Gloucester-Hartpury’s warrior queens will not just stay on their throne for another season, they have written their names in the history books, bagging their third consecutive domestic title and achieving their remarkable mission of a ‘three-peat’. Not even a so-called neutral venue of Saracens’ home ground would deny them.
The Women’s Six Nations might be around the corner but this Premiership Women’s Rugby finale had the feel of a full-blooded Test match, such was its unrelenting intensity and the level of skill that was on display. At times it resembled two boxers punching the lights out of each other, as the reigning champions ground down Saracens’ hungry wolfpack in a dominant second half to give head coach Sean Lynn a fairytale send-off in his final game in charge.