{"id":544717,"date":"2025-11-02T18:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T18:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/544717\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T18:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T18:51:16","slug":"saracens-beat-london-rivals-quins-pwr-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/544717\/","title":{"rendered":"Saracens beat London rivals Quins &#8211; PWR round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saracens never looked back after making a blistering start at home to London rivals Harlequins, powering to a 47-10 win to kick-start their Premiership Women&#8217;s Rugby campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Alysha Corrigan, Kelsey Clifford and Jemma-Jo Linkins all scored tries in the opening 10 minutes to help Sarries bounce back from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c0qp8epvve0o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:heavy loss;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">heavy loss<\/a> in their opening game against last season&#8217;s PWR final opponents Gloucester Hartpury.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The home side ran in seven tries in total, while England star Ellie Kildunne was one of two scorers for Quins, who fell to their first defeat of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Bristol Bears opened their campaign with a 74-0 thrashing of Leicester Tigers and Loughborough Lightning won 19-12 against Sale Sharks.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p>Red Roses full-back Kildunne was making her 50th appearance for Quins, but it was Saracens who made all the early running at the StoneX Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Corrigan opened the scoring in only the second minute and the visitors were already trailing 19-0 when Katie Shillaker scored out wide to put Quins on the board.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Poppy Cleall was sin-binned for the home side in the 28th minute but they extended their advantage before the break with a debut try from Laets Royer.<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Gregson put Corrigan in for her second try of the game at the start of the second half but while Kildunne touched down for Quins to make it 33-10 with seven minutes remaining, Louise McMillan and Amelia MacDougall countered with two late tries for Sarries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bristol Bears<\/strong> opened their campaign with a 12-try rout at Leicester Tigers in what was Scott Lawson&#8217;s first game in charge of last season&#8217;s fourth-placed finishers.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Millie David led the charge with an impressive four tries, followed closely by a hat-trick from speedy winger Reneeq Bonner at Mattioli Woods Welford Road.<\/p>\n<p>Ella Lovibond weighed in with a couple, while there was also a try apiece for Bristol&#8217;s Evie Gallagher, Amy Dale and Holly Phillips.<\/p>\n<p>The only sour note for the Bears was an injury to centre Phoebe Miller, who left the ground on crutches after being forced off midway through the first half.<\/p>\n<p>World Cup winner Holly Aitchison could not inspire Sale Sharks to a second victory in as many games after returning to the squad for her first match of the season at <strong>Loughbrough Lightning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The home side, which included Red Roses duo Sadia Kabeya and Lilli Ives Campion, bounced back from their narrow opening-day defeat at Harlequins to record a 19-12 win at Franklin&#8217;s Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Tahlia Brody gave Lightning a first-half lead with a try on her debut, while Haineala Lutui touched down twice in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>Tries for Sharifa Kasolo and Rhona Loyd secured a losing bonus point for Sale.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" 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