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Lightning stars named in England squad for Old Mutual Wealth Series

England Rugby Red Roses Coach, Simon Middleton announced a 28 player squad for the upcoming Old Mutual Wealth Series which features Loughborough Lightning player coach Sarah Hunter. Alongside the announcement of the Old Mutual Wealth Series squad England have also named a wider 35 woman Elite Player Squad for the 2017/18 season which includes a

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Lightning hungry for first win on the road

Loughborough Lightning Rugby will be looking to achieve their first away win of the season when they face Darlington Mowden Park Sharks this Saturday in a 4pm kick off. After last week’s defeat to Wasps, Lightning will be looking to get back to playing their own game and assert their dominance over Sharks from the

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Loughborough Lightning name side to face Wasps

Loughborough Lightning return to action in the latest round of the Tyrrell’s Premier 15s competition on Saturday, taking on Wasps Ladies after a break in action last weekend. Wasps have had a rocky start to the season despite featuring a number of England Internationals, winning just one of their opening four games, albeit against strong

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Lightning Netball unveil Carter as new Director of Netball

Loughborough Lightning Netball have unveiled Anna Carter as their new Director of Netball ahead of the 2018 Vitality Netball Superleague season. Carter is a former England international, but more recently Head Coach at Yorkshire Jets. In 2017 Carter took up the Lightning U21 Head Coach role, guiding the team to victory at the season ending

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Lightning unveil six England internationals

Following the confirmation that Sarah Hunter will join Loughborough Lightning Rugby as Player-Coach, Lightning are delighted to unveil a further six England internationals ahead of the season opener on Saturday. Leading the way is England Sevens international Olivia Jones, who joins Lightning having come through the England U20 ranks before graduating to the senior setup.

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