At present qualification for the play-offs looks sewn up: Bears lie nine points ahead of Lightning. But Lightning do have a leeway of one game, which can make a big difference before decision time. This weekend the gap could narrow to a mere four points. Fixtures Saturday 10 February Loughborough Lightning v Leicester Tigers, Franklin’s
ALLIANZ Premiership Women’s Rugby goes up another level on 2-3 March as the league stages a SuperPWR weekend with all four matches broadcast live and all the games in main stadiums. One of the highlights is the huge clash between Gloucester-Hartpury and Exeter Chiefs on a weekend when there are no men’s Guinness Six Nations
Mathematically, we move into the second half of the league season. Once again we have a hotch-potch of fixtures, no two starting at the same time on the same day. It’s Lightning’s turn to sit out. The Big One this week is Chiefs’ visit to North Bristol. The hosts really must claim a home victory
Amy Turner has named her side to face Sale Sharks Women, in Harlequins’ annual Pride fixture at The Stoop. Two changes in the front-row see Silvia Turani and Springbok Women’s captain Babalwa Latsha line up alongside Hannah Sims. Sarah Bonar is named as vice-captain and will link up with Abbie Fleming and Shaunagh Brown in
Gloucester-Hartpury v Saracens The two powerhouses enjoyed a true top-of-the-table clash. In front of a raucous crowd it lived up to its billing. It was nip and tuck up to half-time (10-5), then for the last quarter the hosts were reduced to 14 as Kelsey Jones was shown a red card for a head-on-head contact
Halfway House The 9th Set of Fixtures out of 18 Saturday 20 January Exeter Chiefs bye Bristol Bears v Harlequins, KO 13.00 Gloucester-Hartpury v Saracens, KO 14.00 Loughborough Lightning v Trailfinders, KO 14.00 (NB match switched to Loughborough; Northampton frozen) Sunday 21 January Sale Sharks v Leicester Tigers, KO 14.00 It’s inevitable; with only four
Amy Turner has made just one change to the Starting XV who suffered a home defeat at the hands of Loughborough Lightning last week, as Quins travel to Shaftesbury Park to face fourth-place Bristol Bears. Hannah Sims returns to Harlequins’ Starting XV at loosehead alongside Connie Powell and Bryony Cleall in the front-row. Having recovered
Loughborough Lightning have made three changes to their starting line-up ahead of this weekend’s Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby clash with Trailfinders Women at Loughborough University. Scotland international Helen Nelson missed out on the win away at Harlequins in Round 8 through injury but returns to feature at inside centre with Helena Rowland remaining at fly-half
Quins take another knock We ought to call Quins’ home defeat by Lightning the big upset of the day, but their record has been so below par this season, that it fails to shock as it should. It needed a 78th-minute try from Kathryn Treder, her second, to decide the issue, but the outcome was
Scotland international Chloe Rollie returns to the Loughborough Lightning starting line-up for this weekend’s Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby trip to face Harlequins. The 28-year-old missed out on the trip to Gloucester-Hartpury due to injury but will feature at fullback in Saturday’s encounter at Twickenham Stoop (kick-off: 2pm). Rollie takes the place of fellow Scot Helen
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