3 days ago premiership-womens-rugby Three talking points from Round 8 of the 2025/26 PWR season
After this weekend Premiership Women’s Rugby will have a five week hiatus for the winter.
Trailfinders Women face off against Exeter Chiefs Women in PWR Round 1 on Sat 25th October 2025 at Trailfinders Sports Ground. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 15:00 and is broadcast on YouTube. In South Africa it’s at 16:00 SAST, 03:00 NZST in New Zealand, 01:00 AEST in Australia and 07:00 EST in the US.
Exeter Chiefs 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 just 2 places in the league table with Exeter Chiefs Women in 4th and Trailfinders Women in 6th underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Trailfinders Women vs Exeter Chiefs 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 freeAfter this weekend Premiership Women’s Rugby will have a five week hiatus for the winter.
It is mindboggling to think that we are about to enter a five week hiatus of the Premiership Women’s Rugby season.
Steve Salvin's tenure as the head coach of Exeter Chiefs has started off in the best possible way.
Alex Tessier knows a little bit of what to expect when Saracens visit her Exeter Chiefs this weekend.
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Georgia Ponsonby scores the try from close range.
The touch judges raise their flags as Megan Jones kicks the conversion.
Nothing was going to stop Kate Zackary from scoring as they record the try for Trailfinders.
Slick passing by Exeter Chiefs leads to a try for Claudia Moloney-MacDonald.
Liv McGoverne does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
Incisive passing by Exeter Chiefs is finished off by Gabriella Nigrelli, as they goes over for the try.
Carys Cox (Trailfinders) is shown a yellow card
Liv McGoverne makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Exeter Chiefs are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Hope Rogers picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Liv McGoverne scores the try from close range.