RUGBY LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING
VS
WORCESTER WARRIORS
ALLIANZ PREMIER 15s SAT 2 APR 2022 KO 14:00
ESTABLISHED 2017
WHERE HISTORY BEGINS ISSUE 8
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CONTENTS 4
WELCOME FROM RHYS EDWARDS
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TODAY’S TEAMS
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MEET THE TEAM
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TODAY’S OPPOSITION
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POSITIONS
10 STAFF 12 LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FIXTURES AND RESULTS 13 LOUGHBOROUGH STUDRNTS FIXTURES AND RESULTS
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RHYS EDWARDS
DIRECTOR OF RUGBY Welcome back to Epinal Way, for another round of Premier15s Rugby, where today we host Worcester Warriors. It’s been a while since we hosted a home game in this competition, but it’s great to be back on our track and we are really looking forward maintaining our current momentum. Today’s match sees us host Worcester Warrior at Epinal Way, and showcase the Women’s game at its highest level. Worcester come to Loughborough looking to get another win, having beaten Sale Sharks comfortably last week. 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. This game is going to be a different challenge, we have a much changed team to our league team, which shows our depth but also the opportunity that this Cup Competition presents. We head into this week following our strong performance, at times against Exeter Chiefs last week, however we know that we need to raise our accuracy to ensure that we perform for the whole 80 mins. Our first half performance last week was impressive with our forwards and backs sharing the try scoring load. What was pleasing was the variance of how we scored, with Amy Pyle cross field kick score the try of the week. Congratulations must also go to all out Internationals who are currently playing the in the 6 nations campaign. The Red Roses in particular looked strong, winning against Scotland. Additionally it is great to see Sadia
Kabeya, playing this weekend against Italy after some exceptional performances this season. Finally, may I welcome James Gallagher to the club, who has joined us as our new Rugby Programme Manager. He will be taking over Amy Walmsley’s role leading our off field delivery. We hope that you enjoy today and please come say hello post game in JCs bar Rhys Edwards Director of Rugby
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TODAY’S TEAMS LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING
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WORCESTER WARRIORS
DETYSHA HARPER
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AKINA GONDWE
BRYONY FIELD
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02
EL FEBREY
CHARLI JACOBY
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03
LAURA KEATES
IONA ANTWIS
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04
ELIZABETH SHERMER
05
AMELIA BUCKLAND HURRY
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SARA MOREIRA
REFEREE: CONNOR BOYLE
ABBY DUGUID
05
KATIE TREVARTHEN
06
HALLIE TAUFOOU
07
SARA SVOBODA
08
ELOISE HAYWARD
09
09
JESS KERSHAW
GRACE WHITE
10
10
MINORI YAMAMOTO
GEORGIE LINGHAM
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11
PAIGE FARRIES
AR MATTHEW ASTLE AR MATTHEW JAMES SHEPHERD
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CHARLOTTE WRIGHT HALEY
08
CARA BRINCAT
EMMA HARDY
12
12
JADE SHEKELLS
BULOU MATAITOGA
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13
CARYS COX
AMY PYLE
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EVIE ENGLAND
AMANDA SWARTZ
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CAT MCNANEY
GILL BOURKE
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CARMEN TREMELLING
ISLA CURPHEY
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FLO LONG
BEYONCE FOWLER
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18
STEF EVANS
NNENNA OYEKA
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TAZ BRICKNELL
SALLY WILLIAMS
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20
JO BROWN
AMY RELF
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TORI SELLORS
MOLLY LUTHAYI
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SARAH NICHOLAS
BO WESTCOMBE EVANS
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VICKY FOXWELL
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MEET THE TEAM
AMY PYLE PLACE OF BIRTH:
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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. El Febrey 3. Laura Keates 4. Elizabeth Shermer 5. Amelia Buckland Hurry 6. Sara Moreira 7. Charlotte Wright Haley 8. Cara Brincat 9. Jess Kershaw 10. Minori Yamamoto 11. Paige Farries 12. Jade Shekells 13. Carys Cox 14. Evie England 15. Cat McNaney 16. Carmen Tremelling 17. Flo Long 18. Stef Evans 19. Taz Bricknell 20. Jo Brown 21. Tori Sellors 22. Sarah Nicholas 23. Vicky Foxwell
LIGHTNING
POSITIONS 02
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03
BRYONY FIELD
DETYSHA HARPER
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IONA ANTWIS
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KATIE TREVARTHEN
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CHARLIE JACOBY
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ABBY DUGGUID
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HALLIE TAUFOOU
SARA SVOBODA
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ELOISE HAYWARD
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GRACE WHITE
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EMMA HARDY
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BULOU MATAITOGA
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GEORGIE LINGHAM
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AMANDA SWARTZ
SUBS GILL BOURKE, ISLA CURPLEY, BEYONCE FLOWER, NNENNA OYENKA, SALLY WILLIAMS, AMY RELF, MOLLY LUTHAYI, BO WESTCOMBE EVANS
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AMY PYLE
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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING
STAFF
RHYS EDWARDS
ELANA HOBBS
Director of Rugby
SARAH HUNTER Head Coach
Rugby Operations
BRAD JONES
Performance Coach
EMILY SCARRATT Performance Coach
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
BETHAN CROUSE 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
14-18 LOSS
SAT 30/10/2021
TBC
A
SALE SHARKS
43–15 LOSS
SAT 06/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
SARACENS
12-22 LOSS
SAT 13/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
BYE
SAT 27/11/2021
KO 15:00
A
EXETER CHIEFS
7-14 LOSS
SAT 04/12/2021
TBC
A
GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY
31-33 WIN
SAT 11/12/2021
KO 14:00
H
SALE SHARKS
0-27 WIN
SAT 18/12/2021
KO 14:00
H
BRISTOL BEARS
17 -14 WIN
SAT 15/01/2022
KO 14:00
H
SARACENS
12-27 LOSS
A
WASPS
41-22 WIN
TUE 22/01/2022
BYE
SAT 29/01/2022
KO 14:00
H
DMP DURHAM SHARKS
59-5 WIN
SAT 05/02/2022
TBC
A
SALE SHARKS
32-3 WIN
SAT 19/02/2022
KO 15:00
H
EXETER CHIEFS
28-25 WIN
SAT 26/02/2022
KO 14:00
H
GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY
19-19 DRAW
SAT 05/03/2022
KO 14:00
H
BRISTOL BEARS
26-26 DRAW
SAT 26/03/2022
TBC
A
EXETER CHIEFS
47-15 LOSS
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
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HARLEQUINS
CUP FIXTURE
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LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC
1XV FIXTURES 2021/22 DATE
TIME
OPPONENTS
RESULTS
A
BLAYDON
23-27 WIN
SAT 04/09/2021
KO 15:00
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 09/10/2021
KO 14:00
A
HULL
26-19 LOSS
SAT 16/10/2021
KO 14:00
H
CHESTER
29-24 WIN
SAT 23/10/2021
KO 15:00
A
TYNEDALE
36-19 LOSS
SAT 30/10/2021
KO 14:00
H
SHEFFIELD TIGERS
33-31 LOSS
SAT 06/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
STOURBRIDGE
22-38 LOSS
SAT 13/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
HUDDERSFIELD
33-29 WIN
SAT 20/11/2021
KO 14:00
A
HARROGATE
15-24 WIN
SAT 27/11/2021
KO 14:00
H
ROTHERHAM
5-71 LOSS
SAT 04/12/2021
KO 14:00
A
WHARFEDALE
15-14 LOSS
SAT 11/12/2021
14-43 LOSS
KO 14:00
H
SEDGLEY PARK
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
19-14 WIN
SAT 29/01/2022
KO 15:00
A
STOURBRIDGE
36-12 LOSS
SAT 12/02/2022
KO 14:00
H
HULL
0-39 LOSS
SAT 19/02/2022
KO 15:00
A
CHESTER
30-24 LOSS
SAT 26/02/2022
KO 14:00
H
TYNEDALE
31-32 LOSS
SAT 05/03/2022
KO 15:00
A
SHEFFIELD TIGERS
0-12 LOSS
SAT 12/03/2022
KO 15:00
A
HUDDERSFIELD
24-20 LOSS
SAT 19/03/2002
KO 15:00
A
BOURNVILLE
26-24 WIN
SAT 26/03/2022
KO 14:00
H
HARROGATE
55-0 WIN
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
28 – 32 LOSS 19-14 WIN
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