Heard takes charge to keep out Sarries

GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY secured a pulsating victory over Saracens to leapfrog the Londoners in the PWR table.

- HARRY SCOTT-MUNRO

In front of a vocal home crowd, the hosts started the faster and were left disappointed not to have opened the scoring after Mia Venner had dropped the ball over the line.

Their early pressure eventually told though, as Kate Williams scored from a driving maul, before a flowing backs move freed Nel Metcalfe to race in out wide and put her side 12 points up.

Saracens needed a spark and they found it thanks to a break from Alysha Corrigan.

With penalties mounting against the hosts, Sarries went to the corner, with a clever lineout move creating the opportunity for May Campbell to go over from close range.