The 2018–19 Premier 15s kicked-off on 18th September, 2018. The tournament consisted of 18 rounds with the final being played on 27th April, 2019.[1][2] Saracens Women defeated Harlequins Ladies 33–17 in the finals and were crowned Champions.[3][4][5][6]

2018–19 Premier 15s
Countries England
Date8 September 2018 – 27 April 2019
ChampionsSaracens Women (2nd title)
Runners-upHarlequins Ladies
Matches played93
Top point scorerEngland Lizzie Goulden (Wasps) (125 points)
Top try scorerEngland Kelly Smith (Gloucester-Hartpury) (24 tries)
Official website
www.premier15s.com

Teams edit

Saracens Women
Harlequins Ladies
Loughborough Lightning
Wasps Ladies
Gloucester-Hartpury Women
Bristol Bears Women
Richmond Women
Darlington Mowden Park Sharks
Firwood Waterloo Ladies
Worcester Valkyries

Table edit

2018–19 Premier 15s Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Saracens Women (CH) 18 17 0 1 711 203 +508 15 1 84
2 Harlequins Ladies (RU) 18 15 1 2 733 246 +487 14 1 77
3 Loughborough Lightning (SF) 18 14 0 4 659 312 +347 14 2 72
4 Wasps Ladies (SF) 18 12 0 6 516 307 +93 11 1 60
5 Gloucester-Hartpury Women 18 8 1 9 584 470 +114 14 2 50
6 Bristol Bears Women 18 8 1 9 450 357 +93 7 3 44
7 Richmond Women 18 5 1 12 281 506 –225 5 1 28
8 Darlington Mowden Park Sharks 18 4 0 14 186 707 –521 1 1 18
9 Firwood Waterloo Ladies 18 3 0 15 202 704 –502 3 1 15
10 Worcester Valkyries 18 2 0 16 209 719 –510 2 3 13
Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places.

Source: RFU

Regular Season edit

Round 1 edit

8 September 2018
12:00
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning22 – 19Richmond Women (1 BP)
Try: Hunter (2) 9' c, 62' m
Penalty try 40'
Con: Daley-McLean 9'
Pen: Daley-McLean 5'
ReportTry: Hellgren 49' m
Povey 80' c
Con: Chamberlain 80'
Loughborough University Stadium
Referee: Matthew Astle
8 September 2018
14:00
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women24 – 38Harlequins Ladies (1 BP)
Try: Acheson (2) 6' c, 49' m
Wood 27' c
Smith 70' m
Con: Gittings (2) 6', 27'
ReportTry: Penalty try 11'
Brown 36' m
Burford 40' +1 c
Edwards (2) 46' m, 65' c
Butler 74' c
Con: E. Scott 40' +1
Green (2) 65', 74'
Hartpury College
Referee: Richard Waller
8 September 2018
14:30
Bristol Bears Women17 – 32Wasps Ladies (1 BP)
Try: Attwood 21' m
Leitch 38' m
Bern 45' c
Con: Reed 46'
ReportTry: Dow 16' m
Crake 25' c
Derk 52' c
Molloy (2) 57' m, 80' m
Con: Goulden (2) 26', 57'
Pen: Goulden 31'
Shaftesbury Park
Referee: Henry Lowis
8 September 2018
17:00
(1 BP) Darlington Mowden Park Sharks27 – 24Worcester Valkyries (2 BP)
Try: Morton 12' m
Kerr 45' c
Thomson 48; c
Hobson 55'
Con: Blacklock (2) 46', 49'
Pen: Blacklock 25'
ReportTry: Bennion 17' c
T. Thompson 36' m
English 52' c
Cox 79' m
Con: Foxwell (2) 18', 53'
Northern Echo Arena
Referee: David Charlton
8 September 2018
17:00
Firwood Waterloo Ladies5 – 38Saracens Women (1 BP)
Try: Perris-Redding 73' mReportTry: P. Cleall (2) 13' m, 17' c
Galligan 27' c
K. Evans 47'
B. Cleall 61' m
Lingham 80' c
Con: Cattell (4) 17', 27', 47', 80'
Memorial Ground
Referee: Matthew Riley

Round 2 edit

15 September 2018
(1 BP) Harlequins Ladies26 – 26Bristol Bears Women (1 BP)
15 September 2018
Richmond Women12 – 24Firwood Waterloo Ladies
15 September 2018
(1 BP) Saracens Women43 – 7Worcester Valkyries
15 September 2018
(1 BP) Wasps Ladies20 – 40Loughborough Lightning (1 BP)

Round 3 edit

22 September 2018
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women43 – 5Gloucester-Hartpury Women
22 September 2018
Firwood Waterloo Ladies12 – 52Wasps Ladies (1 BP)
22 September 2018
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning41 – 17Harlequins Ladies
22 September 2018
Worcester Valkyries12 – 43Richmond Women (1 BP)

Round 4 edit

29 September 2018
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women41 – 14Darlington Mowden Park Sharks
29 September 2018
(2 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women40 – 41Loughborough Lightning (1 BP)
29 September 2018
(1 BP) Harlequins Ladies27 – 6Firwood Waterloo Ladies
29 September 2018
Richmond Women12 – 30Saracens Women (1 BP)
29 September 2018
(1 BP) Wasps Ladies29 – 10Worcester Valkyries

Round 5 edit

13 October 2018
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning36 – 18Bristol Bears Women
13 October 2018
Saracens Women21 – 5Wasps Ladies
13 October 2018
Worcester Valkyries19 – 69Harlequins Ladies (1 BP)

Round 6 edit

20 October 2018
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women67 – 3Worcester Valkyries
20 October 2018
Harlequins Ladies20 – 17Saracens Women (1 BP)
20 October 2018
(1 BP) Wasps Ladies31 – 15Richmond Women

Round 7 edit

27 October 2018
Darlington Mowden Park Sharks0 – 38Wasps Ladies (1 BP)
27 October 2018
Firwood Waterloo Ladies20 – 51Loughborough Lightning (1 BP)
28 October 2018
(1 BP) Saracens Women48 – 24Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)
28 October 2018
Richmond Women10 – 40Harlequins Ladies

Round 8 edit

3 November 2018
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning64 – 12Worcester Valkyries
3 November 2018
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women34 – 15Richmond Women
3 November 2018
Bristol Bears Women15 – 32Saracens Women (1 BP)
4 November 2018
(1 BP) Harlequins Ladies24 – 8Wasps Ladies

Round 9 edit

24 November 2018
Darlington Mowden Park Sharks10 – 35Harlequins Ladies (1 BP)
24 November 2018
(1 BP) Richmond Women24 – 22Wasps Ladies (2 BP)
24 November 2018
(1 BP) Saracens Women29 – 0Loughborough Lightning
24 November 2018
(1 BP) Wasps Ladies26 – 10Gloucester-Hartpury Women
24 November 2018
(2 BP) Worcester Valkyries22 – 23Firwood Waterloo Ladies (1 BP)

Round 10 edit

1 December 2018
Worcester Valkyries0 – 63Saracens Women
1 December 2018
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning28 – 10Wasps Ladies
9 December 2017
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women24 – 38Darlington Mowden Park Sharks (1 BP)
10 December 2017
Richmond Women5 – 32Bristol Bears Women (1 BP)
6 January 2018
Worcester Valkyries7 – 36Loughborough Lightning (1 BP)

Round 11 edit

8 December 2018
(2 BP) Wasps Ladies34 – 0Firwood Waterloo Ladies
8 December 2018
(1 BP) Saracens Women59 – 0Darlington Mowden Park Sharks
8 December 2018
(1 BP) Harlequins Ladies43 – 7Loughborough Lightning
8 December 2018
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women53 – 7Bristol Bears Women
9 December 2018
Richmond Women21 – 15Worcester Valkyries (1 BP)

Round 12 edit

15 December 2018
(1 BP) Saracens Women48 – 0Richmond Women
15 December 2018
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning29 – 10Gloucester-Hartpury Women
15 December 2018
Firwood Waterloo Ladies0 – 65Harlequins Ladies (1 BP)
16 December 2018
Worcester Valkyries5 – 48Wasps Ladies (1 BP)

Round 13 edit

22 December 2018
Bristol Bears Women18 – 14Loughborough Lightning (1 BP)
22 December 2018
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women52 – 20Firwood Waterloo Ladies (1 BP)
22 December 2018
(1 BP) Harlequins Ladies48 – 5Bristol Bears Women
22 December 2018
(1 BP) Richmond Women29 – 10Darlington Mowden Park Sharks
22 December 2018
Wasps Ladies17 – 45Saracens Women (1 BP)

Round 14 edit

12 January 2019
Richmond Women12 – 38Wasps Ladies
12 January 2019
(1 BP) Saracens Women31 – 28Harlequins Ladies (2 BP)
12 January 2019
Worcester Valkyries7 – 27Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)

Round 15 edit

19 January 2019
(1 BP) Bristol Bears Women34 – 5Worcester Valkyries
19 January 2019
(2 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women28 – 34Saracens Women (1 BP)
19 January 2019
(1 BP) Harlequins Ladies59 – 7Worcester Valkyries
19 January 2019
(1 BP) Loughborough Lightning76 – 8Firwood Waterloo Ladies
19 January 2019
(1 BP) Wasps Ladies43 – 12Darlington Mowden Park Sharks

Round 16 edit

26 January 2019
Saracens Women17 – 14Bristol Bears Women (1 BP)
26 January 2019
(1 BP) Wasps Ladies13 – 17Harlequins Ladies
26 January 2019
Worcester Valkyries0 – 27Loughborough Lightning (1 BP)
27 January 2019
(1 BP) Richmond Women26 – 26Gloucester-Hartpury Women (1 BP)

Round 17 edit

23 March 2019
Firwood Waterloo Ladies19 – 27Worcester Valkyries (1 BP)
23 March 2019
(1 BP) Gloucester-Hartpury Women20 – 47Wasps Ladies (1 BP)
23 March 2019
(2 BP) Loughborough Lightning28 – 31Saracens Women (1 BP)

Round 18 edit

30 March 2019
(1 BP) Harlequins Laides62 – 0Gloucester-Hartpury Women
30 March 2019
Richmond Women0 – 46Loughborougb Lightning (1 BP)
30 March 2019
(1 BP) Saracens Women64 – 0Firwood Waterloo Ladies
30 March 2019
Wasps Ladies25 – 17Bristol Bears Women
30 March 2019
(1 BP) Worcester Valkyries26 – 20Darlington Mowden Park Sharks (1 BP)


Playoffs edit

Semi-finals Final
      
1 Saracens Women 31
4 Wasps Ladies 13
1 Saracens Women 33
2 Harlequins Ladies 17
2 Harlequins Ladies 26
3 Loughborough Lightning 10

Semi-finals edit

Final edit

27 April 2019
14:00
Saracens Women33 – 17Harlequins Ladies
Try: P. Cleall (2) 4' m, 27' m
Gregson 9' m
Harrison (2) 19' m, 39' c
Con: Harrison (1/5) 40'
Pen: Harrison (2/3) 47', 79'
ReportTry: Cornborough 55' c
Burford 64' c
Con: E. Scott (2/2) 56', 65'
Pen: E. Scott (1/1) 43'
Franklin's Gardens
Attendance: 2,590
Referee: George Selwood
Team details
FB 15   Sarah McKenna
RW 14   Sydney Gregson   77'
OC 13   Hannah Casey   71'
IC 12   Lauren Cattell
LW 11   Lotte Clapp (c)
FH 10   Zoe Harrison
SH 9   Georgina Gulliver   55'
N8 8   Poppy Cleall
OF 7   Lauren Newman   65'
BF 6   Jodie Rettie   33' to 43'
RL 5   Rosie Galligan
LL 4   Sonia Green
TP 3   Hannah Botterman   79'
HK 2   May Campbell   71'
LP 1   Ellena Perry   79'
Substitutions:
HK 16   Kayleigh Searcy   71'
PR 17   Jeanina Loyola   79'
PR 18   Hannah Duffy   79'
FL 19   Sarah Bebbington   65'
SH 20   Emma Swords   55'
CE 21   Nina Vistisen   71'
WG 22   Chantelle Miell   77'
Coach:
  Alex Austerberry
FB 15   Emily Scott
RW 14   Heather Cowell
OC 13   Khadidja Camara
IC 12   Rachael Burford (c)
LW 11   Jessica Breach
FH 10   Ellie Green   41'
SH 9   Leanne Riley
N8 8   Jade Konkel
OF 7   Chloe Butler   65'
BF 6   Fiona Fletcher
RL 5   Deborah McCormack   41'
LL 4   Abbie Scott
TP 3   Chloe Edwards
HK 2   Davinia Catlin   53'
LP 1   Victoria Cornborough
Substitutions:
HK 16   Leah Lyons   53'
PR 17   Tove Viksten   41'
PR 18   Samantha Voyle
LK 19   Zoe Saynor   65'
SH 20   Lucy Packer
WG 21   Holly Myers
WG 22   Beth Wilcock   41'
Coach:
  Gary Street   Karen Findlay

Player of the Match:
  Poppy Cleall (Saracens Women)

References edit

  1. ^ Nickson, Frank (7 August 2018). "Tyrrells Premier 15s schedule for 2018/19 season announced". Talking Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  2. ^ Thurston, Emma (2018-09-07). "Tyrrells Premier 15s 2018/19 season preview". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  3. ^ Mockford, Sarah (2019-04-27). "Saracens win back-to-back Tyrrells Premier 15s titles". Rugby World. Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  4. ^ Metcalfe, Neil (2019-04-28). "Saracens guided to another Tyrrells Premier title by their Welwyn heart". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. ^ "Saracens Women 33-17 Harlequins Ladies: Saracens retain Tyrrells Premier 15s title". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
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