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Bristol Bears v Gloucester-Hartpury – Final Preview

Teams Bristol Bears 15 Meryl Smith 14 Reneeka Bonner 13 Phoebe Murray 12 Holly Aitchison 11 Courtney Keight 10 Amber Reed (co-captain) 9 Keiira Bevan 1 Hannah Botterman 2 Lark Atkin-Davies 3 Sarah bern 4 Delaney Burns 5 Abbie Ward (co-captain) 6 Alisha Joyce-Butchers 7 Evie Gallagher 8 Rownita marston-Mulhearn 16 Jess Sprague 17 Simi

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Harlequins Sign Red Rose Lizzie Hanlon

Harlequins have confirmed the signing of Red Roses prop Lizzie Hanlon ahead of the 2024/25 Allianz PWR season. The 22-year-old, who made her Red Roses debut against Ireland in the 2024 Six Nations, will join Quins after 39 appearances for Exeter Chiefs Women. The dynamic prop, who was a promising diver as a teenager, joined

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Source: Loughborough Lightning

USA Eagles star Kathryn Treder signs new Lightning contract

Loughborough Lightning have secured the services of prolific tryscoring hooker Kathryn Treder on an extended contract. The 28-year-old spent time with Darlington Mowden Park in the 2022/23 season before making the switch to Lightning for the 2023/24 campaign. Treder made her debut against Leicester Tigers in December 2023 and would go on to make 13

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Source: Loughborough Lightning

Emily Scarratt extends contract with Lightning

Loughborough Lightning are delighted to confirm that Red Roses star Emily Scarratt has extended her contract with the Club. The 111-times capped international has opted to prolong her stay with the African Violets for the 2024/25 campaign. Scarratt made her return to action in February against Bristol Bears after more than year out following a

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Source: Loughborough Lightning

Four players to leave Lightning at the end of the season

Loughborough Lightning can confirm that four more players have left the club upon the conclusion of the 2023/24 season. Georgina Tasker, Chloe Rollie, Sara Svoboda and Maja Meuller will be moving on to pastures new ahead of the 2024/25 campaign. Fullback/winger Tasker made her Lightning debut against Saracens in April 2021 and made 51 appearances,

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Source: Loughborough Lightning

Lightning re-sign USA international Bulou Mataitoga

USA international Bulou Mataitoga has extended her stay with Loughborough Lightning into a third season after signing a new contract. The versatile back made her Lightning debut against Wasps in January 2022 and has gone on to make 36 appearances for the African Violets, scoring eight tries. Mataitoga has balanced her Club duties with a

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Source: PWR

The 2024-25 PWR season to be shortened

Now comes the startling news we should have expected: for 2024-25 the PWR season will be cut back to allow the World Cup the breathing space it deserves. Last year, the new PWR league was delayed to make way for the first edition of WXV. It meant that the final still lies in front of

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Source: Harlequins

Harlequins Sign Harriet Millar-Mills

Harlequins have confirmed the signing of England international Harriet Millar-Mills ahead of the 2024/25 Allianz PWR season. The experienced forward, who has achieved 66 Test caps and represented the Red Roses at the 2017 Rugby World Cup, joins Quins from Exeter Chiefs Women where she made 22 appearances and scored five tries. Prior to her

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Source: Loughborough Lightning

Alicia Maude signs for Loughborough Lightning

Loughborough Lightning have secured the signing of Great Britain Sevens player Alicia Maude ahead of the 2024/25 Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 22-year-old has earned 18 World Series caps for England and Team GB and has appeared in a World Cup and Commonwealth Games in the seven-a-side format of the game. Born in Kingston

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Gloucester-Hartpury v Exeter Chiefs – One-way Traffic

The Second PWR Semi-Final Gloucester-Hartpury were well aware of the result up in London NW4 and wanted to ensure a similar upset didn’t occur at Kingsholm. On five minutes the unlikely first try-scorer was Lleucu George, who strolled over. Then as the crowd were applauding two minutes later to commemorate Rob Burrow, Hannah Jones profited

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