ENTERTAINMENT HIGH ON THE AGENDA AS GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY REMAIN UNBEATEN

Following Round 9, Gloucester-Hartpury are now the only unbeaten side in Allianz Premiership Women's Rugby after overcoming first-place Saracens last weekend.

• For a full review of Round 9 click here
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Leicester Tigers picked up their first ever Premiership Women's Rugby victory against Sale Sharks, with Claire Gallagher, Tess Feury, Meg Jones and Leah Bartlett all crossing the tryline.

In the West Country, Bristol Bears ended their encounter against with Harlequins as winners thanks to a 26-7 scoreline.

While in the East Midlands, Loughborough Lightning picked up a second win in a row as Trailfinders Women visited Leicestershire.

Highlights from the weekend include:

●  Leicester Tigers secured their first-ever Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby win (22-19 v Sale Sharks), meaning every team has won at least one match this term.

● Entertainment is high on the agenda in Allianz Premiership Women's Rugby as we are averaging 53.32 points and 8.35 tries per game, from our 34 matches so far.

● Marlie Packer is our leading try-scorer with nine and Sophie de Goede is our leading points scorer with 73.

● Loughborough Lightning defeated the Trailfinders by a margin of 24 points (45-21), their largest win in the league this season, doubling their previous biggest margin of victory (24-12 v Leicester Tigers on MD3 and 24-12 v Sale Sharks on MD5).

● Saracens’ run of 19 consecutive regular season wins came to an end with defeat to Gloucester-Hartpury (15-24). This result leaves Gloucester as the only unbeaten team in the league this term (W7).

● Bristol Bears made 15 line breaks against Harlequins, the joint-most of any side in a Premiership Women’s Rugby game this season, alongside the 15 the Bears themselves made on MD1 and MD8; Bristol also beat 48 defenders at the weekend, only Gloucester-Hartpury have bettered that tally in a match this season (58 v Leicester Tigers, MD2).

● Leicester Tigers made eight turnover-winning tackles against Sale Sharks, the joint-most by any team in a single Premiership Women’s Rugby match this season, alongside the eight Trailfinders made against Exeter Chiefs on MD7.

● Loughborough Lightning conceded just two penalties against the Trailfinders, the fewest by any team in a single Premiership Women’s Rugby match this season.

● Gloucester-Hartpury retained possession from all 16 of their lineouts against Saracens, the most by any team to retain a 100% success rate in a Premiership Women’s Rugby match this season – it was also the first time the Circus have won all of their lineouts in a game this term.

● Kelsey Jones became just the third player, and the first forward, to score a hat-trick of tries in this season’s Premiership Women’s Rugby – she is the first Gloucester player to score a hat-trick in the league since Sarah Beckett scored three against Sale Sharks last May.

● Saracens’ Poppy Cleall won four turnovers against Gloucester-Hartpury, the joint-most by any player in a Premiership Women’s Rugby match this season, alongside the four that teammate May Campbell won against Exeter Chiefs last week.

● Gloucester-Hartpury’s Alex Matthews became the first player to claim 10+ lineout takes in a single Premiership Women’s Rugby match this season (11).

Click here for the full Opta Review of Round 9 of Allianz Premiership Women's Rugby.