Saracens beat Harlequins on historic afternoon of progress for women’s game | Robert Kitson

A crowd of 2,000 saw an engrossing final of the Tyrrells Premier 15s as talk of the game going professional increases

English rugby has its share of thorny issues at present but there is one fast-emerging success story out there. If a distinctly chilly Sunday afternoon in west London exuded little obvious glamour, the inaugural Tyrrells Premier 15s final represented the latest major positive stride for the domestic women’s game, a potentially significant staging post along the long, winding road to oval‑shaped equality.

It may be a while yet before rugby’s sisterhood are contesting a sold-out Twickenham final but then again few envisaged professional men’s club rugby back in the 1980s when Saracens were playing on a public park in Southgate. In years to come those in charge of championing the women’s club game may just recall this as the moment which propelled their heroines out of the shadows and into the light of public consciousness.

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