 61' m
Con: Foxwell (2) 21', 26'
ReportTry: Davies (2) 4' c, 39' c
Lovibond 10' c
Bern 28' m
Compton 31' m
Molloy 58' c
Con: Reed (4) 5', 11', 40', 59'
Sixways
Referee: Alexander Thomas
11 February 2023[lower-alpha 2]
17:00
(1 BP) DMP Sharks30 – 5Wasps Women
Try: Ehrecke 15' m
Bizer 33' m
Treder 40' +1 m
Thomas 45' m
Craine 59' m
Taylor 80' +1 m
ReportTry: Hillier 51' m
Northern Echo Arena
Referee: Harry Walbaum

Round 5

17 December 2022
13:15
Wasps Women0 – 50University of Worcester Warriors (1 BP)
ReportTry: Callender (2) 9' c, 22' c
Skeldon 14' c
Farries (2) 40' +1 c, 52' m
Wright-Haley (2) 44' m, 76' m
Kershaw 78' c
Con: Foxwell (4) 10', 15', 23', 40' +1
Nicholas 79'
Twyford Avenue
Referee: Holly Wood
17 December 2022
14:30
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women31 – 26Loughborough Lightning (2 BP)
Try: Murray 7' c
Bonner 10' m
Davies (2) 43' c, 76' m
Bern 59' c
Con: Reed (3) 7', 43', 60'
ReportTry: Bartlett 16' c
Field 21' c
Williams-Morris 40' +1 m
Penalty try 65'
Con: Nelson (2) 17', 22'
Shaftesbury Park
Referee: Andrew Wigley
18 December 2022
13:30
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs Women27 – 0Harlequins Women
Try: Allen (2) 10' c, 32' c
Moloney 23' m
Rogers 39' m
Con: McGoverne (2) 12', 33'
Pen: McGoverne 43'
Report
Sandy Park
Referee: Neil Chivers
18 December 2022
14:00
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women61 – 0DMP Sharks
Try: Beckett 4' c
Isherwood 11' c
Hunt 14' c
Gilbert 33' m
Lund (2) 44' m, 71' m
Matthews 62' m
Cooney 67' m
Aldcroft 73' m
Else 76' m
H. Jones 80' +1 m
Con: Goulden (3) 5', 11', 15'
Report
ALPAS Arena
Referee: Benjamin Simpson
11 February 2023[lower-alpha 2]
14:00
Sale Sharks Women5 – 71Saracens Women (1 BP)
Try: Delany 37' mReportTry: McKenna 5' c
Clapp (2) 7' c, 15' c
Breach 17' c
Campbell (2) 27' m, 44' m
Grant 29' c
Gregson 40' c
Rettie (2) 67' m, 71' c
Ellis 75' c
Con: Harrison (7) 6', 8', 16', 19', 30', 72', 76'
Montiel 40' +1
CorpAcq Stadium
Referee: Hamish Grant

Round 6

27 December 2022
13:30
(1 BP) Harlequins Women48 – 14Bristol Bears Women
Try: Cokayne (3) 8' c, 18' m, 39' m
Konkel-Roberts 24' c
Cleall 32' m
Edwards 45' c
Kildunne 73' c
McKenzie 80' +1 m
Con: Tuima (4) 9', 24', 45', 73'
McKenzie 73'
ReportTry: Davies 65' c
White 79' c
Con: Reed (2) 65', 79'
Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Wayne Barnes
7 January 2023
14:00
(1 BP) Saracens Women89 – 0DMP Sharks
Try: Aitchison (2) 3' c, 28' m
Clifford 8' c
Cleall (2) 16' c, 66' c
Campbell (2) 19' m, 42' m
Packer (3) 25' m, 51' c, 78' c
Breach 38' m
Clapp 46' m
Grant 61' m
Gregson 72' m
McMillan 77' c
Con: Harrison (7) 4', 9', 17', 52', 66', 77', 79'
Report
StoneX Stadium
Referee: Jonathan Cook
7 January 2023
15:00
University of Worcester Warriors5 – 52Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)
Try: Phillips 53' mReportTry: N. Jones (2) 4' c, 57' c
Beckett (2) 10' c, 36' m
Aldcroft 26' c
Tuipulotu (2) 63' c, 80' c
Sing 68' m
Con: Sing (5) 5', 11', 27', 58', 80' +1
N. Jones 64'
Sixways
Referee: Richard Gordon
8 January 2023
12:00
Sale Sharks Women10 – 35Exeter Chiefs Women (1 BP)
Try: V.E. Irwin 40' +1 c
Con: Law 40+2'
Pen: Law 8'
ReportTry: Zackary 5' c
Ounsley 21' c
Rogers (2) 33' c, 49' c
Doidge 46' c
Con: McGoverne (5) 6', 22', 34', 47', 50'
CorpAcq Stadium
Referee: Neil Chivers
8 January 2023
15:00
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning62 – 5Wasps Women
Try: Field (3) 10' m, 33' c, 67' m
Williams-Morris (2) 21' m, 35' c
Weaver 40' +1 c
Belisle 48' c
Hibbert-Jones 69' c
Andrews 78' c
Bolger 80' m
Con: Nelson (6) 33', 36', 40+2', 49', 70', 78'
ReportTry: Vaughan-Fowler 15' m
cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens
Referee: Iain Kiy

Round 7

14 January 2023
13:00
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women48 – 21Sale Sharks Women
Try: Bevan (2) 12' c, 23' c
White 29' m
Davies (2) 35' m, 67' c
Reed 72' c
Bonner 80' m
Con: Reed (3) 13', 68', 73'
ReportTry: Washington 27' c
Perris-Redding 44' c
Delany 76' c
Con: Duffy (3) 28', 45', 77'
Shaftesbury Park
Referee: Adam Wookey
14 January 2023
13:00
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women46 – 12Loughborough Lightning
Try: Rugman (2) 11' m, 45' m
Sing 14' m
Hunt (2) 31' c, 60' m
Tuipulotu 40' m
Lund 51' c
H. Jones 69' m
Con: Sing (3) 32', 51', 57'
ReportTry: Field 28' c
Malcolm 38' m
Con: Nelson 29'
ALPAS Arena
Referee: Neil Chivers
14 January 2023
13:30
Wasps Women0 – 71Harlequins Women (1 BP)
ReportTry: Cooper 6' c
Kildunne (4) 23' m, 63' c, 65' c, 80' c
Dobson (3) 33' c, 42' c, 50' c
Chancellor 57' m
Aucken 73' m
Amory 77' c
Con: McKenzie (8) 7', 34', 43', 51', 64', 66', 78', 80' +1
Twyford Avenue
Referee: Alex Rose
14 January 2023
15:00
DMP Sharks5 – 53University of Worcester Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Broom 23' mReportTry: O'Donnell 6' c
Cox 13' c
Bluck 36' m
Phillips (3) 40' +1 c, 62' m, 67' c
Farries 47' m
Long 50' m
Moreire 76' m
Con: McNaney (4) 7', 14', 40' +2, 68'
Northern Echo Arena
Referee: Rebecca Rees
14 January 2023
15:00
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs Women37 – 19Saracens Women
Try: McGoverne 9' c
Robinson 13' c
Allen (2) 20' m, 51' m
Zackary 23' c
Rogers 32' m
Con: McGoverne (2) 10', 24'
Pen: Cantorna 69'
ReportTry: Clapp (2) 36' c, 80' +1 c
Rettie 63' m
Con: Aitchison (2) 37', 80' +2
Sandy Park
Referee: Charles Gayther

Round 8

21 January 2023
14:00
(1 BP) Saracens Women64 – 20University of Worcester Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Clifford 3' c
McMillan (2) 14' c, 34' c
Grant 23' c
Campbell 44' m
Infante 61' c
Breach 67' c
Moore 69' c
Gregson 75' m
Cleall 80' m
Con: Harrison (7) 3', 15', 23', 34', 61', 67', 69'
ReportTry: Farries (2) 18' m, 29' m
Skeldon 57' m
Wright-Haley 63' m
StoneX Stadium
Referee: Holly Wood
21 January 2023
15:00
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning41 – 7DMP Sharks
Try: Svoboda 5' m
Williams-Morris (2) 22' m, 37' m
Rollie 39' c
Kabeya 42' c
Bolger 44' c
Goldthorp 53' m
Con: Nelson (2) 40' +1, 45'
ReportTry: Brankin 73' c
Con: Feury 74'
Loughborough University Stadium
Referee: Peter Caunt
22 January 2023
14:00
(1 BP) Sale Sharks Women25 – 0Wasps Women
Try: Perris-Redding 5' m
Benson 32' c
V.E. Irwin 45' m
Howat 80' +1 m
Con: Law 33'
Pen: Law 37'
Report
Carrington Lane
Referee: Adam Wookey
22 January 2023
14:30
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs Women41 – 0Bristol Bears Women
Try: Moloney 13' m
Cramer 45' c
Rogers 49' c
Turani 60' c
MacDonald 68' m
Con: McGoverne (4) 45', 50', 61', 68'
Pen: McGoverne 30'
Report
Sandy Park
Referee: Harry Walbaum
22 January 2023
14:30
(1 BP) Harlequins Women22 – 33Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)
Try: Scott 7' m
Edwards 34' c
Cokayne 56' m
Kildunne 77' m
Con: Tuima 35'
ReportTry: Lund 5' m
H. Jones 14' c
B. Lewis 25' c
Aldcroft 40' +2 c
Monaghan 67' c
Con: Sing (3) 15', 26', 40' +2
George 68'
Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Neil Chivers

Round 9

4 February 2023
12:00
Bristol Bears Women5 – 36Saracens Women (1 BP)
Try: Marston 13' mReportTry: Breach 16' c
Clapp 20' m
Packer 53' c
Cleall 61' c
Kasolo 76' c
Con: Harrison (4) 17', 54', 62', 77'
Drop: McKenna 66'
Shaftesbury Park
Referee: George Selwood
4 February 2023
12:00
DMP Sharks5 – 49Harlequins Women (1 BP)
Try: Churm 55' mReportTry: Dow 8' m
Armory (4) 15' c, 27' m, 31' m, 49' m
Cokayne 40' +1 c
Dobson 60' m
Comerford 66' m
Con: MzKenzie 16'
Tuima 40' +2
Northern Echo Arena
Referee: Adam Wookey
4 February 2023
15:00
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women41 – 7Sale Sharks Women
Try: N. Jones 14' m
Rugman 18' c
K. Jones 23' c
Aldcroft 50' m
Powell (2) 56' m, 66' m
Tandy 80' +1 c
Con: Goulden (3) 19', 23', 80' +2
ReportTry: Antwis 73' c
Con: Duffy 73'
Kingsholm Stadium
Referee: Katherine Ritchie
5 February 2023
14:30
Wasps Women0 – 84Exeter Chiefs Women (1 BP)
ReportTry: Tuttosi 10' c
McGoverne (2) 19' c, 28' c
MacDonald 38' m
Johnson 44' m
Sinclair (2) 48' c, 52' m
Zackary (3) 58' c, 72' c, 75' c
Robinson 62' m
Sheehan 65' m
McMahon 68' m
Rogers 77' c
Con: Cramer (4) 20', 29', 49', 58'
McGoverne (3) 73', 76', 78'
Twyford Avenue
Referee: Jonathan Cook
5 February 2023
15:00
(1 BP) University of Worcester Warriors28 – 19Loughborough Lightning
Try: Kershaw 24' c
Farries 55' c
Long 62' c
Laflin 67' c
Con: Yamamoto (4) 25', 56', 63', 68'
ReportTry: Westcombe-Evans 5' c
Rollie 16' c
Field 29' m
Con: Nelson (2) 6', 17'
Sixways
Referee: Hamish Grant

Round 10

4 February 2023
12:00
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs Women61 – 0DMP Sharks
Try: Nielson 10' c
MacDonald 35' c
Jefferies 46' c
Cantorna 56' c
Zackary 57' c
Moloney 68' m
McGillivray 74' c
Johnson (2) 76' c, 78' c
Con: Cantorna (8) 11', 36', 47', 56', 58', 75', 77', 79'
Report
Sandy Park
Referee: Jonathan Cook
4 February 2023
12:30
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women17 – 19Gloucester-Hartpury Women
Try: Pam 35' c
Reed 44' m
Davies 54' m
Con: Snowsill 36'
ReportTry: Sing 16' c
Lund 22' m
Rugman 38' c
Con: Sing (2) 17', 39'
Shaftesbury Park
Referee: Adam Leal
4 February 2023
13:30
Wasps Women3 – 78Saracens Women (1 BP)
Pen: Lennon 52'ReportTry: Rettie (3) 5' m, 13' c, 57' m
Alejandro (2) 9' m, 40' c
McKenna 20' c
Ellis 26' c
Cleall 33' c
Grant (2) 37' c, 42' c
Wyrwas 46' c
Green 74' c
Con: Harrison (8) 14', 21', 27', 34', 38', 40' +1, 43', 47'
Williams 75'
Twyford Avenue
Referee: Adam Wookey
4 February 2023
14:30
(1 BP) Sale Sharks Women36 – 34University of Worcester Warriors (2 BP)
Try: Howard 3' c
Thorpe 13' m
Perris-Redding 47' c
Grieve 52' c
Washington 77' m
Con: Duffy 4'
V.A. Irwin (2) 48', 53'
ReportTry: Phillips (3) 18' m, 27' c, 60' m
Thompson (2) 24' m, 67' m
Gondwe 80' c
Con: Yamamoto (2) 27', 80' +1
CorpAcq Stadium
Referee: Jonathan Cook
5 February 2023
14:30
(1 BP) Harlequins Women39 – 17Loughborough Lightning
Try: Edwards 13' c
Kildunne 22' m
McKenzie 29' c
Sims 40' +1 m
Chancellor 52' m
Corson 80' c
Con: McKenzie (3) 14', 30', 80' +1
Pen: McKenzie 75'
ReportTry: Meuller (2) 2' m, 35' m
Kabeya 61' c
Con: Nelson 62'
Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Michael Hudson

Round 11

18 February 2023
14:00
(1 BP) Saracens Women32 – 12Harlequins Women
Try: Breach 16' m
Packer 22' m
Grant 27' m
Harrison 31' m
Cleall 35' c
Rettie 80' +1 m
Con: Harrison 36'
ReportTry: Tuima 45' c
McKenzie 54' m
Con: McKenzie 46'
StoneX Stadium
Attendance: 2,992[5]
Referee: Christophe Ridley
18 February 2023
15:00
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women0 – 0[lower-alpha 3]Wasps Women
ALPAS Arena
18 February 2023
16:00
University of Worcester Warriors5 – 57Exeter Chiefs Women (1 BP)
Try: Farries 33' mReportTry: Rogers (2) 11' c, 45' c
Jefferies 18' c
MacDonald (3) 38' m, 69' c, 79' c
Allen 52' c
Moloney 55' c
Con: McGoverne (7) 12', 19', 46', 53', 57', 70', 80'
Pen: McGoverne 73'
Sixways
Referee: Harry Walbaum
18 February 2023
17:30
DMP Sharks7 – 55Bristol Bears Women (1 BP)
Try: Cowan 80' +1 c
Con: Ishida 80' +2
ReportTry: Davies (2) 4' c, 37' c
Reed 11' c
Fleming (2) 17' c, 45' m
Barwick 54' c
Bonner (2) 62' m, 72' m
Lovibond 74' m
Con: Reed (4) 5', 12', 18', 38'
Skuse 55'
Northern Echo Arena
Referee: Jack Makepeace
18 February 2023
17:30
Loughborough Lightning17 – 10Sale Sharks Women (1 BP)
Try: Williams-Morris 25' c
Field (2) 66' m, 70' m
Con: Nelson 26'
ReportTry: Thorpe 14' m
Morrissey 34' m
Loughborough University Stadium
Referee: George Selwood

Round 12

25 February 2023
12:30
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women27 – 36Saracens Women (1 BP)
Try: Penalty try 32'
Bridger (2) 35' m, 59' m
Lund (2) 69' m, 79' m
ReportTry: Packer (2) 40' +1 c, 51' c
Breach 43' m
Clifford 64' c
Cleall 71' c
Con: Williams (4) 40' +2, 52', 65', 72'
Pen: Williams 23'
Kingsholm
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
25 February 2023
13:00
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women59 – 10University of Worcester Warriors
Try: White 10' m
Murray (2) 19' c, 62' c
Davies (2) 24' m, 55' c
Lovibond 26' c
Molloy 32' c
Bevan 58' c
Nigrelli 69' c
Con: Reed (5) 20', 27', 33', 56', 59'
Burgess 63'
Bevan 70'
ReportTry: Harries 37' m
Brincat 52' m
Shaftesbury Park
Referee: Neil Chivers
25 February 2023
13:30
Wasps Women12 – 36DMP Sharks (1 BP)
Try: Farrow 23' m
Tuck 30' c
Con: Lennon 31'
ReportTry: Haynes 8' m
Ehrecke 14' c
Cowan (2) 36' c, 56' m
Smith 69' c
Kacirkova 79' m
Con: Feury (3) 15', 37', 70'
Twyford Avenue
Referee: Charles Gayther
25 February 2023
15:00
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs Women45 – 5Loughborough Lightning
Try: Rogers (2) 19' c, 45' c
Allen (3) 22' c, 56' m, 79' m
Johnson 36' c
Leitch 74' c
Con: McGoverne (5) 20', 23', 37', 46', 75'
ReportTry: Kabeya 31' m
Sandy Park
Referee: Michael Hudson
26 February 2023
14:00
Sale Sharks Women21 – 31Harlequins Women (1 BP)
Try: McLachlan 5' c
V.E. Irwin 32' c
Kitlinski 80' +1 c
Con: V.A. Irwin (3) 6', 33', 80' +1
ReportTry: Sims 11' m
Cokayne 29' m
Chancellor 54' c
McKenzie 58' c
Aucken 69' c
Con: McKenzie (3) 55', 59', 70'
CorpAcq Stadium
Referee: Andrew Jackson

Round 13

4 March 2023
12:00
DMP Sharks0 – 60Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)
ReportTry: Hendy 2' c
Bridger 15' c
Else 26' m
Powell (2) 37' c, 80' +1 c
Blackburn 50' m
Venner (2) 57' m, 79' m
Goulden 67' m
Hunt 75' c
Con: George (5) 3', 16', 38', 76', 80' +2
Northern Echo Arena
Referee: Samuel Yates
4 March 2023
14:00
(1 BP) Saracens Women62 – 7Sale Sharks Women
Try: Packer (2) 3' m, 12' c
Clifford 25' c
Breach (4) 28' c, 47' c, 62' c, 78' m
Cleall (2) 34' m, 39' c
Rettie 44' m
Con: Williams (6) 13', 26', 29', 40', 48', 63'
ReportTry: Grieve 17' c
Con: Duffy 18'
StoneX Stadium
4 March 2023
14:30
Harlequins Women25 – 54Exeter Chiefs Women (1 BP)
Try: Packer 24' c
Dow 43' m
Sims 62' c
Con: McKenzie 25'
Tuima 63'
Pen: McKenzie (2) 22', 34'
ReportTry: Zackary (2) 3' c, 76' c
Allen 13' c
Johnson 36' c
Jefferies 46' c
MacDonald (2) 58' c, 68' m
McGillivray 74' c
Con: McGoverne (7) 4', 14', 37', 47', 59', 75', 77'
Twickenham
Attendance: 15,420[lower-alpha 4]
Referee: Dan Jones
4 March 2023
15:00
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning22 – 57Bristol Bears Women (1 BP)
Try: Goldthorp (2) 7' m, 29' m
Tasker 71' m
Williams 77' c
Con: Nelson 78'
ReportTry: Compton (3) 1' c, 3' c, 49' m
Snowsill 12' c
Davies 23' c
Lovibond 33' m
Bern 40' c
Fleming 70' m
Pam 80' c
Con: Reed (5) 2', 4', 13', 24', 40' +1
Bevan 80' +1
cinch Stadium at Franlin's Gardens
Referee: Alexander Thomas
5 March 2023
13:00
(1 BP) University of Worcester Warriors57 – 28Wasps Women (1 BP)
Try: Lewis 4' c
Moss 9' c
Laflin (2) 14' c, 54' m
Phillips 21' m
Clark 34' m
Bricknell 46' c
Cox 67' m
Skeldon 80' +1 c
Con: Foxwell (4) 5', 10', 17', 57'
Yamamoto 80' +2
ReportTry: Dougan 7' c
Ball 31' c
Stock 40' +1 c
Caux 73' c
Con: Edwards (4) 8', 32', 40' +2, 74'
Sixways
Referee: Adam Wookey

Round 14

11 March 2023
12:30
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women31 – 26Harlequins Women (2 BP)
Try: Marston (2) 13' c, 60' c
Davies (2) 25' c, 47' m
Bern 76' m
Con: Reed (3) 14', 26', 61'
ReportTry: Cokayne 4' m
Cowell 28' c
Wilcock 40' +1 c
Chancellor 68' c
Con: McKenzie (3) 29', 40' +2, 69'
Shaftesbury Park
Referee: Charles Gayther
11 March 2023
13:30
Wasps Women5 – 70Loughborough Lightning (1 BP)
Try: Saunders 12' mReportTry: Lingham (3) 5' c, 20' c, 26' m
Malcolm (3) 29' c, 40' m, 50' m
Davey 34' m
Williams-Morris (2) 44' m, 69' m
Westcombe-Evans (2) 61' c, 75' m
Clifford 65' c
Con: Nelson (4) 6', 21', 30', 62'
Hardy 66'
Twyford Avenue
Referee: Harry Walbaum
11 March 2023
14:00
DMP Sharks0 – 73Saracens Women (1 BP)
ReportTry: Kasolo (2) 6' c, 71' m
Alejandro (2) 9' m, 30' m
Grant (4) 14' m, 51' m, 57' m, 73' c
Breach (2) 18' m, 20' m
Cleall 24' c
Rettie 63' c
Wyrwas 77' m
Con: Aitchison (2) 7', 25'
Williams (2) 64', 74'
Greenwood Road, Billingham[lower-alpha 5]
Referee: Hamish Smales
11 March 2023
17:00
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women50 – 12University of Worcester Warriors
Try: Bridger 13' m
K. Jones (2) 18' c, 44' m
Venner 31' c
Beckett 36' c
Goulden 39' m
Lillicrap 66' c
Hale 75' c
Con: George (5) 19', 32', 37', 67', 76'
ReportTry: Brincat 8' c
Thompson 80' m
Con: Nicholas 9'
ALPAS Arena
Referee: Adam Wookey
12 March 2023
12:00
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs Women52 – 14Sale Sharks Women
Try: Jefferies 5' m
Cramer 11' m
Menin 22' c
Fryday (2) 37' c, 63' c
MacDonald 43' c
Tuttosi 53' c
Doidge 57' c
Con: McGoverne (5) 23', 38', 53', 58', 63'
Cantorna 44'
ReportTry: Benson 32' c
Tounesi 71' c
Con: Law 33'
Cookland 72'
Sandy Park
Referee: Hamish Grant

Round 15

13 May 2023
14:00
(1 BP) Sale Sharks Women24 – 49Bristol Bears Women (1 BP)
Try: Bawden (3) 21' m, 40' +1 c, 44' m
Waters 76' c
Con: Duffy (2) 40' +1, 77'
ReportTry: Bevan 2' c
Davies (2) 29' c, 76' c
Lovibond 34' c
Bern 47' c
Fleming 66' c
Murray 80' c
Con: Bevan (4) 3', 30', 35', 48'
Snowsill (3) 67', 76', 80'
CorpAcq Stadium
Referee: Owen Taylor
13 May 2023
15:00
(1 BP) Harlequins Women80 – 7Wasps Women
Try: Cleall 3' c
Kildunne (4) 11' m, 17' c, 70' c, 77' c
Leaney 13' c
Dow 15' m
Torley (2) 22' c, 64' c
Mew 29' c
Scott 45' c
Latsha 80' c
Con: Tuima (10) 4', 14', 18', 23', 30', 46', 65', 71', 78', 80' +1
ReportTry: Edwards 40' +1 c
Con: Stock 40' +1
Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Jonathan Cook
13 May 2023
15:00
(1 BP) University of Worcester Warriors48 – 7DMP Sharks
Try: Cox (2) 8' c, 16' m
Thompson (2) 14' c, 53' c
Phillips 30' m
Buckland-Harry 40' +1 m
Varley 60' m
Mattinson 64' c
Con: Foxwell (4) 9', 15', 54', 65'
ReportTry: Cowan 77' c
Con: Feury 78'
Sixways
Referee: Iain Kiy
14 May 2023
14:30
(1 BP) Saracens Women29 – 22Exeter Chiefs Women (2 BP)
Try: Botterman 19' m
Clapp 25' c
Grant 38' m
Campbell 44' c
McKenna 49' m
Con: Aitchison (2) 26', 45'
ReportTry: Zackary 30' m
Menin 40' +1 c
Buchanan 69' m
Allen 80' +1 m
Con: McGoverne 40' 1
StoneX Stadium
Referee: Harry Walbaum
14 May 2023
15:00
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning26 – 40Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)
Try: Mataitoga 31' m
Field 58' c
Lingham 66' c
Rowland 74' m
Con: Nelson (3) 59', 67', 74'
ReportTry: Hunt 11' c
Rugman (2) 22' c, 48' m
B. Lewis (2) 39' c, 44' c
N. Jones 76' c
Con: Sing (5) 12', 23', 39', 45', 77'
Cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens
Referee: Alexander Thomas

Round 16

20 May 2023
13:00
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women24 – 21Exeter Chiefs Women (1 BP)
Try: Coles 10' m
Bern (2) 25' c, 57' c
Reed 60' m
Con: Bevan (2) 26', 58'
ReportTry: Robinson 16' c
Zackary 22' c
Allen 38' c
Con: McGoverne (3) 17', 22', 39'
Shaftesbury Park
Referee: Dan Jones
20 May 2023
14:00
DMP Sharks0 – 74Loughborough Lightning (1 BP)
ReportTry: Field (2) 7' m, 48' c
Talling 13' c
Williams-Morris 17' c
Mataitoga 20' c
Davey 30' m
Kabeya (3) 32' m, 40' +1 m, 76' c
Rowland 52' c
Hibbert-Jones 68' m
Williams 79' c
Con: Nelson (5) 14', 18', 21', 49', 80'
Rowland (2) 53', 76'
Loughborough University Stadium
Referee: Rebecca Rees
20 May 2023
14:00
University of Worcester Warriors15 – 38Saracens Women (1 BP)
Try: Phillips 15' c
Laflin 48' m
Con: Foxwell 16'
Pen: Foxwell 21'
ReportTry: Cleall 6' c
Packer (2) 34' c, 66' m
G. Evans 40' +1 c
Breach 43' m
Moore 53' c
Con: Aitchison (4) 7', 35', 40' +2', 54'
Sixways
Referee: Alexander Thomas
20 May 2023
14:30
Wasps Women7 – 88Sale Sharks Women (1 BP)
Try: Cooper 34' c
Con: Edwards 35'
ReportTry: Bawden (3) 6' m, 40' c, 70' m
Thorpe (2) 12' c, 73' m
Haungatau 21' c
Perris-Redding 26' m
Tounesi 37' c
Delany (3) 44' c, 49' c, 77' c
Benson 55' c
Grieve 62' c
V.E. Irwin 80' m
Con: Duffy (7) 13', 22', 40' +1, 45', 50', 56', 63'
Grieve (2) 38', 78'
Twyford Avenue
Referee: Rebecca Piddlesden
21 May 2023
14:30
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women67 – 14Harlequins Women
Try: K. Jones 4' m
Monaghan (2) 8' m, 26' c
Sing (2) 40' m, 45' c
Heard 42' c
Venner 56' m
Bridger 64' c
Rugman 71' m
Powell 79' c
Con: Sing (4) 17', 27', 43', 46'
George (2) 65', 80' +1
ReportTry: Latsha 58' c
Dow 61' c
Con: Tuima (2) 58', 62'
Kingsholm Stadium
Referee: Charles Gayther

Round 17

27 May 2023
13:00
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs Women82 – 7Wasps Women
Try: Zackary (3) 3' c, 23' c, 26' c
Buchanan 5' c
Johnson 19' c
Turani 40' c
Cramer 42' c
McGillivray 46' c
Sheehan (2) 55' m, 77' c
Bradley (2) 64' c, 75' c
Con: McGoverne (4) 4', 20', 27', 43'
Cantorna (4) 6', 24', 40' +1, 47'
Wilkins (3) 65', 76', 78'
ReportTry: Flanagan 80' +1 c
Con: Linkins 80' +2
Sandy Park
Referee: Katherine Ritchie
27 May 2023
11:30
Sale Sharks Women14 – 48Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)
Try: Perris-Redding 8' c
Delany 11' c
Con: Duffy (2) 9', 12'
ReportTry: Rugman 3' m
Beckett (3) 24' c, 46' c, 76' c
Bridger 31' m
K. Jones 39' m
Powell 66' m
Neumann 68' c
Con: George (4) 25', 47', 68', 77'
Athletic Ground[lower-alpha 6]
Referee: Iain Kiy
28 May 2023
13:00
(1 BP) Harlequins Women81 – 10DMP Sharks
Try: Latsha 3' c
Dow (2) 6' m, 20' c
Mew 14' c
Kildunne (3) 32' m, 78' c, 80' +1 m
Torley (2) 40' m, 63' m
Catlin (2) 52' c, 69' c
Sims 56' c
Wilcock 60' c
Con: Tuima (7) 4', 15', 21', 53', 57', 61', 70'
Catlin 79'
ReportTry: Ehrecke 35' m
Tonkin 71' m
Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Neil Chivers
28 May 2023
14:30
(1 BP) Saracens Women48 – 38Bristol Bears Women (1 BP)
Try: Campbell 11' c
Packer (2) 20' m, 65' c
Moore (2) 31' c, 46' c
Clapp 56' m
Grant 77' c
Con: Aitchison (5) 12', 32', 47', 66', 78'
Pen: Aitchison 80' +1
ReportTry: Murray 2' c
Davies (2) 26' c, 36' c
Fleming 62' c
Keight 68' c
Con: Snowsill (5) 3', 27', 37', 63', 69'
Pen: Snowsill 40' +1
StoneX Stadium
Referee: Charles Gayther

Round 18

3 June 2023
14:00
DMP Sharks5 – 34Sale Sharks Women (1 BP)
Try: Cowan 80' mReportTry: Kitlinski 16' m
Thorpe (2) 20' m, 44' m
Perrin 49' c
Delany 66' m
Washington 76' c
Con: V.A. Irwin (2) 50', 77'
Northern Echo Arena
Referee: Nikki O'Donnell
3 June 2023
14:00
Gloucester-Hartpury Women19 – 58Exeter Chiefs Women (1 BP)
Try: Bridger 8' m
Neumann 37' c
Tuipulotu 45' c
Con: Goulden (2) 38', 46'
ReportTry: Rogers (4) 11' c, 34' c, 43' c, 53' m
Zackary (2) 15' c, 40' m
Tuttosi 60' c
Bradley 76' c
Con: McGoverne (6) 12', 16', 35', 44', 61', 76'
Pen: McGoverne 5'
ALPAS Arena
Referee: Sara Cox
3 June 2023
14:00
Loughborough Lightning21 – 33Saracens Women (1 BP)
Try: Kabeya (2) 32' c, 79' c
Westcombe-Evans 49' c
Con: Nelson (3) 33', 50', 79'
ReportTry: Breach 7' c
Cleall 38' c
Campbell 42' c
Ellis 66' c
Wardle 76' m
Con: Aitchison (4) 8', 39', 42', 67'
cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens
Referee: Dan Jones
3 June 2023
14:00
(1 BP) University of Worcester Warriors33 – 33Harlequins Women (1 BP)
Try: Gondwe 12' c
Skeldon (2) 54' m, 63' c
Brincat 70' c
Kershaw 79' c
Con: Yamamoto (4) 13', 64', 71', 80'
ReportTry: Brooks 7' c
Kildunne 17' c
McKenzie 35' c
Leaney 67' c
Latsha 75' m
Con: Tuima (4) 8', 18', 36', 68'
Sixways
Referee: Alexander Thomas
3 June 2023
14:00
(1 BP) Wasps Women22 – 41Bristol Bears Women (1 BP)
Try: Musgrove 15' m
Vaughan-Fowler 22' c
Blanco 30' m
Lewis 80' +1 m
Con: Edwards 23'
ReportTry: Bonner 8' m
White 26' m
Davies (3) 51' m, 59' m, 63' c
Smale 73' c
Molloy 78' c
Con: Wilkinson (3) 64', 74', 79'
Twyford Avenue
Referee: Harry Walbaum

Play-offs

As in previous seasons, the top four teams in the Premier 15s table, following the conclusion of the regular season, contest the play-off semi-finals in a 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd format, with the higher ranking team having home advantage. The two winners of the semi-finals then meet in the Premier 15s final on 24 June 2023.

Semi-finals Final
      
1 Gloucester-Hartpury Women 21
4 Bristol Bears Women 12
1 Gloucester-Hartpury Women 34
2 Exeter Chiefs Women 19
2 Exeter Chiefs Women 24
3 Saracens Women 21

Semi-finals

10 June 2023
15:00
Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1)21 – 12(4) Bristol Bears Women
Try: Beckett 4' c
K. Jones 31' c
Lund 68' c
Con: Sing (3/3) 5', 31', 69'
ReportTry: Davies (2) 47' c, 61' m
Con: Snowsill (1/2) 48'
Kingsholm
Referee: Alexander Thomas
11 June 2023
15:00
Exeter Chiefs Women (2)24 – 21(3) Saracens Women
Try: Zackary 42' c
Rogers 54' c
Sinclair 79' c
Con: McGoverne (3/3) 43', 55', 80'
Pen: McGoverne (1/1) 49'
ReportTry: Botterman 22' c
McKenna 33' c
Breach 69' c
Con: Aitchison (3/3) 23', 34', 70'
Sandy Park
Referee: Charles Gayther

Final

24 June 2023
15:30
Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1)34–19(2) Exeter Chiefs Women
Try: K Jones 4' m
Lund 32' m
Beckett 39' c
Penalty Try 41'
Neumann 73' c
Con: Sing (2/4) 40', 74'
Pen: Sing (1/1) 56'
ReportTry: Tuttosi 28' m
Mcgoverne 52' m
Jefferies 78'
Con: Mcgoverne (1/2) 29'
Cantorna (1/1) 79'
Kingsholm
Attendance: 9,668
Referee: Dan Jones
FB15England Emma Sing
RW14England Ellie Rugman
OC13England Rachel Lundyellow card 49' to 59'downward-facing red arrow 59'
IC12England Tatyana Hearddownward-facing red arrow 69'
LW11England Mia Venner
FH10Wales Lleucu Georgedownward-facing red arrow 63'
SH9England Natasha Hunt (cc)
N88England Sarah Beckettyellow card 27' to 37'downward-facing red arrow 73'
OF7Wales Bethan Lewisdownward-facing red arrow 53'
BF6England Alex Matthews
RL5England Zoe Aldcroft (cc)
LL4Ireland Sam Monaghan
TP3Spain Laura Delgado Dueñasdownward-facing red arrow 49'
HK2Wales Kelsey Jonesdownward-facing red arrow 63'
LP1England Maud Muirdownward-facing red arrow 72'
Substitutions:
HK16England Connie Powellupward-facing green arrow 63'
PR17Ireland Kathryn Buggyupward-facing green arrow 72'
PR18Wales Sisilia Tuipulotuupward-facing green arrow 49'
LK19United States Maya Learnedupward-facing green arrow 73'
FL20Ireland Neve Jonesupward-facing green arrow 53'
SH21England Bianca Blackburnupward-facing green arrow 69'
CE22England Sophie Bridgerupward-facing green arrow 59'
WG23Wales Lisa Neumannupward-facing green arrow 63'
Coach:
Wales Sean Lynn
FB15England Merryn Doidge
RW14Scotland Eilidh Sinclair
OC13United States Kate Zackaryyellow card 68' to 78'
IC12United States Gabby Cantorna
LW11England Claudia MacDonaldyellow card 42' to 52'downward-facing red arrow 68'
FH10New Zealand Liv McGovernedownward-facing red arrow 64'
SH9England Flo Robinsondownward-facing red arrow 73'
N88United States Rachel Johnson
OF7England Maisy Allen
BF6Ireland Edel McMahondownward-facing red arrow 52'
RL5England Poppy Leitch (c)
LL4Ireland Nichola Frydaydownward-facing red arrow 52'
TP3Canada DaLeaka Menindownward-facing red arrow 62'
HK2Canada Emily Tuttosidownward-facing red arrow 61'
LP1United States Hope Rogers
Substitutions:
HK16Ireland Cliodhna Moloneyupward-facing green arrow 61'
PR17Italy Silvia Turani
PR18United States Charli Jacobyupward-facing green arrow 62'
LK19Wales Abbie Flemingupward-facing green arrow 52'
FL20United States Ebony Jefferies

upward-facing green arrow 52'

SH21Scotland Mairi McDonaldupward-facing green arrow 73'
FH22Wales Robyn Wilkinsupward-facing green arrow 74'
WG23England Katie Buchananupward-facing green arrow 68'
Coach:
England Susie Appleby

Player of the Match:
Wales Lleucu George (Gloucester-Hartpury)
Touch judges:
Alex Thomas
Charlie Gayther
Television Match Official:
Andrew Jackson

Leading scorers

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.

Team of the Season

The 2022–23 Allianz Premier 15s Team of the Season, which was revealed on 25 June 2023, features players from six different clubs and 4 different nationalities. The team was selected by statistics from Opta.[11]


Allianz Cup

2022–23 Allianz Cup
Tournament details
CountriesEngland
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Date17 September 2022 — 30 April 2023
Tournament statistics
Teams10
Top point scorer(s)England Emma Sing (Gloucester-Hartpury) (39 points)
Top try scorer(s)England May Campbell (Saracens) (8 tries)
Final
ChampionsExeter Chiefs Women (2nd title)
Runners-upSaracens Women

The entire pool stage of the Allianz Cup contested before the start of the Premier 15s season. The Premier 15s clubs were ranked by their previous finishing position and drawn in two pools of five, with clubs playing each other once in two home games, two away games, one bye week over five rounds. The top two teams in each pool will progress to the semi-finals played at the highest ranked clubs' venues (16 April 2022) as well a third-placed play-off and final. The Allianz Cup final will be played at the home venue of the winning semi-finalist club with the highest points difference. In a change from he previous season, the teams ranked third and fourth in each pool also enter semi-finals as the first and second ranked teams instead of instant finals, which remains for the fifth ranked teams, which is to be played in two legs.

Pool A

Pos. Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Tries for Tries against Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Bristol Bears Women 440015464+9023103015
2Saracens Women 4301167112+5525163015
3Loughborough Lightning 420212992+3721133012
4Sale Sharks Women 410366139–731022105
5Wasps Women 400442151–109523000
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Total number of tries scored
Green background means the club has qualified for the semi-finals.
Blue background means the club has qualified for the 5th/6th-place play-off.
Yellow background means the club has qualified for the 7th/8th-place play-off.
Pink background means the club has qualified for the 9th/10th-place play-off.
Round 1
17 September 2022
13:00
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women48 – 7Sale Sharks Women
Try: Mulhearn 4' c
Lovibond 16' m, 48' c
Keight 29' m
Murray 40' +1 m
Barwick 45' c
Pam 61' c
Stafford 67' m
Con: Skuse (4) 5', 46', 49', 62'
ReportTry: Delany 7' c
Con: Duffy 8'
Shaftesbury Park
Referee: Alexander Thomas
17 September 2022
13:30
Wasps Women15 – 47Loughborough Lightning (1 BP)
Try: Crake (2) 47' m, 78' c
Con: Edwards 79'
Pen: Williams 16'
ReportTry: Allen 27' c
Westcombe-Evans (3) 30' c, 43' c, 78' m
Luthayi 40' c
Hibbert-Jones 41' c
Clifford 64' m
Con: Hardy (6) 28', 31', 40' +1, 42', 44', 65'
Twyford Avenue
Bye/s: Saracens Women

Round 2
25 September 2022
14:00
(1 BP) Sale Sharks Women31 – 14Wasps Women
Try: Pursglove (2) 5' m, 48' c
Lyons 19' c
Swailes (2) 34' c, 39' m
Con: Duffy (3) 19', 34', 49'
ReportTry: McGuiness 21' c
Bainbridge 61' c
Con: Edwards (2) 22', 62'
CorpAcq Stadium
Referee: Nia Parsonage
25 September 2022
14:00
(1 BP) Saracens Women33 – 66Bristol Bears Women (1 BP)
Try: A. Evans 9' m
Campbell (3) 15' c, 20' c, 32' c
Alejandro 44' c
Con: Exley (3) 15', 20', 32'
Martin 44'
ReportTry: Lovibond (3) 6' c, 13' c, 36' c
Burgess (2) 11' c, 60' c
Pam 40' +1 c
Phillips 50' m
Mulhearn 58' c
Keight (2) 77' c, 80' +1 m
Con: Reed (7) 6', 12', 13', 37', 40+2', 59', 61'
Skuse 78'
StoneX Stadium
Referee: Michael Lamb
Bye/s: Loughborough Lightning

Round 3
15 October 2022
14:00
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning24 – 40Bristol Bears Women (1 BP)
Try: Campion 11' c
Field 25' c
Prothero 32' m
Tasker 55' m
Con: Hardy (2) 12', 26'
ReportTry: Crompton 2' c
Keight 21' m
Nigrelli 36' c
Johnes 46' c
West 58' c
Pam 69' c
Con: Reed (5) 3', 37', 47', 59', 70'
Loughborough University Stadium
Referee: Hamish Smales
15 October 2022
14:00
Sale Sharks Women14 – 38Saracens Women (1 BP)
Try: Iwanejko 20' c
Delany 29' c
Con: Cookland (2) 20', 30'
ReportTry: A. Evans 3' m
Fleetwood (2) 15' c, 37' c
Moore 45' c
Campbell 55' c
Kasolo 78' m
Con: Martin (4) 15', 38', 45', 55'
CorpAcq Stadium
Referee: Alexander Thomas
Bye/s: Wasps Women

Round 4
22 October 2022
14:00
Saracens Women23 – 19Loughborough Lightning (1 BP)
Try: Clifford 12' c
Campbell (2) 26' m, 66' m
Con: Martin 13'
Pen: Martin (2) 57', 80' +1
ReportTry: Trevarthen 18' m
Meuller 23' c
Lingham 76' c
Con: Hardy (2) 23', 77'
StoneX Stadium
Referee: Calum Howard
22 October 2022
15:00
(1 BP) Bristol BearsC – C[lower-alpha 7]
HWO
Wasps
Report
Shaftesbury Park
Bye/s: Sale Sharks Women

Round 5
29 October 2022
14:00
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning39 – 14Sale Sharks Women
Try: Waudby 3' m
Bolger (2) 10' m, 39' c
Tasker 17' m
Swartz (2) 50' m, 63' m
Lingham 56' c
Con: Hardy (2) 39', 56'
ReportTry: Swailes 23' c
V.E. Irwin 80' c
Con: Duffy (2) 24', 80' +1
Loughborough University Stadium
Referee: Harry Walbaum
18 March 2023[lower-alpha 2]
13:30
Wasps Women13 – 73Saracens Women (1 BP)
Try: Lewis 14' c
Con: Edwards 15'
Pen: Edwards (2) 23', 50'
ReportTry: Ellis (2) 6' c, 46' c
Williams 10' c
Montiel (2) 19' c, 52' c
Rettie 25' c
Kasolo 43' c
Gregson 59' c
Campbell (2) 64' c, 70' m
De Filippo 80' m
Con: Williams (9) 7', 11', 20', 26', 44', 47', 53', 60', 65'
Twyford Avenue
Referee: Leonie Pryor
Bye/s: Bristol Bears Women

Pool B

Pos. Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Tries for Tries against Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Gloucester-Hartpury Women 430120446+158003116
2Exeter Chiefs Women 430113754+83002115
3Worcester Warriors Women 43015482–28001013[lower-alpha 8]
4Harlequins Women 41037683–700116
5DMP Sharks 40045211–20600000
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Total number of tries scored
Green background means the club has qualified for the semi-finals.
Blue background means the club has qualified for the 5th/6th-place play-off.
Yellow background means the club has qualified for the 7th/8th-place play-off.
Pink background means the club has qualified for the 9th/10th-place play-off.
Round 1
17 September 2022
13:00
University of Worcester Warriors16 – 13Harlequins Women (1 BP)
Try: Long 53' m
Kershaw 72' m
Pen: McNaney (2) 18', 25'
ReportTry: Aucken 43' c
Con: Green 44'
Pen: Green (2) 51', 66'
Sixways
Referee: Samuel Yates
17 September 2022
17:00
DMP Sharks0 – 73Exeter Chiefs Women (1 BP)
ReportTry: Woodman (3) 9' m, 29' c, 52' c
Roberts 15' c
Allen 18' c
McGillivray 23' c
Leitch 36' c
Moloney 44' c
Dererea 57' m
Buchanan 74' c
Fryday 76' c
Con: McGoverne (9) 16', 19', 24', 30', 37', 45', 53', 75', 77'
Northern Echo Arena
Referee: Rebecca Rees
Bye/s: Gloucester-Hartpury Women

Round 2
24 September 2022
14:30
Harlequins Women7 – 43Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)
Try: Catlin 25' c
Con: Green 26'
ReportTry: Buggy 3' c
Penalty try 13'
Rugman (2) 37' m, 79' m
Bridger 40' +1 c
Tandy 43' c
Venner 73' m
Con: Goulden (3) 4', 40' +1, 44'
Old Surbitonians Memorial Ground
Referee: Tom Bird
24 September 2022
15:00
(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs Women21 – 23University of Worcester Warriors
Try: Allen 6' c
Leitch 22' c
Willet 49' c
Con: McGoverne (3) 7', 23', 50'
ReportTry: McNaney 37' m
Wright-Haley 57' m
Febrey 78' c
Con: Brough 79'
Pen: McNaney 9'
Brough 53'
Sandy Park
Bye/s: DMP Sharks

Round 3
15 October 2022
14:00
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women20 – 24Exeter Chiefs Women (1 BP)
Try: N. Jones 18' c
Lund 49' c
Con: Sing (2) 19', 50'
Pen: Sing (2) 40', 57'
ReportTry: Moloney 6' m
Allen 34' m
van der Velden 70' c
Nielson 78' c
Con: McGoverne (2) 71', 79'
ALPAS Arena
Referee: Harry Walbaum
Bye/s: Harlequins Women

Round 4
22 October 2022
15:00
DMP Sharks0 – 93Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)
ReportTry: Sing 3' m
O. Jones (4) 7' c, 55' c, 62' m, 75' c
Bridger (2) 11' c, 78' c
Rugman (3) 14' c, 26' m, 39' c
Buggy 23' m
Hunt (2) 29' m, 70' m
Isherwood 48' c
Venner 58' m
Con: Sing (9) 8', 12', 15', 24', 40', 49', 56', 76', 79'
Northern Echo Arena
Referee: Samuel Yates
23 October 2022
15:00
Exeter Chiefs Women19 – 11Harlequins Women
Try: Allen 7' c
Nielson (2) 61' m, 70' c
Con: McGoverne (2) 8', 71'
ReportTry: Aucken 39' m
Pen: Green (2) 11', 49'
Sandy Park
Referee: Alexander Thomas
Bye/s: University of Worcester Warriors

Round 5
29 October 2022
13:00
(1 BP) Harlequins Women45 – 5DMP Sharks
Try: Wilcock 13' m
Brooks 23' c
Comerford 32' m
Swords 54' c
Heryet 63' c
Dobson 78' c
Mew 80' +1 c
Con: Green (5) 24', 55', 64', 79' 80' +2
ReportTry: Cowan 37' m
Horsham RFC
Referee: Holly Wood
29 October 2022
16:00
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women48 – 15University of Worcester Women
Try: Tandy (2) 5' c, 17' m
Hunt 10' m
Lund 22' c
N. Jones 31' m
Penalty try 39'
Rugman 43' c
Isherwood 74' m
Con: Sing (3) 6', 23', 44'
ReportTry: Laflin 78' m
Cox 80' m
Long 80' +2 m
ALPAS Arena
Referee: Jack Makepeace
Bye/s: Exeter Chiefs Women

1st leg
22 April 2023
14:00
Wasps WomenvDMP Sharks
Twyford Avenue
2nd leg
Bracket
Semi-finals Final
      
A3 Loughborough Lightning 44
B4 Harlequins Women 5
A3 Loughborough Lightning 5
B3 University of Worcester Warriors 19
B3 University of Worcester Warriors 51
A4 Sale Sharks Women 14
Semi-finals
22 April 2023
14:00
Loughborough Lightning44 – 5Harlequins Women
Try: Lingham 6' m
Tasker (2) 37' m, 76' c
Burton 50' m
Field 60' m
Westcombe-Evans (3) 65' m, 69' m, 80' +1 c
Con: Green (2) 77', 80' +2
ReportTry: Torley 14' m
Loughborough University Stadium
Referee: Jonathan Cook
22 April 2023
14:00
University of Worcester Warriors51 – 14Sale Sharks Women
Try: Clarke 4' m
Cox (3) 9' c, 38' c, 80' +1 m
Tremelling (2) 12' m, 36' m
Wright-Haley (2) 51' m, 65' m
Brincat 63' c
Con: Foxwell (2) 10', 39'
McNaney 64'
ReportTry: Ramsbottom 30' c
Moore 77' c
Con: White (2) 31', 78'
Sixways
Referee: Melissa Wright
Final
28 April 2023
19:45
Loughborough Lightning5 – 19University of Worcester Warriors
Try: Waudby 9' mReportTry: Cox 26' m
McNaney 36' c
Brincat 40' c
Con: Nicholas (2) 37', 40' +1
Loughborough University Stadium
Referee: Adam Wookey
Bracket
Semi-finals Final
      
A1 Bristol Bears Women 12
B2 Exeter Chiefs Women 33
B2 Exeter Chiefs Women 29
A2 Saracens Women 19
B1 Gloucester-Hartpury Women 21
A2 Saracens Women 22
Semi-finals
22 April 2023
14:15
Gloucester-Hartpury Women21 – 22Saracens Women
Try: Lund 8' c
Bridger 31' c
Sing 64' c
Con: Sing (3) 9', 32', 65'
ReportTry: Ellis 17' c
Campbell 53' m
Clapp (2) 57' m, 77' m
Con: Williams 18'
ALPAS Arena
Referee: Joe James
23 April 2023
15:00
Bristol Bears Women12 – 33Exeter Chiefs Women
Try: Coles 5' m
Lovibond 28' c
Con: Smyth 29'
ReportTry: Preece (2) 20' c, 64' m
Moloney 37' c
Jacoby 59' c
Langford 80' +1 c
Con: McGoverne (4) 21', 38', 60', 80' +2
Shaftesbury Park
Referee: Neil Chivers
Final
30 April 2023
13:00
Exeter Chiefs Women29 – 19Saracens Women
Try: Moloney (2) 25' c, 59' c
van der Velden 30' c
Muzambe 71' m
Con: McGoverne (3) 25', 30', 60'
Pen: McGoverne 40'
ReportTry: Kasolo 9' c
Tansley 34' c
Clifford 77' m
Con: Williams (2) 9', 34'
Sandy Park
Referee: Alexander Thomas

Notes

  1. Harlequins also play one home game at Twickenham on 4 March 2023, as the first part of a double-header at The Big Game 14.[3]
  2. Fixture rescheduled following postponement from original date.
  3. Match cancelled because Wasps were unable to field a team due to insufficient player availability. Gloucester-Hartpury were awarded a win and five points in the league table.[6]
  4. Attendance reported as a new world record for a women's club rugby match.[7]
  5. Match relocated from the original venue of Northern Echo Arena due to a frozen pitch.[8]
  6. The fixture was moved to The Athletic Ground, Richmond and the kickoff time changed to 11:30, so that Sale Sharks Women could support Sale Sharks Men in the 2023–24 Premiership Rugby final, which took place at Twickenham on the same day.[9]
  7. Match cancelled when Wasps went into administration.
  8. University of Worcester Warriors awarded 5 points for cancelled game against DMP Sharks.
  9. Match cancelled due to an insufficient DMP Sharks squad size.[12]

References

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