Gloucester-Hartpury beat Bristol to seal PWR title

Premiership Women's Rugby final

Gloucester-Hartpury (7) 36

Tries: Hunt, Hendy, Sing, Venner, Jones; Cons: Sing 4; Pen: Sing

Bristol Bears (17) 24

Tries: Keight, Atkin-Davies, Botterman, Lovibond; Cons: Reed 2

Gloucester-Hartpury produced a stirring second-half comeback to hit Bristol Bears astatine Sandy Park and unafraid back-to-back Premiership Women's Rugby titles.

Gloucester, who trailed 17-7 astatine half-time, scored 4 tries and 26 points without reply successful a scintillating spell during nan 2nd period.

Courtney Keight, Lark Atkin-Davies and Hannah Botterman each touched down arsenic portion of an awesome Bears show earlier half-time, pinch Natasha Hunt going complete successful response.

But Gloucester were ascendant aft nan restart and unanswered tries from Pip Hendy, Emma Sing, Mia Venner and Hannah Jones confirmed them arsenic champions for nan 2nd successive season, pinch Ella Lovibond's precocious effort simply a consolation.

More to follow.

Gloucester-Hartpury: Sing; Venner, Jones, Heard, Hendy; George, Hunt (co-capt); Carson, Jones, Muir, Beckett, Monaghan, Brock, Lewis, Aldcroft (co-capt).

Replacements: Dale, Perry, Tuipulotu, Williams, Else, Blackburn, Hyett, Lund.

Bristol Bears: Smith; Bonner, Murray, Aitchison, Keight; Reed (co-capt), Bevan; Botterman, Atkin-Davies, Bern, Burns, Ward (co-capt), Joyce-Butchers, Gallagher, Marston-Mulhearn.

Replacements: Sprague, Pam, Clarke, Cunningham, Nigrelli, Burgess, Lovibond, Hesketh.

Referee: Sara Cox.