Loughborough Lightning have re-signed international forward Becky Boyd ahead of the 2025/26 season. Second/back row Boyd was earlier today named in the Scotland extended training squad for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup, alongside her club colleagues Leia Brebner-Holden, Helen Nelson, Anne Young and Elis Martin. Boyd, 21, has enjoyed an incredible breakthrough campaign, featuring
Loughborough Lightning have re-signed Scotland international Leia Brebner-Holden ahead of the 2025/26 season. The 22-year-old was named in Scotland’s Rugby World Cup extended training squad earlier today alongside her Lightning teammates Helen Nelson, Anne Young, Elis Martin and Becky Boyd. Brebner-Holden arrived at Lightning in October 2024 from fellow Premiership Women’s Rugby side Gloucester-Hartpury, and
Loughborough Lightning can today confirm the departures of Lucy Weaver, Katherine Baverstock, Amelie Anstead and Grace Deane ahead of the 2025/26 season. Scrum-half Weaver, pictured above (#111) made 17 Lighting appearances and prop Baverstock (#116) made 11 appearances over three seasons with the African Violets, while also playing prominent roles for the Loughborough University side. Winger
A tremendous all-round performance saw Team Bath Netball inflict only a second defeat of the NXT Gen League season on table-topping Loughborough Lightning after an epic contest that gripped another capacity crowd at the Team Bath Arena. The Blue & Gold shrugged off the disappointment of seeing a big early lead overturned as they went
Loughborough Lightning are delighted to announce that Rachel Taylor will join the club’s coaching team ahead of the 2025/26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 41-year-old arrives with a wealth of experience, having spent four years with Sale Sharks, rising to the role of head coach. Taylor made history as becoming the first female coach of
Red Roses international Lilli Ives Campion has committed her club future to Loughborough Lightning after signing an extended contract. The 21-year-old second row is the joint sixth-highest appearance maker in Lightning history, tied on 66 with Helen Nelson, having made her debut as a 17-year-old against Saracens in April 2021. Ives Campion has progressed through
Loughborough Lightning has confirmed that Emma Wassell has left the club to pursue a new opportunity. The 67-times capped Scotland international joined Lightning towards the end of the 2021/22 season, and scored a try on her debut in a 26-12 victory over Sale Sharks. Wassell went on to make 28 appearances over four seasons for
Loughborough Lightning’s all-time leading appearance maker Meg Davey has signed a contract extension with the club. The 24-year-old became only the second player in Lightning history to make 100 appearances when she followed in Katie Trevarthen’s footsteps in hitting triple figures away against Saracens in November 2024. Her first outing in an African Violet shirt
Loughborough Lightning’s second-highest all-time tryscorer Bo Westcombe-Evans has extended her contract. The prolific winger has scored 31 tries in 45 appearances for the African Violets, after becoming Lightning player #098 when making her debut against Sale Sharks as a teenager in October 2021. A prolific 2023/24 campaign saw Westcombe-Evans cross the line 14 times in
Loughborough Lightning have re-signed Krissy Scurfield for the 2025/26 season after an extraordinary first campaign in Premiership Women’s Rugby. The rapid winger lit up the league scoring a remarkable 14 tries in 12 games, including a four-try haul against Sale Sharks and braces against Saracens, Leicester Tigers and Bristol Bears. Scurfield arrived at Loughborough while
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