6 days ago premiership-womens-rugby 'I signed here to play attacking rugby': Aitchison loving life with Sharks
Eight months into Holly Aitchison's time with Sale Sharks and the playmaker is loving being back in her native North West.
Sale Sharks Women face off against Bristol Bears Women in PWR Round 18 on Sun 2nd June 2024 at CorpAcq Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 15:00. In South Africa it’s at 16:00 SAST, 02:00 NZST in New Zealand, 00:00 AEST in Australia and 07:00 EST in the US.
Bristol Bears Women won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 6 places in the league table with Bristol Bears Women in 3rd and Sale Sharks Women in 9th as such Bristol Bears Women are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Sale Sharks Women vs Bristol Bears Women will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Sign up for freeEight months into Holly Aitchison's time with Sale Sharks and the playmaker is loving being back in her native North West.
All of a sudden it feels like things in Premiership Women's Rugby are really taking shape after Round 12.
Round 11 of the 2025/26 Premiership Women's Rugby season certainly brought us a little bit of everything.
We can safely say that we saw it all in Round 10 of the 2025/26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season.
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The kick through from Sale Sharks has allowed Holly Thorpe to touch down.
The touch judges raise their flags as Holly Aitchison kicks the conversion.
A penetrating move by Bristol Bears results in a try for Ella Lovibond.
The touch judges raise their flags as Sarah Law kicks the conversion.
Nothing was going to stop Georgie Perris-Redding from scoring as they record the try for Sale Sharks.
Amber Reed does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
Incisive passing by Bristol Bears is finished off by Alisha Butchers, as they goes over for the try.
Silky skills by Sale Sharks ends with a try for Holly Thorpe.
Great forward play by Bristol Bears allows Lark Atkin-Davies to score the try.
Sale Sharks are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Vicky E Irwin picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Nobody could stop that maul! Lark Atkin-Davies places the ball down for the try.
Great hands by Sale Sharks leads to a try for Lauren Delany