RUGBY LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING
VS
WORCESTER WARRIORS
ALLIANZ PREMIER 15s SAT 9 SEPT 2021 KO 14:00
ESTABLISHED 2017
WHERE HISTORY BEGINS ISSUE 2
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CONTENTS 4
WELCOME FROM RHYS EDWARDS
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TODAY’S TEAMS
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DMP DURHAM SHARKS MATCH REPORT
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MEET THE TEAM
10 TODAYS OPPOSITION 11 POSITIONS 12 STAFF 14 LIGHTNING FIXTURES AND RESULTS 15 LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FIXTURES AND RESULTS
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RHYS EDWARDS
DIRECTOR OF RUGBY Welcome all to Loughborough University for another Allianz Premier 15s Fixture. Today’s match is our Freshers Week ‘Big Match’ which sees us welcome Worcester Warriors to Epinal Way and showcase the Women’s game at its highest level. Worcester come to Loughborough looking to get back to winning ways having had some great battles over the last few weeks. The Premier 15s this year is proving to be a very competitive league with many teams now capable of beating each other, which shows the growth of the game. It also means we now have to continually ensure that we perform consistently week in week out. We head into today’s game full of confidence following our victory against DMP last week, however we know that we need to raise our accuracy to ensure that we perform. Today sees us introduce 2 more players to the #LightningFamily with Scottish Internationals Megan Gaffney and Christine Belisle joining us following their fantastic performances in the recent World Cup Qualifiers. We also welcome back Rachel Malcolm, who led the Scotland team superbly, and Jenny Maxwell. Congratulations must also go to our six England Players who have been called into the Red Roses Autumn Internationals Squad, in particular Sadia Kabeya, who has been exceptional in her performances this season so far.
We hope that you enjoy today and please come say hello post game in JCs bar. Rhys Edwards Director of Rugby
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING V WORCESTER WARRIORS
TODAY’S TEAMS LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING DETYSHA HARPER
01
LARK DAVIES
02
CHARLI JACOBY
03
CATH O’DONNELL
04
IONA ANTWIS
05
RACHEL MALCOLM ©
06
SADIA KABEYA
07
V
WORCESTER WORRIORS 01
AKINA GONDWE
02
CARYS PHILLIPS ©
REFEREE: KATHERINE RITCHIE
03
FLO LONG
04
LYNDSAY O’DONNELL
AR MATT ASTLE
05
ALYCIA WASHINGTON
06
ALEX MATTHEWS
AR NIA PARSONAGE
07
ALEX CALLENDER
SARAH HUNTER
08
08
JO BROWN
JENNY MAXWELL
09
09
FFION LEWIS
HELENA ROWLAND
10
10
MINORI YAMAMOTO
GEORGIE LINGHAM
11
11
VICKY LAFLIN
EMMA HARDY
12
12
MEGAN VARLEY
GEORGINA TASKER
13
13
VICKY FOXWELL
MEGAN GAFFNEY
14
14
LYDIA THOMPSON
MEGAN DAVEY
15
15
CARYS COX
BRYONY FIELD
16
16
LANA SKELDON CARYL THOMAS
KATIE TREVARTHEN
17
17
CHRISTINE BELISLE
18
18
LAURA KEATES
SARA SVOBODA
19
19
CHARLOTTE WRIGHT HALEY
MAJA MEULLER
20
20
SIONED HARRIES
JESS WEAVER
21
21
CAITY MATTINSON
ALEX BAKER
22
22
ELLEN MURPHY
ELLEN RAMSBOTTOM
23
23
CAT MCNANEY
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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING VS DMP DURHAM SHARKS
MATCH REPORT
MATCH SATURDDAY: SEPTEM AY 18 BER
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FULL TIME: DMP 0 LIGHTNING 59
LOUGHBOROUGH TAKE MAXIMUM POINTS FROM TRIP TO THE ARENA. Loughborough Lightning notched their first win of the Premier 15s season with a 0-59 victory over DMP Durham Sharks at the Darlington Arena. Rhys Edwards’ side ran in 9 tries, including a hat trick for replacement hooker Lark Davies. Loughborough opened the scoring inside 10 minutes when scrum half Megan Davey sniped over from close range after a driving maul. Lightning doubled their
HALF TIME: DMP 0 LIGHTNING 31 DMP Cockburn, Bainbridge, Herrick, Smith, Wiesheu, Cowan, Gordon, Hazell, Roberts, Lewis, Ishida, Dadds, Taylor, Evans, Thorpe
REPLACEMENTS: Gardner, Hunter, Teece, Storer, Picut, Broom, Cookland, Inman LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING Harper, Field, Jacoby, Ives Campion, Antwis, Svoboda, Kabeya, Hunter, Davey, Rowland, Alejandro, Ramsbottom, Tasker, Pyle, Baker, Davies, Bourke, Fowler, Trevarthen, Meuller, Prothero, Weaver, White
advantage shortly after when Iona Antwis powered over, before a third try from Isla Alejandro who finished well in the far corner after picking the ball up brilliantly off her toes. The bonus point try came just after the half hour mark, when more pressure from the forwards yielded a try for back row Sara Svoboda. The Sharks then enjoyed their best spell of the game as they strung together phases in the Lightning 22. Bryony Field was sent to bin after stopping George Roberts illegally after a quick tap from the Sharks scrum half, however the hosts were unable to capitalise on their numerical advantage. Instead, it was the visitors who registered the final score of the half through Lark Davies on the eve of half time, leaving the scores at 0-31. The second half began in much closer fashion, with the hosts growing into the game and holding out Loughborough until the hour mark. Their resistance was broken on 61 minutes when Detysha Harper powered over as Lightning continued their forward dominance. A couple of breaks from full back Holly Thorpe and centre Jess Dadds gave Sharks
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING TRIES: Davey (4), Antwis (13), Alejandro (31), Svoboda (36), Davies (40), Harper (54), Davies (59), Tasker (63), Davies (68) CONVERSIONS: Rowland (32, 37, 40, 55, 60, 64, 69)
ATTENDANCE: 100 REFEREE: Nia Parsonage
some bright moments, however Loughborough extended their lead with 2 tries in as many minutes. First Lark Davies dotted down from another driving maul, before some quick-thinking Georgina Tasker brought Loughborough their 8th try of the afternoon. Davies then crossed for her hat trick in the final stages to round off an impressive win for the visitors. BY Tom Bulmer Photos by Andy Hall
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Worcester Warriors Women (formerly known as Worcester Valkyries) are one of only ten clubs nationally that compete at the highest level of English elite women’s rugby – the Allianz Premier 15s. Warriors Women pride themselves on being a progressive, aspirational club who work with both international and local talent to maximise individual player growth and development. With all of Warriors Women’s home games being hosted on the state-of-the-art Artificial Grass Pitch at Sixways, and with access to outstanding training facilities, Worcester Warriors Women truly is the place to be for any ambitious female rugby player. Worcester Ladies were established in 1993 and since then the Club has gone from strength to strength, being crowned Premiership champions
for the first time in their 20year history in the 2012/13 season, and regularly finishing in the top four of the Women’s Premiership. In 2016, Worcester Ladies joined up with Warriors and were renamed Worcester Valkyries, before becoming Worcester Warriors Women ahead of the 2019/20 campaign signalling a new era for the team. The Club has a long history of international success, with many players going on to represent their countries in World Cups and international tournaments such as the Six Nations. Currently 7th in the table this season, like Lightning Warriors have won 1 and lost 3 of their opening games. Both teams will be keen to gain a second season from today’s game.
SQUAD LIST 1. Akina Gondwe 2.Carys Phillips © 3. Flo Long 4. Lyndsay O’Donnell 5. Alycia Washington 6. Alex Matthews 7. Alex Callender 8. Jo Brown 9. Ffion Lewis 10. Minori Yamamoto 11. Vicky Laflin 12. Megan Varley 13. Vicky Foxwell 14. Lydia Thompson 15. Carys Cox 16. Lana Skeldon 17. Caryl Thomas 18. Laura Keates 19. Charlotte Wright Haley 20. Sioned Harries 21. Caity Mattinson 22. Ellen Murphy 23. Cat McNaney
LIGHTNING
POSITIONS 01
02
DETYSHA HARPER
03
LARK DAVIES
04
CATH O’DONNELL
06
CHARLI JACOBY
05
IONA ANTWIS
07
08
RACHEL MALCOLM ©
11
SADIA KABEYA
SARAH HUNTER
09
JENNY MAXWELL
10
HELENA ROWLAND
12
EMMA HARDY
13
GEORGINA TASKER
11
GEORGIE LINGHAM
15
14
MEGAN GAFFNEY
MEGAN DAVEY
SUBS BRYONY FIELD, KATIE TREVARTHEN, CHRISTINE BELISLE, SARA SVOBODA, , ELLEN RAMSBOTTOM MAJA MEULLER, JESS WEAVER, ALEX BAKER
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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING
STAFF
RHYS EDWARDS Director of Rugby
SARAH HUNTER Head Coach
AMY WALMSLEY
Rugby Programme Manager
BRAD JONES
Performance Coach
EMILY SCARRATT Performance Coach
ELANA HOBBS Rugby Operations
STEVE HALSEY
Performance Coach
EMMA SPONG Physiotherapist
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING V WORCESTER WARRIORS
JOE MILE
STEPHEN BREISNER
SIMON MINTON
POPPY FELGATE
MADDIE WAND
ELLIOT SHARP
Team Doctor
S & C Volunteer
S & C Lead
PA Lead
ROB SHORTER Nutritionist
S & C Volunteer
Sport Psychologist
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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING
FIXTURES 2021/22 DATE
TIME
OPPONENTS
RESULTS
MON 06/09/2021
KO 15:00
A
HARLEQUINS
50-15 LOSS
SUN 12/09/2021
KO 14:00
H
WASPS
0-29 LOSS
SAT 18/09/2021
KO 14:00
A
SARACENS
38-7 LOSS
SAT 02/10/2021
K0 15:00
A
DMP DURHAM SHARKS
0-59 WIN
SAT 09/10/2021
KO 14:00
H
WORCESTER WARRIORS
SAT 30/10/2021
TBC
A
SALE SHARKS
SAT 06/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
SARACENS
SAT 13/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
BYE
SAT 27/11/2021
KO 15:00
A
EXETER CHIEFS
SAT 04/12/2021
TBC
A
GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY
SAT 11/12/2021
KO 14:00
H
SALE SHARKS
SAT 18/12/2021
KO 12:00
A
BRISTOL BEARS
SAT 08/01/2021
TBC
A
WASPS
SAT 15/01/2022
KO 14:00
H
SARACENS
SAT 29/01/2022
KO 14:00
H
DMP DURHAM SHARKS
SAT 05/02/2022
TBC
A
SALE SHARKS
SAT 19/02/2022
KO 15:00
H
EXETER CHIEFS
SAT 26/02/2022
KO 14:00
H
GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY
SAT 05/03/2022
KO 14:00
H
BRISTOL BEARS
SAT 26/03/2022
TBC
A
EXETER CHIEFS
SAT 02/04/2022
KO 14:00
H
WORCESTER WARRIORS
SAT 07/05/2022
TBC
A
WORCESTER WARRIORS
SAT 14/05/2022
KO 14:00
H
HARLEQUINS
CUP FIXTURE
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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC
1XV FIXTURES 2021/22 DATE
TIME
OPPONENTS
RESULTS
SAT 04/09/2021
KO 15:00
A
BLAYDON
23-27 WIN
SAT 11/09/2021
KO 15:00
A
FYLDE
29-17 LOSS
SAT 18/09/2021
KO 14:00
H
HULL IONIANS
29-24 WIN
SAT 25/09/2021
KO 15:00
A
LUCTONIANS
22-28 WIN
SAT 02/10/2021
KO 14:00
H
STOURBRIDGE
SAT 09/10/2021
KO 14:00
A
HULL
SAT 16/10/2021
KO 14:00
H
CHESTER
SAT 23/10/2021
KO 15:00
A
TYNEDALE
SAT 30/10/2021
KO 14:00
H
SHEFFIELD TIGERS
SAT 06/11/2021
KO 16:00
H
STOURBRIDGE
SAT 13/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
HUDDERSFIELD
SAT 20/11/2021
KO 14:00
A
HARROGATE
SAT 27/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
ROTHERHAM
SAT 04/12/2021
KO 14:00
A
WHARFEDALE
SAT 11/12/2021
KO 14:00
H
SEDGLEY PARK
SAT 18/12/2021
KO 15:00
A
BOURNVILLE
SAT 08/01/2022
KO 14:00
H
FYLDE
SAT 15/01/2022
KO 14:00
A
HULL IONIANS
SAT 22/01/2022
KO 14:00
H
LUCTONIANS
SAT 29/01/2022
KO 15:00
A
STOURBRIDGE
SAT 12/02/2022
KO 14:00
H
HULL
SAT 19/02/2022
KO 15:00
A
CHESTER
SAT 26/02/2022
KO 14:00
H
TYNEDALE
SAT 05/03/2022
KO 15:00
A
SHEFFIELD TIGERS
SAT 12/03/2022
KO 15:00
A
HUDDERSFIELD
SAT 26/03/2022
KO 14:00
H
HARROGATE
SAT 02/04/2022
KO 14:00
A
ROTHERHAM
SAT 09/04/2022
KO 14:00
H
WHARFEDALE
SAT 16/04/2022
KO 14:30
A
SEDGLEY PARK
SAT 23/04/2022
KO 14:00
H
BOURNVILLE
SAT 30/04/2002
KO 15:00
H
BLAYDON
POSTPONED
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