OPTA STATS: KILDUNNE ON FIRE, PACKER STILL TOP AND MARSTON-MULHEARN IS CARRY QUEEN

Another memorable weekend of Allianz Premiership Rugby ended with Saracens still at the top of the table, one point above champions Gloucester-Hartpury.

There were a number of notable individual performances. identified in this week's Opta Ratings. The full ratings are attached, alongside this weekend's fixtures, but some of the highlights are below:

Marlie Packer is the league’s leading try-scorer with 11 while Sophie de Goede ended the weekend as our leading points-scorer with 86

For the full Opta Rankings for Allianz Premiership Women's Rugby, click here

● Average points per game - 53.67

● Average tries per game - 8.56

● Games played - 39 

● Total points - 2093

●  Our Player of the Week Harlequins’ Ellie Kildunne became the first player to score four tries in a single Premiership Women’s Rugby match this season, having also done so on two separate occasions in the league last term – Kildunne also registered 214 carry metres against Sale Sharks, the second most of any player in a game this season, behind the 229 metres she carried for on MD8.

●  Exeter Chiefs’ Maisy Allen made the most tackles of any player in Premiership Women’s Rugby at the weekend (26), while her tally of four turnovers won was the joint-most of any player in a match this season (also May Campbell on MD8 and Poppy Cleall on MD9).

● After their victory against Leicester Tigers (33-26), Gloucester-Hartpury remain the only team in this season’s Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby with a 100% win rate (W8).

● Harlequins defeated Sale Sharks by a margin of 41 points (53-12), the first time that they have won a game by 10+ points in this season’s Premiership Women’s Rugby.

● Leicester Tigers recorded a 90% tackle success rate against Gloucester-Hartpury, the third time this season they’ve had a 90%+ success rate in a single game; only Bristol Bears have done so more frequently this term (4).

● Bristol Bears beat 52 defenders against Exeter Chiefs, just the second time a team has beaten 50+ in a single Premiership Women’s Rugby game this season, alongside the 58 Gloucester-Hartpury beat against Leicester Tigers on MD2.

● Harlequins scored nine tries against Sale Sharks, the first time they’ve crossed the line more than five times in a Premiership Women’s Rugby match this season, and their most in the league since last May (13 v DMP Sharks).

● Bristol Bears made 193 carries against Exeter Chiefs, the second most of any team in a Premiership Women’s Rugby match this season, only behind the 204 Exeter Chiefs made against Loughborough Lightning on MD6.

● Bristol Bears’ Rownita Marston-Mulhearn made 22 carries against Exeter Chiefs, the joint-most by any player in a single Premiership Women’s rugby game this season, alongside the 22 Ellie Kildunne made on MD6.

● Alex Matthews and Neve Jones each made 25 tackles against Leicester, the most by any Gloucester-Hartpury player this season.