Women's Weekend of Sport Online Programme

We’ve been looking forward to playing here today for ages. The
whole squad have been counting down to it.
N
It’s been a whole month since
we last played a game, so today
is just going to be fantastic to
get a run out and play the game
we all love in front of a fantastic
crowd at Ashton Gate.
It’s an amazing achievement to
be able to have this Women’s
Weekend of Sport. For us to be
playing today and the Robins
tomorrow, I don’t see any other
team doing that in the league.
To be able to do this off the
back of the success of the
Lioness in the summer and the
Rugby World Cup that just took
place in New Zealand, shows
that we’re going in the right
direction. It shows that women’s
sport is continuously growing,
and we’ve seen that from
those two events with sold out
stadiums at both finals.
We hope we inspire the next
generation of rugby stars; little
girls, little boys…anyone. Maybe
you’ve never picked up a rugby
ball before, but this might
encourage you to.
There are so many teams in
and around Bristol that have
fantastic pathways, we hope we
can inspire at least one person
to pick up a rugby ball and get
into the sport.
What you can expect from us
today is a fast, slick, precise
and aggressive game. That’s
the style of rugby we’ve been
playing in the Allianz Cup and
we hope to continue that in
the Premier 15s. We’ve had
that extra month to prepare
ourselves even more, so I’m
excited to show the fans today
what we’ve been working on.
Our opponents here today have
nothing to lose, we can expect
a bit of attitude from them.
They have obviously been in a
difficult situation, so they’ll be
looking forward to playing and
will be raring to go, just like we
are. It’ll be a really good battle.
From behalf of myself and the
whole team we would just like
to say a massive thank you to
everyone who has come here to
support us today. We appreciate
you buying tickets and spending
your Saturday watching us,
especially those who have never
watched rugby before.
I have a few of my old teachers
here supporting me. We can’t
wait to put on a massive
performance and hopefully
you’ll come and watch us
throughout the season.
WOMENS WEEKEND OF SPORT // NOVEMBER 2022 13