DIRECTOR OF RUGBY
Welcome all back to Loughborough University for another round of the Allianz Cup, our second home fixture of this season.
This week proves to be a good contest, however with some good results against Sale last season we stand in good stead for today’s fixture. Sale will be keen to bring a strong performance after a tough couple of games in the cup so far. We have a strong squad, with a new crop of young, aspirational players. With this I am certain we will have another excellent AP15s Cup game here at Epinal Way. Lightning are keen to prove themselves this week after some tough rounds against Bristol and Saracens recently. It’s exciting to see two of our young players making their debut for Lightning this week, Charlotte Fray and Lucia Linn. This is supported by our link with Loughborough Town which allows us to continually develop new players and bring them through for playing opportunities in the Cup.
Finally, good luck to all our players out in New Zealand currently playing in the World Cup. Its fantastic to have such a big representation out there, with another Lightning player being called up this week. A big congratulations to Detysha Harper! Thanks again for all your support today. We hope you enjoy this occasion.
Rhys Edwards Director of Rugby
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SALE SHARKS
SWAILES
IWANEJKO
IONA ANTWIS
MOLLIE MORRISSEY
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KATIE TREVARTHEN 1 1 KATIE HOUGHTON KENDALL WAUDBY 2 2 NIAMH
ISLA CURPHY 3 3 ALICE
LILLI IVES CAMPION 4 4
GRACE CLIFFORD 5 5
DANNI ALLEN 6 6 MARION
NIKITA PROTHERO 7 7 KIRSTY REID DAISY HIBBERT-JONES 8 8 AMY ORROW JESS WEAVER 9 9 MHAIRI GRIEVE MEGAN DAVEY 10 10 LIZZIE DUFFY BO WESTCOMBE EVANS 11 11 EVIE TONKIN EMMA HARDY 12 12 CARA COOKLAND GEORGINA TASKER 13 13 ALICIA CALTON LAUREN BOLGER 14 14 HOLLY THORPE GEORGIE LINGHAM 15 15 LAUREN DELANY MAJA MEULLER 16 16 SOPHIE LEWIS BRYONY FIELD 17 17 NICOLA HOWAT BEYONCE FOWLER 18 18 VICKY E IRWIN CHARLOTTE FRAY 19 19 KATIE MOORE SALLY WILLIAMS 20 20 JESSICA TAYLOR-ROBERTS LUCIA LINN 21 21 GRACE WHITE AMANDA SWARTZ 22 22 VICKY A IRWIN SARAH SMART 23 TODAY’S TEAMS REFEREE: HARRY WALBAUM 5LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING V SALE SHARKS
MEET THE TEAM JESS WEAVER PLACE OF BIRTH: NOTTINGHAM INTERESTING FACT: TRAINING TO BE A PE TEACHER RUGBY HERO SONNY BILL WILLIAMS POSITION SCRUMHALF BIRTHDAY: 26/09/2000 MATCH DAY SUPERSTITIONS: LUCKY PANTS RUGBY AMBITION: PLAY IN ANOTHER WORLD SERIES LEG 6
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QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS WITH EMILY SCARRATT AND HELEN NELSON 8 LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTING VS BRISTOL BEARS MATCH REPORT
FULL TIME: LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING 19-23 BRISTOL HOME TEAM (LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING)
TRIES: Ives Campion 10, Field 24, Prothero 31, Tasker 54
CONVERSIONS: Hardy 11, 25
AWAY TEAM (BRISTOL BEARS)
TRIES: Crompton 1, Keight 20, Nigrelli 35, Johnes 45, West 57, Pam 68
CONVERSIONS: Reed 2, 36, 46, 58, 69
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING: : Tasker, Bolger, Westcombe-Evans, Luthayi, Lingham, Hardy, Davey, Trevarthen, Field,Harper, Ives Campion, Hibbert-Jones, Williams, Prothero, Allen
REPLACEMENTS: Waudby, Curphey, Panayiotou, Clifford, Meuller, Churcher, Weaver, Smart
BRISTOL BEARS: Crompton, Keight, Murray, Reed, Bonner, Skuse, Burgess, Pam, Phillips, Mulhearn, Nigrelli, Burns,Stafford, Johnes, Marston
REPLACEMENTS: Sprague, Parsons, West,Lockwood, Molloy, Davies, Smyth, Coles
Lightning suffered an unfortunate 40-24 loss against Bristol Bears in the Allianz Cup on Saturday. Bears travelled to Epinal Way having won both their previous matches in the cup and made it three from three in a six try victory.
Grace Crompton opened the scoring for Bears in the first minute after a break from her own half, however, Lightning pulled it back level through Lilli Ives Campion after a strong period of pressure in the Bears’ 22. Lightning then nudged ahead with Bryony Field and Nikita Prothero both going over, but Bears responded through Courtney
Keight and Gabriella Nigrelli to take the score level at19-19 into the break.
Lightning’s Ives Campion was shown a yellow card five minutes into the second half and Bears took advantage of their player advantage, scoring through Manon Johnes. Georgina Tasker closed the gap to two on the 54th minute after some slick play in the midfield from Lightning but despite continued pressure from the home side, Hannah West went over after a pick and go to score Bears’ fifth. Simi Pam then sealed the victory with a try on the 70th minute.
By Bethan Clargo
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SALE SHARKS
Sale Sharks Women are a rapidly emerging rugby team competing in the top-flight of domestic women’s rugby the Allianz Premier 15s. They are relatively new to the league, joining alongside Exeter Chiefs Women in 2020. They are now set for their third year in the Allianz Premier 15s.
Established in 2018, Sale Sharks Women are a critical focus for Sale Sharks as a club. Women’s rugby is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, and Sharks aspire to build the foundations necessary to embody the pinnacle of women’s rugby in the North-West and beyond.
So far, Sharks Women is home to several domestic and international stars, directed by world-class coaches including England centurion Katy Daley Mclean MBE and former Wales coach Rachel Taylor.
During their first season in the Allianz Premier 15s Sale Sharks finished 9th in the table with 4 wins and 14 losses. They achieved similar results last season, finishing 9th again. With some similar results to Lightning in the Allianz Cup thus far, it is set to be a good fight between the two teams today.
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING V SALE SHARKS
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06 DANNI ALLEN 14 LAUREN BOLGER15 GEORGIE LINGHAM 10 MEGAN DAVEY SUBS, LAUREN BOLGER, GEORGIE LINGHAM, MAJA MEULLER, BRYONY FIELD, BEYONCE FOWLER, CHARLOTTE FRAY, SALLY WILLIAMS, LUCIA LINN, AMANDA SWARTZ AND SARAH SMART LIGHTNING POSITIONS 07 NIKITA PROTHERO 01 KATIE TREVARTHEN 09 JESS WEAVER 13 GEORGINA TASKER 04 LILLI IVES CAMPION 05 GRACE CLIFFORD 08 DAISY HIBBERTJONES 11 BO WESTCOMBEEVANS 02 KENDALL WAUDBY 03 ISLA CURPHY 12 EMMA HARDY 11
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