Ireland internationals Sam Monaghan, Neve Jones and Kathryn Buggy played their part as Gloucester-Hartpury became the first non-London club to win the Allianz Premier 15s final with a 34-19 victory over Exeter in front of a record crowd.
Monaghan, named on the team of the year, started at lock, while Jones and Buggy featured off the bench.
Ireland skipper Nichola Fryday, as well as Edel McMahon and Cliodhna Moloney featured for Exeter.
Four different players scored tries for Gloucester, playing on home turf at Kingsholm – rebranded 'Queensholm' for the day – as the Chiefs finished runners-up for the second successive year having lost to Saracens last time around.
Kelsey Jones, watched by 9,668 in the competition’s best-attended final, opened the scoring with her eighth try of the campaign from an early driving maul.
Exeter edged ahead through Emily Tuttosi and a Liv McGoverne conversion after Sarah Beckett was sent to the sin bin for a high tackle, but while still a player short the ‘home’ side hit back with Rachel Lund touching down.
Beckett marked her return to play with a try, converted by Emma Sing, to give Gloucester a half-time lead, which was extended when they were awarded a penalty try after Claudia MacDonald was penalised for tapping the ball out of play and received a yellow card.
Lund joined MacDonald in the sin-bin for a high tackle on Rachel Johnson and McGoverne made it 24-12 with a 52nd-minute try, only for Sing’s penalty to push Gloucester further ahead again.
Lisa Neumann’s score six minutes from time assured victory, with Ebony Jeffries’ late response merely a consolation.
