The visitors were under pressure straight from the off by conceding five penalties in a row. Pressure paid off for Saracens when they opened the scoring in the 15th minute following a trademark Sarries driving maul. England forward Poppy Cleall crashed over.<\/p>\n

Four minutes later the hosts went into a 12-0 lead when Marlie Packer spun around and touched down. The home side increased their lead through a Alev Kelter penalty kick.<\/p>\n

It took Harlequins a while to get some sort of foothold into the game, but gradually they started to force pressure on Sarries which resulted in the home side penalised for a succession of penalties which resulted in Kelter being sent to the bin.<\/p>\n

The one-woman advantage saw Quins get their first points on the board when winger Jess Breach crossed in the corner.<\/p>\n

The visitors thought they had scored their second try of the afternoon, but it was ruled out for a forward pass.<\/p>\n

Despite the momentum swinging back to the Londoners, Saracens scored right on the stroke of half-time when Cleall went over in the corner for her second try of the game following a line out driving maul to give Saracens a 22-5 lead at the interval.<\/p>\n

Withing five minutes of the restart Saracens added their fourth try of the afternoon following yet another powerful driving maul when May Campbell crossed.<\/p>\n

Three more points from the boot of Kelter put the game out of Harlequins. However, the visitors did have the last word when a Harlequins driving maul was successful when Amy Cokayne went over two minutes from time.<\/p>\n

Saracens Women\u00a0 30\u00a0 Harlequins Women\u00a0 10<\/p>\n

Allianz Premier 15\u2019s semi-final Sunday 22^{nd<\/sup> May 2022<\/p>\n}

By Peter Moore<\/p>\n