PWR UP Series is back this weekend at Harlequins, Leicester Tigers and Exeter Chiefs - here are the fixtures

Fixtures for the innovative PWR Up Series have been confirmed ahead of its debut this September.

Three weekends of fixtures will act as a warm-up for all nine Premiership Women’s Rugby clubs before their launch into league action on Saturday 5 October.

Clubs have been grouped together into regional pools of three and will play one another once across three weekends.

It will be an opportunity to see how league champions Gloucester-Hartpury fare as they prepare to defend back-to-back titles and how Bristol Bears bounce back from being league and Allianz Cup runners-up.

The PWR Up Series will also deliver local rivalries in every fixture, culminating in a triple-header Super Saturday on 21 September, with matches at Shaftesbury Park, StoneX Stadium and cinch Stadium at Frankin's Gardens.

It will give young players like Saracens' Amelia MacDougall (above) a chance of first-team action in full-blooded local clashes.

Belinda Moore, Chief Executive Officer of PWR, said: “Ahead of what promises to be another fantastic Premiership Women's Rugby season we are playing a three-week regional warm-up series in September. This will ensure our players and clubs are ready to go for the start of the PWR season on 5 October.

“Our clubs are starting to develop some strong local rivalries and we believe this is just what our players and clubs need before the eagerly awaited 2024-25 league season kicks off.”

For a review of the 2023-24 season click here

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In Round 1 Trailfinders will play host to their west London rivals Harlequins at the Trailfinders Sports Club and a week later Harlequins will be centre of attention yet again when they welcome Saracens to the Twickenham Stoop.

Leicester Tigers will travel to East Midlands adversaries Loughborough Lightning in the third round of the PWR Up Series.

Hosted at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens, the two teams will write a new chapter in their already competitive rivalry.

Who won the Allianz PWR Awards in 2023-24? Click here to find out.

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The PWR Up Series will provide clubs the opportunity to get out on the pitch after a pre-season fine-tuning their craft for the 202425 campaign.

With the Premiership Women's Rugby season concluding on Sunday 16 March, this gives the Red Roses a five-week rest period before the 2025 Guinness Women’s Six Nations and extra preparation for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup hosted on home soil.

Pool A: Leicester Tigers, Loughborough Lightning and Sale Sharks

Pool B: Bristol Bears, Exeter Chiefs and Gloucester-Hartpury

Pool C: Harlequins, Saracens and Trailfinders Women

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Fixtures

Saturday 7 September

• 2pm - Sale Sharks v Loughborough Lightning (CorpAcq Stadium)

Sunday 8 September

• 2pm - Gloucester-Hartpury v Exeter Chiefs (Hartpury University Stadium)
• 3pm - Trailfinders Women v Harlequins (Trailfinders Sports Club)

Saturday 14 September

• Noon - Harlequins v Saracens (Twickenham Stoop)
• 12.30pm - Leicester Tigers v Sale Sharks (Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium)

Sunday 15 September

• 2pm - Exeter Chiefs v Bristol Bears (Sandy Park Stadium)

Saturday 21 September

• 2pm - Bristol Bears v Gloucester-Hartpury (Shaftesbury Park)
• 2pm - Saracens v Trailfinders Women (StoneX Stadium)
• 3pm - Loughborough Lightning v Leicester Tigers (cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens)

Relive the 2023-24 Allianz PWR Final here - full replay