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New faces in town: Every PWR club’s leavers and joiners 2024/25
By Matt Merritt
Here we are, about to begin another season of Premiership Women’s Rugby. Last season saw Gloucester-Hartpury Women lift the trophy once again, winning a free-flowing finale against Bristol Bears Women.
The 2024/25 season kicks off on 5 October with Saracens facing Trailfinders, followed by Harlequins vs Exeter Chiefs and Loughborough Lightning vs Bristol Bears on the same day.
Gloucester-Hartpury will play Leicester Tigers the next day in their opening match at Kingsholm, which will be shown on live TNT Sports.
Once again the defending champions will be playing with targets on their backs, so if you want to see which teams might have the firepower to take them down check out the lists below to see leavers and joiners for every team.
Bristol Bears Women
In
Emma Orr (Edinburgh), Natalee Evans (Warriors Women), Tilly Ryall (Hartpury College)
Out
Gwenllian Pyrs, Claire Molloy, Lucie Skuse, Grace White, Grace Crompton, Megan Davies, Maisie Darby-Jones
Exeter Chiefs Women
In
Emily Robinson, Flo Robinson (both Harlequins), Georgina Tasker, Loughborough Lightning), Stefania Evans, Lucy Nye (both Leicester Tigers), Molly Saunders (Sutton & Epsom), Liv McGoverne (Matatu), Mikiela Nelson (Capilano RFC), Flo Long (unattached), Lori Cramer, Charli Jacoby (both Queensland Reds), Dorothy Wall (Munster/Clovers), Taylor Perry (Oakville Crusaders), Sabrina Poulin (Quebec West), Nora Baltruweit (Stade Bordelais).
Out
Lizzie Hanlon, Brooke Bradley, Harriet Millar-Mills, Olivia Ortiz, Robyn Wilkins.
Gloucester-Hartpury Women
In
Carys Williams-Morris (Loughborough Lightning, Sian Jones (Sale Sharks Women), Jade Shekells (GB 7s), Ellie Green (Trailfinders Women), Lisa Cockburn (Leicester Tigers Women), Charlie Woodman (Matatu), Beth Stafford (unattached), Gillian Boag (Capilano RFC).
Out
Jayne Isherwood, Cerys Hale, Laura Delgado, Trudy Cowan, Caity Mattinson, Kerin Lake, Abbey Constable, Jordan Russell, Emma Mundy.
Harlequins
In
Lizzie Hanlon, Harriet Millar-Mills (both Exeter Chiefs Women), Sara Svoboda, Maja Mueller (Both Loughborough Lightning), Claudia Pena Hidalgo (Barcelona AVRFCB), Emma Swords (Trailfinders Women), Laura Delgado (Gloucester-Hartpury Women), Alex Callender (Brython Thunder), Nic Haynes (Saracens Women), Jemima Moss, Orla Proctor (Both Leicester Tigers Women), Sarah Parry (Warriors Women), Grace Crompton (Bristol Bears Women), Kayleigh Powell (GB 7s), Ruby Winstanley, Zara Green, Iley Bailey (all promoted from centre of excellence).
Out
Rachael Burford, Emily Scott, Shaunagh Brown, Katy Mew, Georgia Gray, Emily Robinson, Flo Robinson, Rosie Dobson, Hannah Owen.
Leicester Tigers Women
In
Jenny Maxwell (Loughborough Lighting), Jordan Russell, Abbey Constable, Emma Mundy (all Gloucester-Hartpury Women), Elin Beaver (University of Worcester), Abi Bowes (Scarborough Valkyries), Tiana Gordon, Eeva Pohjanheimo (both Cheltenham Tigers), Leah Heath (Kenilworth Women) Emily Henrich (unattached), Ellie Smith (Lichfield Ladies), Sophie Bevenent (Worcester RFC), Nikki Simpson (Glasgow), Zainab Alema (Richmond Women).
Out
Stef Evans, Elis Martin, Jemima Moss, Lucy Nye, Lisa Cockburn, Tanya Bird, Louisa Burgham. Molly Draycott, Eloise Hayward, Churchy Knight, Maddie Massey, Becky Noon, Orla Proctor, Ellie Turner, Ofure Ugiagbe.
Loughborough Lightning
In
Alev Kelter (USA 7s), Alicia Maude (GB 7s), Elis Martin, Churchy Knight (both Leicester Tigers Women), Anne Young (Sale Sharks Women), Krissy Scurfield (Canada 7s), Cieron Bell (Edinburgh), Haineala Lutui (Worcester centre of excellence).
Out
Katie Trevarthen, Jenny Maxwell, Jess Weaver, Sally Williams, Carys Williams-Morris, Emma Hardy, Georgina Tasker, Sara Svoboda, Chloe Rollie, Maja Mueller.
Sale Sharks Women
In
Alba Capell (Stade Rennais), Evie Roach (Hartpury University), Olivia Ortiz, Robyn Wilkins (both Exeter Chiefs Women), Rachel Phillips (Edinburgh), Gwenllian Pyrs (Bristol Bears Women), Trudy Cowan (Gloucester-Hartpury), Sofia Stefan (Valsugana).
Out
Vicky E Irwin, Leah Lyons, Sarah Law, Alycia Washington, Sara Tounesi, Sian Jones, Evie Tonkin, Anne Young, Jess Taylor-Roberts.
Saracens Women
In
Emma Hardy (Loughborough Lightning), Charlotte Wright-Haley (Trailfinders Women), Gabby Senft (Stade Bordelais), Fancy Bermudez, Alysha Corrigan (both Canada 7s), Natalia John (Brython Thunder), Chantelle Miell (unattached), Keira Muir, Madison Lawrence, Emily Eves (all graduated from centre of excellence).
Out
Nic Haynes, Anna Goddard, Grace Moore, Emma Taylor.
Trailfinders Women
In
Sally Williams, Chloe Rollie (both Loughborough Lightning), Brooke Bradley (Exeter Chiefs), Rosie Dobson, Hannah Owen (both Harlequins), Kaylee McHugh (Thurrock), Grace White (Bristol Bears Women), Kendra Cousineau (Guelph Gryphons), Caity Mattinson (Gloucester-Hartpury Women), Grace Moore, Emma Taylor (both Saracens Women), Lisa Thomson (GB 7s), Niamh Gallagher (Saracens centre of excellence), Hollie Williamson (Richmond Women).
Out
Elisa Riffonneau, Emma Swords, Sofia Rolfi, Meya Bizer, Charlotte Wright-Haley, Courtney Pursglove, Megan Brodie, Lou Dodd, Sophie Shams, Sian McGuinness, Lauren Brooks, Jo Bucknall, Ellie Green.
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Credit to the Leinster development and to Cullen with the ‘grit’ of a Nienaber team starting to show. Deegan was immense, and Cian Healy was worth a little more in that front row than a 6.5 suggests. He controlled the pace of the scrums and communicated in conversation with the ref. Must have been a special win for him.
Gunne had a super debut. Its not an academy team, they have been blooded and are hardened from two previous SA tours and many Leinster caps between. Some inexperienced players but that wouldn’t count as the system makes that less relevant.
Leinster now have an experienced deep squad of 35-40 who each can come on and play without a big drop in standard. The team 2 years ago was academy in that sense. Not now.
All that said and as hard as Leinster made it, the Sharks should have been able to put them away. The reactions to some of the mistakes seemed to indicate that there is an ongoing issue of inaccuracy. Even at start of this season Sharks were blowing teams away and looked completely different.
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