Right time for a new Red Roses captain – Marlie Packer
Before Packer enters the Six Nations as England vice captain, she will face Captain Saracens in the Premier League Women’s Rugby League on Saturday against Exeter Chiefs.
In the highly competitive PWR league, nine points are second and fifth respectively. The Saracens are third And knowing that the victory over fifth place Exeter will book his position in the semifinals.
But bringing the second-place harasser to the home run semifinal is Packer’s ultimate goal.
108-CAP wing added: “We need to make sure we maximize the score for Exeter and get 5 points and good performance.”
“We’re at the back end of the season right now, it’s knockout rugby, we’re not usually in the league. Going to the top four is knockout rugby. We want to play the semi-finals for anyone this.”
Gloucester-Hartpury, who is on top of the PWR, chased the third PWR title in a row, but lost three league games in this campaign, and Harlequins lost three times.
Packer added: “Usually, the first two teams will lose at most one or two games in the regular season. You will never get it all over the place like this league.”
“It’s really exciting for PWR. It shows the ability of the players playing on all teams and you have to show up for every game.
“The best league in the world is in PWR, week after week of competitiveness.”
Harlequins v Bristol Bears on Friday (19:45 GMT) is the first of four PWR matches that will be live on the BBC Iplayer and the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport website and the app.
Defending champion Gloucester-Hartpury’s final regular season game, their Harlequins will be played on February 21.
BBC Sport will showcase a semi-final on March 1/2 weekend, which will be broadcast live from London’s Stonex Stadium on March 16.
The BBC Sport is home to this year’s women’s rugby, with the Women’s Six Nations starting in March and exclusively covering the England Women’s Rugby World Cup this summer, starting on August 22.
