PWR Round 2 in Numbers

Round 2 of the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season was full of action, beginning on Saturday afternoon at Sandy Park. Exeter Chiefs hosted three-peat champions, Gloucester Hartpury, who secured two wins from two games with a 31-47 victory over the Devon side.

In their first home fixture of the season, Loughborough Lightning hosted Sale Sharks, hoping to bounce back from their Round 1 loss. Lightning produced a strong defensive performance, defeating Sharks 19-12 and earning five points.

Leicester Tigers faced a powerful Bristol Bears side, who marked their first game in the 2025-26 PWR season with a 0-74 win against Tigers.

The weekend came to a close with a London Derby at StoneX Stadium. Despite injuries causing late withdrawals for Sophie De Goede and Tori Sellors, Saracens produced a dominant performance against Harlequins. With a crowd of 3,733 fans, the game ended 47-10 to Saracens.

Bristol Bears’ Millie David was the top scorer of the round, with 20 points from four tries, making her the joint top try scorer of the season. Loughborough Lightning’s Haineala Lutui recorded eight dominant carries, making her the best carrier of the round and the season (42 combined carries).

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Other key performances in Round 2 included:

• Tatyana Heard (Gloucester-Hartpury) has scored the joint most tries this season with 4 (rank 1) and added 5 dominant carries (rank 4) in the latest round.

• Alysha Corrigan (Saracens) recorded 6 initial breaks in the latest round (rank 1) and has accumulated 159 meters made (rank 7) this season.

• Amy Cokayne (Sale Sharks) leads the league in lineout throws won with 22 (rank 1) and total turnovers won with 4 (rank 1) this season.

• Emily Robinson (Exeter Chiefs) led all players with 28 attacking ruck entries (rank 1) in the round, while accumulating 69 total ruck entries (rank 1) for the season.

Team of the Week, as per Oval Insights:

• Kelsey Clifford (Saracens)
• Amy Cokayne (Sale Sharks)
• DaLeaka Menin (Exeter Chiefs)
• Laetitia Royer (Saracens)
• Haineala Lutui (Loughborough Lightning)
• Maisy Allen (Exeter Chiefs)
• Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough Lightning)
• Sharifa Kasolo (Sale Sharks)
• Olivia Apps (Saracens)
• Zoe Harrison (Saracens)
• Millie David (Bristol Bears)
• Tatyana Heard (Gloucester Hartpury)
• Emma Orr (Bristol Bears)
• Reneeqa Bonner (Bristol Bears)
• Ella Lovibond (Bristol Bears)

To read the Oval Insights review of Round 2, click here