WOMEN’S RUGBY UNION:

Saracens top the Women’s Premiership by a point after they squeezed past Harlequins 29-24 in front of a club record crowd of 3,701 and second-placed Gloucester-Hartpury, who have a game in hand, left it very late to edge out Bristol 24-19.

Eilidh Sinclair bagged a hat-trick as Exeter thrashed bottom club Sale 64-5 and Leicester hit back from last week’s points deduction with a 22-17 win at Loughborough.