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Gloucester-Hartpury Women's Rugby Football Club are a English women's rugby union club based in Hartpury, Gloucestershire. They are the unified women's team of Gloucester Rugby and Hartpury University R.F.C. They were founded in 2014 and since 2017 they have played in Premiership Women's Rugby.

History

2014—2017: Formation & Early Years

In 2014, Gloucester Rugby and Hartpury College came together to found a women's team to be run under the jurisdiction of Gloucester Rugby to capitalise upon the popularity of women's rugby in the area. Hartpury College already had a women's team competing in the BUCS rugby union leagues.

In their first year, Gloucester-Hartpury only played friendly matches, some of which were at Gloucester Rugby's home ground Kingsholm Stadium, whilst the Rugby Football Union decided which league to place them in. The team started with numbers as low as 4 and grew into a much bigger squad. The first captain was Stacy Payne (Hardie) and the vice-captain was Jessica Morgan. The team won the Junior Cup in their first season.Шаблон:CN

In 2015, the RFU placed them in National 2 South West. In their first season they finished second in the league. The following season, they were unbeaten.

2017—2023: Premier 15's

In 2017, to take advantage of an increase in women's rugby participation following England's victory in the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, it was announced that Gloucester-Hartpury Women were awarded a franchise in the new women's top flight, the Premier 15s, as part of a reorganisation of women's rugby in England, despite never competing in the Women's Premiership or Women's Championship and moving up two leagues as a result. This was controversial as, despite the franchises being awarded by an independent body, Gloucester-Hartpury Women were awarded the position in top flight at the expense of Lichfield Ladies who had been competing in the top flight of English women's rugby for 15 years. There was speculation that this was due to geographical considerations.

2022—2023: Increased funding & Premier 15's success

Ahead of the 2022-23 Premier 15s season, Gloucester Rugby announced a significant increase in funding to Gloucester-Hartpury by almost 500%, matching an enhanced contribution from Hartpury University. It was also announced that both the men's and the women's team would wear the same design kit. Former Gloucester player and Gloucester-Hartpury coach James Forrester was appointed CEO of the team in 2023.

In 2023, the team won the Premier 15s by beating Exeter Chiefs Women. By doing so, Gloucester-Hartpury became the first team based outside of London to win. The final was held at Kingsholm Stadium, renamed 'Queensholm' for the occasion. The final drew a crowd of over 9,600 spectators, setting a new record and tripling the finals attendance of the previous season.

Club honours

• Premiership Women's Rugby
  • Champions: (1) 2022–23
• Women's Championship Midlands 2
  • Champions: (1) 2016-17
  • Runners-up: (1) 2015-16

Current squad

The Gloucester-Hartpury squad for the 2023–24 season is:

Club staff

List of head coaches

Coach	Years	Ref
Шаблон:Flagicon Susie Appleby	2014–2019
Шаблон:Flagicon Sean Lynn	2019–Present

Season Summaries

	League				Cup
Season	Competition	Final position	Points	Play-offs	Competition	Performance
2015–16	Women's Championship Midlands 2	2nd	56	-	No competition	N/A
2016–17	Women's Championship Midlands 2	1st	58	-
2017–18	Tyrrells Premier 15s	4th	60	Semi-final
2018–19	Tyrrells Premier 15s	5th	50	-
2019–20	Tyrrells Premier 15s	Season Annulled
2020–21	Allianz Premier 15s	5th	50	-
2021–22	Allianz Premier 15s	6th	51	-	Allianz Cup	5th place play-off (winner)
2022–23	Allianz Premier 15s	1st	79	Champions	Allianz Cup	3rd place play-off (loser)
2023–24	Allianz Premiership Women's Rugby				Allianz Cup

Gold background denotes champions
Silver background denotes runners-up
Pink background denotes relegated

Notable players

Below is a non-exhaustive list of former players for the club who have been particularly notable during their time at the club.

• Шаблон:Flagicon Zoe Aldcroft, 2021 World Rugby Women’s 15s Player of the Year and played in 2021 Rugby World Cup final both while at Gloucester-Hartpury.
• Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Matthews, played in 2021 Rugby World Cup final while at Gloucester-Hartpury.
• Шаблон:Flagicon Maud Muir, played in 2021 Rugby World Cup final while at Gloucester-Hartpury.
• Шаблон:Flagicon Tatyana Heard, played in 2021 Rugby World Cup final while at Gloucester-Hartpury.

Rugby World Cup

The following are players who have represented their countries at the Rugby World Cup whilst playing for Gloucester-Hartpury:

Tournament	Players selected	Шаблон:Ruw players	Other national team players
2021	17	Zoe Aldcroft, Connie Powell, Alex Matthews, Tatyana Heard, Maud Muir	Шаблон:Ruw — Lisa Neumann, Bethan Lewis, Kelsey Jones, Gwen Crabb, Kerin Lake, Lleucu George, Cerys Hale, Hannah Jones, Cara Hope, Siwan Lillicrap (C), Sisilia Tuipulotu Шаблон:Ruw — Maya Learned

Premiership Women's Rugby Record

Results per opposition

The following table details the past performance of Gloucester-Hartpury against different opponents in Premiership Women's Rugby, between the 2017-18 and 2022–23 seasons.

Premiership Women's Rugby
Opposition	Span	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win%	Points for	Average PF	Points against	Best points difference	Worst points difference
Bristol	2017–2023	11	8	0	3	72.73%	305	27.72	170	46 (2018–19)	-38 (2018–19)
DMP Sharks	2017–2023	10	9	0	1	90.00%	561	56.1	69	84 (2021–22)	-14 (2018–19)
Exeter Chiefs	2020–2023	7	5	0	2	71.43%	172	24.57	164	20 (2020–21)	-39 (2022–23)
Harlequins	2017–2023	10	3	0	7	30.00%	226	22.6	308	53 (2022–23)	-62 (2018–19)
Loughborough Lightning	2017–2023	10	3	1	6	30.00%	288	28.8	286	29 (2017–18)	-19 (2018–19)
Richmond	2017–2019	4	3	1	0	75.00%	126	31.5	56	46 (2018–19)	0 (2018–19)
Sale Sharks	2020–2023	6	6	0	0	100.00%	194	32.33	66	34 (2022–23)	3 (2020–21)
Saracens	2017–2023	12	1	1	10	8.33%	250	20.83	432	46 (2022–23)	-62 (2017–18)
Wasps	2017–2023	9	3	0	6	33.33%	250	27.78	198	64 (2022–23)	-17 (2018–19)
Waterloo	2017–2019	4	4	0	0	100.00%	168	42	62	34 (2017–18)	7 (2017–18)
Worcester	2017–2023	10	10	0	0	100.00%	413	41.3	80	80 (2017–18)	3 (2021–22)
Overall	—	93	55	3	35	59.14%	2953	31.75	1891	84 vs DMP Sharks (2021–22)	-62 vs Saracens (2017–18) & vs Harlequins (2018–19)

• Data includes all regular season and play-off matches (semi-finals and finals).
• The 2019-20 season is excluded due to it being abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• All fixtures added from 2017–18 to 2022–23.
• Excludes Allianz Cup results.