Overview
- Jess Breach’s 74th-minute try gave Saracens a 40-38 semi-final win over Exeter Chiefs on Sunday and advanced them to a Premiership Women’s Rugby Final against Trailfinders at the Twickenham Stoop on June 28.
- Marlie Packer was sin-binned in the 32nd minute for cynical play, a spell that let Exeter overturn a 16-point deficit and change the momentum of the match.
- Olivia Apps and Jess Breach each scored two tries in the semi-final, with Apps also contributing key goal kicks and finishing the match as a major attacking influence.
- Saracens named an unusually international-heavy matchday squad with 12 current internationals in the starting XV and two more on the bench, a depth that helped them recover late despite recurring discipline problems.
- Trailfinders reached the final by beating Gloucester-Hartpury 29-26, ending Gloucester-Hartpury’s recent dominance, and the final will offer Saracens a chance to end a four-year title drought while marking a likely final Saracens appearance for Packer.