{"id":736723,"date":"2026-06-14T21:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/736723\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T21:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T21:02:19","slug":"premiership-womens-rugby-live-gloucester-hartpury-vs-trailfinders-followed-by-saracens-vs-exeter-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/736723\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiership Women&#8217;s Rugby LIVE: Gloucester-Hartpury vs Trailfinders followed by Saracens vs Exeter Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Semi-final Previewpublished at 18:36 BST 13 June<\/p>\n<p>18:36 BST 13 June<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gloucester-Hartpury players celebrating\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f5b5bd03-ac16-4585-a215-8dd7dc6f3520.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cp8lxzj252yo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah<br \/>\nBeckett will be wearing the captain&#8217;s armband<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cp8lxzj252yo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>this weekend when Gloucester-Hartpury walk<br \/>\nout at Kingsholm, which will be re-badged Queensholm for the semi-final on<br \/>\nSunday. The 27-year old forward will be hoping to lead her club to a<br \/>\nfourth-straight PWR final. The Cherry and Whites go into the play-off semi-final without key players Natasha (Mo) Hunt and Alex Matthews due<br \/>\nto injuries sustained during the Six Nations, and World Cup Captain Zoe<br \/>\nStratford who is expecting her first baby. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"> However, Gloucester-Hartpury still boast a<br \/>\nstrong side, with two of their players having been nominated for the PWR player of the season award.<br \/>\n24-year-old prop Maud Muir has gone from strength to strength playing a vital<br \/>\nrole in their dominant run to the top of the league and Emma Sing has kicked<br \/>\nher way into the shortlist. The fullback sits second in the PWR standings for<br \/>\nboth points scored and conversions with 114 and 42 respectively .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trailfinders' Meg Jones\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bbe862cb-0b97-42ba-a6c4-92c3a980cc5d.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"> The Circus have been the team to beat all season and they looked to be unstoppable with a run of 14 wins in a row until they travelled to Ealing and met Meg Jones&#8217; Trailfinders. The England International inspired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c809n9dd825o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a statement 41-39 victory<\/a> that not only ended the three-time champions unbeaten run but booked their place in the play-offs. The previous time these two clubs met in the reverse fixture, Trailfinders lost by only one point. The London Club, who are still classed as relative newcomers to the PWR having joined in 2023, have never finished higher than sixth in the table. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Both teams lost last weekend on the final day of the regular season with the top-four already decided, both sides rested key players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Semi-final Previewpublished at 18:36 BST 13 June 18:36 BST 13 June Image source, Getty Images Sarah Beckett will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-736723","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\/736723","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=736723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}