Lilli Ives Campion and Daisy Hibbert-Jones will both achieve significant milestones when Loughborough Lightning take on Gloucester-Hartpury this weekend. Second row Ives Campion, aged just 21, will run out at Kingsholm Stadium on Saturday (kick-off: 2pm) for her 50th Premiership Women’s Rugby game, and her 63rd outing overall in an African Violet shirt. The Red
Loughborough Lightning have named an unchanged starting line-up for their final match of 2024, away at Sale Sharks this weekend. Head coach Nathan Smith has kept faith with the side that secured a try-scoring bonus point in defeat to Harlequins for Saturday’s Premiership Women’s Rugby Round 11 showdown at the CorpAcq Stadium (kick-off: 2pm). The
Head coach Nathan Smith makes two changes to the Loughborough Lightning starting line-up for this weekend’s clash with Harlequins (kick-off: 3.05pm). Francesca Goldthorp returns after injury ruled her out of the loss Gloucester-Hartpury to slot back in at fullback and USA international Hallie Taufoou packs down at blindside flanker at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens.
Sadia Kabeya makes her first Loughborough Lightning start of the 2024/25 season against Gloucester-Hartpury at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens this weekend. The Red Roses flanker made her return to action from injury as a half-time replacement against Saracens last weekend, and will now operate from blindside flanker against the Premiership Women’s Rugby defending champions
Megan Davey will become only the second player in Loughborough Lightning history to reach 100 appearances when she runs out against Saracens this weekend. The 24-year-old has been selected at scrum-half in an unchanged Lightning starting line-up as Premiership Women’s Rugby’s fifth and sixth placed teams meet in a Round 8 encounter at The StoneX
MJRed Roses international Helena Rowland will make her first Loughborough Lightning appearance of the season against Exeter Chiefs this weekend. Head coach Nathan Smith has selected the 25-year-old at fly-half for Sunday’s Premiership Women’s Rugby Round 6 trip to Sandy Park (kick-off: 3pm) with Helen Nelson moving infield to inside centre and into the co-captaincy
Olympic Sevens silver medallist Krissy Scurfield will make her Loughborough Lightning debut against Harlequins this weekend. The Canadian winger is one of seven personnel changes head coach Nathan Smith has made to his starting side ahead of the Premiership Women’s Rugby Round 4 encounter on Saturday 26 October (kick-off: 3pm) at the Twickenham Stoop –
Rachel Malcolm and Daisy Hibbert-Jones have been announced as Loughborough Lightning’s co-captains for the 2024/25 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. Number eight Hibbert-Jones has led the team for the first three games of the season as well as the two PWR Up Series matches in preseason. The 22-year-old has amassed 41 appearances since making her debut
Loughborough Lightning welcome back eight returning internationals from WXV for this weekend’s clash with Sale Sharks at cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens. Newly-capped Red Roses winger Bo Westcombe-Evans returns to make the starting line-up while lock Lilli Ives Campion is among the replacements for Saturday’s game (kick-off: 2pm). The Premiership Women’s Rugby Round 3 encounter
Dual code international Fran Goldthorp has returned to Loughborough Lighting after spending two seasons playing Women’s National Rugby League in Australia. Goldthorp made 20 appearances for Lightning in her first spell at the club between March 2021 and March 2023, scoring seven tries as a fullback, winger and centre. She gained honours for England Under-20s
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