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KO Wasps Women KO 13 18 22 23 27 38 46 50 55 58 58 58 58 62 76 FT

Results

TeamTriesPenaltiesConversionsBPPointsOutcome
Bristol Bears Women3117Loss
Wasps Women512132Win

Review

Bristol Bears Women slip to an opening round defeat in the Tyrrell’s Premier 15s at the hands of a strong Wasps Ladies outfit.

Kim Oliver’s side showed great fight throughout the eighty minutes and the Bears crossed the whitewash on three occasion at Shaftesbury Park through Lucy Attwood, Poppy Leitch and Sarah Bern. 

The visitors took home the bonus point win after scoring five tries with Tova Derk, Abby Dow, Liz Crake and Claire Molloy (2) all crossing for Giselle Mathers’ side. 


WHAT HAPPENED?

After the sides exchanged blows in the opening stages, it was the visitors who took the lead in the thirteenth minute, attacking the blindside from the back of a scrum and Abby Dow finished well in the corner. 

Bristol responded immediately and played some fantastic attacking rugby, Oliver’s side got themselves deep into the Wasps half and Lucy Attwood cut a superb line off her centre partner, Amber Reed to give the Bears their first try of a new campaign. 

Wasps hit back through powerful back rower, Liz Crake who did well to finish from thirty metre out, before the visitors stretched their lead to ten points via the boot of Lizzie Goulden.

ELINOR SNOWSILL WAS ON FINE FORM TODAY IN THE NUMBER 10 JERSEY (VIA JMPUK).

The Bears bagged a try just before the half-time break, a powerful centre field scrum gave them front-foot ball and the home side exploited an overlap on the right hand side for Poppy Leitch to cross the whitewash. 

As the second half began it was the Bears that started the faster of the two sides, Sarah Bern gave Bristol the lead in the forty-sixth minute as she bulldozed her way through the Wasps defence to score on her first outing after returning to Bears. 

Both sides continued to knock on the door of each other’s defence, but it was Wasps who managed to get the breakthrough as Tova Derk finished a well-worked try for Wasps that started in their own half. 

Giselle Mathers’ side kicked on and killed off any chance of a Bears comeback as former Bristol player, Claire Molloy scored a double in the final fifteen minutes to secure the win. 


KEY MOMENT: 

With Bristol leading on the fifty minute mark, Wasps broke from inside their own half and winger, Tova Dark raced away from the Bristol defence to give the lead back to her side. The score gave the visitors confidence to go on and close out the game with two further tries. 


PLAYER OF THE MATCH: 

The level of young talent within the Bristol Bear Women’s squad in unbelievable and a prime example of that is full-back, Merryn Doidge. 

Aged just seventeen, she has class in abundance and plays without fear. She keeps defences guessing when she has the ball in hand and will always makes valuable metres, as well as being a strong in the tackle area. 

She is certainly one to watch this season. 

MERRYN DOIDGE GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH IN A BRISTOL BEARS SHIRT (VIA JMPUK).

Bristol Bears Women

# Player Position TRY CON CON % PEN PEN % DG DG % OVERALL % KICKED PTS TACKLES CARRIES PASSES METRES YC RC
1Jess Thomas 16Prop000000000000000
2Mackenzie CarsonHooker000000000000000
3Sarah Bern 17Prop1 (46')00000000000000
4Amelia Buckland-HurryLock000000000000000
5Hollie CunninghamLock000000000000000
6Ebony JefferiesBack Row000000000000000
7Poppy LeitchBack Row1 (38')00000000000000
8Esme Bird 19Back Row000000000000000
9Caity Mattinson 20Scrum Half000000000000000
10El SnowsillFly Half000000000000000
11Lillian Stoeger-GoddardWing000000000000000
12Amber ReedCentre010000000000000
13Lucy AttwoodCentre1 (18')00000000000000
14Kyara Martin 22Wing000000000000000
15Merryn DoidgeFull Back000000000000000
16Michaela Roberts 1-000000000000000
17Ellie Mulhearn 3-000000000000000
18Kate NewtonLock000000000000000
19Rownina Marston 8Centre000000000000000
20Rhi Parker 9Scrum Half000000000000000
21Lucie Skuse-000000000000000
22Cat McNaney 14Full Back000000000000000
 Total 310000000000000

Wasps Women

# Player Position TRY CON CON % PEN PEN % DG DG % OVERALL % KICKED PTS TACKLES CARRIES PASSES METRES YC RC
1Claire Cripps (nee Purdy)Prop000000000000000
2Hannah WestHooker100000000000000
3Kate HallettProp000000000000000
4Alice SheffieldLock000000000000000
5Nora BaltruweitLock000000000000000
6Sarah MitchelsonBack Row000000000000000
7Claire MolloyBack Row1 (55', 76')00000000000000
8Liz CrakeBack Row1 (22')00000000000000
9Claudia MacdonaldScrum Half000000000000000
10Elizabeth GouldenFly Half02 (23')01 (27')00000000000
12Kate AlderCentre000000000000000
11Tova DerkWing1 (50')00000000000000
13Katie MasonCentre000000000000000
14Abby DowWing1 (13')00000000000000
15Nolli WatermanFull Back000000000000000
16Kanyinsola Adefemiwa-Afilaka-000000000000000
17Anna Glyn-Davies-000000000000000
18Kasey Allen-000000000000000
19M Horwood-000000000000000
20Lucy NyeScrum Half000000000000000
21Amy Wilson-Hardy-000000000000000
22Garnet MackinderWing000000000000000
 Total 520100000000000
TRY
3
5
CON
1
2
CON %
0
0
PEN
0
1
PEN %
0
0
DG
0
0
DG %
0
0
OVERALL %
0
0
KICKED PTS
0
0
TACKLES
0
0
CARRIES
0
0
PASSES
0
0
METRES
0
0
YC
0
0
RC
0
0

Details

Date Time League Season
08/09/2018 2:30 pm Premier 15s 2018-19

Past Meetings

Premier 15s
Twyford Avenue Sports Ground

Premier 15s 2nd XV League Pool A
Twyford Avenue Sports Ground

Premier 15s 2nd XV League Pool A
Cleve RFC

Premier 15s
Portway Rugby Development Centre

Women's Premiership
Cleve RFC

Women's Premiership
Twyford Avenue Sports Ground

Pool 2
Broadstreet RFC

Women's Premiership

Women's Premiership
Portway Rugby Development Centre

Women's Premiership
Portway Rugby Development Centre

Women's Premiership

Women's Premiership

Women's Premiership
Portway Rugby Development Centre