PWR Round 6 Review: Chiefs go six points clear, Bears win big, while Harlequins and Gloucester-Hartpury stay on track

Bristol Bears kickstarted Round 6 of Premiership Women's Rugby with a 10-try victory over Leicester Tigers.

Emerging wing Millie David scored four for the West Country club as they tightened their grip on the top four.

Elsewhere Gloucester-Hartpury took home a maximum five points thanks to their 32-19 win over Trailfinders Women in London.

Elsewhere in the capital, Harlequins got past Sale Sharks while Exeter Chiefs continued their winning run with victory over Loughborough Lightning.

LEICESTER TIGERS 7-62 BRISTOL BEARS - MATTIOLI WOODS WELFORD ROAD

Dave Ward's Bristol Bears registered 10 tries in their 62-7 win over Leicester Tigers at Mattioli Woods Welford Road.

Scoring started when Millie David scorching across the whitewash with just five minutes played, a score compounded by Jenny Hesketh's score a minute later.

Jasmine Joyce-Butchers upped the ante with a try from deep in her own half before Leicester's Francesca McGhie scored her team's only try of the afternoon.

Before the first-half was up Alisha Joyce-Butchers dotted down, while David completed her hat-trick in a superb outing for the youngster.

Row Marston-Mulhearn resumed the scoring in the second half, David scored a fourth for the afternoon, while Lana Skeldon and Ella Lovibond's scores put more distance between the two teams at the final whistle.

Leicester Tigers:

Tries - McGhie

Bristol Bears:

Tries - David (4), Hesketh, J. Joyce-Butchers, A. Joyce-Butchers, R. Marston-Mulhearn, Skeldon, Lovibond

💬 ‘I’m loving being a Bear and today we showed what we’re all about!’ 🐻

Emma Orr on a 🔟-try victory at Mattioli Woods Welford Road 🗣️#LEIvBRI | @XledgerUK pic.twitter.com/RM8vgdC0l8

— Bristol Bears Women 🐻 (@BristolBearsW) November 10, 2024

TRAILFINDERS WOMEN 19-32 GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY - TRAILFINDERS SPORTS GROUND

Gloucester-Hartpury survived a late Trailfinders Women resurgence to win 32-19 on the road.

A try for Emma Sing and a double for Ellie Rugman helped the visitors to a 15-0 lead at the break in a comprehensive first-half performance from Sean Lynn's side.

After Alex Matthews continued The Circus' dominance, Grace White got Trailfinders on the board with a fine finish from the wing.

Beth Stafford soon hit back for the visitors, but Tyson Beukeboom and Liz Crake crashed over the whitewash for Trailfinders, before Sing's last gasp penalty put the game to bed.

Trailfinders Women:

Tries - White, Beukeboom, Crake

Gloucester-Hartpury:

Tries - Sing, Rugman (2), Matthews, Stafford

Today’s Player of the Match is Kate Williams 🎪

Top performance 💪

🤝 @GlosFoodDock @hopkettlebrew

✈️🍒 | #TFWvGLO pic.twitter.com/mmfkvBZQS3

— Gloucester-Hartpury (@gloshartpury) November 9, 2024

HARLEQUINS 38 - 7 SALE SHARKS - TWICKENHAM STOOP

Halequins registered their fourth consecutive win for the first time since 2021 with a 38-7 victory over Sale Sharks at Twickenham Stoop.

Scores from Jade Konkel, Silvia Turani and Nicole Wythe gave the hosts a 19-0 lead entering the break after a dominant first-half performance for Ross Chisholm's charges.

Connie Powell extended Quins' lead before Wythe bagged her brace and Spanish captain Laura Delgado powered over the line for her first try in Quins colours.

Sofia Stefan replied back for the visitors but that would be as good as it got for Sharks with Quins comfortably seeing out their lead.

Harlequins:

Tries - Konkel, Turani, Wythe (2), Powell, Delgado

Sale Sharks:

Tries - Stefan

Four from four 👊#COYQ #HARvSAL pic.twitter.com/Sx15wu6Zqk

— Harlequins Women 🃏 (@HarlequinsWomen) November 10, 2024

EXETER CHIEFS 40 - 19 LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

Exeter Chiefs' six tries at Sandy Park proved enough to secure a sixth-successive win and extend their lead at the top of the PWR standings.

Dorothy Wall scored Chiefs' first try of the game before Sabrina Poulin raced over the line to make it two in 10 minutes.

Lightning struck back through Laura Keates before Alex Tessier registered the hosts' third score, with the bonus-point score coming courtesy of Hope Rogers as Chiefs entered the break with a 26-7 advantage.

After the restart, a Lightning lineout saw the visitors cede the ball and Chiefs swiftly capitalized, with Poulin darting through the Loughborough defence for her second score before the visitors answered back through Krissy Scurfield's runaway try.

After Ebony Jefferies found her way over the line to extend the hosts' lead, the last score of the game saw Lightning replacement hooker Kathryn Treder get a third for the visitors, though it would not be enough to bridge the distance between the sides.

Exeter Chiefs:

Tries - Wall, Poulin (2), Tessier, Rogers, Jefferies

Loughborough Lightning:

Tries - Keates, Scurfield, Treder

Different class 👏

Dorothy Wall is @Clinique_UK GameFace Player of the Match following her try-scoring outing for @ExeChiefsWomen this afternoon 🫡#PWR | #PoweredDifferently pic.twitter.com/9ixHljuhf5

— Premiership Women's Rugby (@ThePWR) November 10, 2024