{"id":197613,"date":"2025-10-08T11:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/197613\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:23:08","slug":"five-pwr-players-whose-stock-rose-at-the-2025-womens-rugby-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/197613\/","title":{"rendered":"Five PWR players whose stock rose at the 2025 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Across the 2025 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup<\/a> a host of players enjoyed landmark performances on the biggest stage of all.<\/p>\n

In the coming weeks those same athletes will return to domestic action. In just over two weeks\u2019 time Premiership Women\u2019s Rugby<\/a> will start its 2025\/26 season as Harlequins<\/a> host Loughborough Lightning<\/a> on Friday 24 October.<\/p>\n

Ahead of that new campaign RugbyPass\u2019 Joe Harvey has identified five PWR<\/a> players that saw their stock rise at the World Cup and will want to keep the good times rolling for their club\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Morwenna Talling | Sale Sharks & England<\/p>\n

As the Rugby World Cup<\/a> wore on it became apparent just how important Morwenna Talling<\/a> was to John Mitchell\u2019s Red Roses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The 23-year-old lock forward and back-row played in five of England\u2019s six matches at the tournament and started all three knockout games as the side lifted silverware in front of a sold out Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n

Talling completed 91 tackles across the tournament. 13 of those tackles were dominant.<\/p>\n

It was as no-nonsense as it gets from the Sale Sharks<\/a> forward. It is form that will come as a welcome boost to her club\u2019s new head coach, Tom Hudson<\/a>, who has overseen plenty of change in the North West during his first months in charge.<\/p>\n

This has included the arrival of fellow Red Roses internationals Holly Aitchison<\/a> and Amy Cokayne<\/a>, along with Scotland<\/a> internationals Evie Wills<\/a>, Rhona Lloyd<\/a> and Leah Bartlett<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Evie Gallagher | Bristol Bears & Scotland<\/p>\n

Scotland<\/a>\u2019s Evie Gallagher<\/a> was a frightening prospect to contend with. The 25-year-old flanker was a mainstay for her team as they reached a first quarter-final appearance in over 20 years.<\/p>\n

Simply put she did everything that you want of a back-row forward. Despite not playing in the final two rounds of the competition, Gallagher hit the most defensive rucks of any player (53), won four turnovers, hit 76 attacking rucks and made 72 tackles.<\/p>\n

You throw in two tries in the competition and a Mastercard Player of the Match performance against Fiji<\/a>, it really was a career defining tournament.<\/p>\n

A return to Bristol Bears<\/a> will see Gallagher combine with the likes of Gwennan Hopkins<\/a> and Rownita Marston-Mulhearn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DaLeaka Menin | Exeter Chiefs & Canada<\/p>\n

DaLeaka Menin<\/a>\u2019s Rugby World Cup campaign was the perfect display of an all-court prop forward.<\/p>\n

The Exeter Chiefs<\/a> and Canada<\/a> tighthead prop did everything. She carried the ball 72 times for her country, made 220 metres and beat nine defenders in attack. In defence, the 30-year-old was similarly effective with her 61 tackles and three turnovers.<\/p>\n

Menin was also part of the World Cup\u2019s most effective scrum. Ahead of the final Canada<\/a> had 100 per cent effectiveness from their own scrums, something that was only broken by the Red Roses at Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n

As a starter in all six of her team\u2019s game in the tournament, which included the full 80 minutes in the semi-final win over the Black Ferns<\/a>, and her work at tighthead went a long way to taking the North Americans to the last two.<\/p>\n

Kelsey Clifford | Saracens & England<\/p>\n

Kelsey Clifford<\/a> played her part in all six of England\u2019s Rugby World Cup matches as the Red Roses became world champions for the third time.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old loosehead prop crossed the try line five times and ended the World Cup with two assists.<\/p>\n

But aside from her ability to find a scoring touch, Clifford provided a calm consistency at the set piece and, after she was thrust into a starting role in the quarter-final against Scotland following Hannah Botterman<\/a>\u2019s back injury, provided faultless performances.<\/p>\n

Clifford now returns to Saracens<\/a> and StoneX Stadium to compete for a starting spot in the front-row against McKinley Hunt<\/a>, Liz Crake<\/a> and Akina Gondwe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Erica Jarrell-Searcy | Sale Sharks & USA<\/p>\n

There were few players that saw their stock rise higher than Erica Jarrell-Searcy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sale Sharks<\/a> and USA<\/a> Women\u2019s Eagles second row took part in three matches as her country failed to make it out of the group stages, but in each of her 240 minutes on the field the 26-year-old was a commanding presence in the North Americans\u2019 pack.<\/p>\n

In each of her outings the lock dotted down for the Eagles, including a memorable effort at Sunderland\u2019s Stadium of Light for what proved to be the USA\u2019s sole counterpunch to a rampant Red Roses side.<\/p>\n

Resolute in defence, tireless with ball in hand and someone relied on to play a full 80 minutes, Jarrell-Searcy will be a key player for Sharks as they aim to make the semi-finals for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Across the 2025 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup a host of players enjoyed landmark performances on the biggest stage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-197613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}