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CONTENTS 4 WELCOME FROM RHYS EDWARDS 5 TODAY’S TEAMS 6 MEET THE TEAM 8 MATCH REPORT 10 TODAY’S OPPOSITION 11 POSITIONS 12 STAFF 14 LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FIXTURES AND RESULTS 15 LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FIXTURES AND RESULTS
RHYS EDWARDS
DIRECTOR OF RUGBY
Welcome back to Epinal Way, Loughborough University for the return of the Allianz Cup where we face Harlequins today.
After a period of no games as the Six Nations has played out, we are back into the swing of things as the Allianz Cup starts up again. The Six Nations sees a number of our senior players on International Duty, including Helena Rowland who returns to action for the first time since the World Cup!
Today sees us give three players their debuts who have come up through the BUCS programme; congratulations to Lucy Dale, Lia Green and Ellen Scantlebury. Abi Burton also makes her debut this week, appearing in her first 15s game since coming back from illness. We are excited to see all four debutants run out in the African Violet and Pink for the first time.
We also say a big thank you to Sarah Hunter, who has recently announced her retirement from rugby after a hugely successful playing career, most recently with Lightning and the Red Roses.
Good luck to all today and we hope you have a great day!
Rhys Edwards, Director of Rugby
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KATIE TREVARTHEN 1 1 SHEREE COOPER BRYONY FIELD 2 2 DAVINIA CATLIN GRACE CLIFFORD 3 3 BABALWA LATSHA LILLI IVES CAMPION 4 4 JENNY KRONISH LUCY DALE 5 5 LUCY THORPE SALLY WILLIAMS 6 6 NICOLE WYTHE SARA SVOBODA 7 7 ROWENA BURNFIELD ABI BURTON 8 8 LENAIG CORSON MEGAN DAVEY 9 9 FREYA AUCKEN LIA GREEN 10 10 EMILY SCOTT GEORGIE LINGHAM 11 11 KATIE SHILLAKER CARMELLA MORRALL 12 12 IZZY MAYHEW EMMA HARDY 13 13 GEORGIA COMERFORD BO WESTCOMBE-EVANS 14 14 LAUREN TORLEY GEORGINA TASKER 15 15 ELLIE BOATMAN MAJA MEULLER 16 16 ELOISE HARRIS KATH BAVERSTOCK 17 17 JESSIE SPURRIER JESS PANAYATIOU 18 18 HANNAH DUFFY PHOEBE ANDREWS 19 19 MEGAN BRODIE KENDALL WAUDBY 20 20 BETH EVANS ALEX BAKER 21 21 GRACE CLAVERING ELLEN SCANTLEBURY 22 22 ELLIE ROBERTS AMANDA SWARTZ 23 23 LUCY HOAD
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TODAY’S TEAMS
MEET THE TEAM
GRACE CLIFFORD
NATIONALITY: BRITISH INTERESTING FACT: USED TO DO DISCO FREESTYLE DANCE
BIRTHDAY: 05/02/2004
POSITION: TIGHTHEAD PROP
RUGBY AMBITION: TO BECOME A RED ROSE
RUGBY HERO; ANY FEMALE PROP
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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTING VS WASPS MATCH REPORT
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FULL TIME: LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING 70-5 WASPS
HOME TEAM (LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING)
TRIES: Lingham 4, 19, 25, Malcolm 28, 39, Davey 33, Williams-Morris 43, Field 49, Westcombe-Evans 60, 74, Clifford 64, Williams 68
CONVERSIONS: Nelson 5, 20, 29, 44, Hardy 61
AWAY TEAM (WASPS)
TRIES: Saunders 11
CONVERSIONS:
A Georgie Lingham hattrick boosted Loughborough Lightning to a 68-5 victory against Wasps.
The visitors put 12 trys past the bottom-placed Wasps, with Lingham joined on the try sheet by Bo Westcombe-Evans, Megan Davey, Rachel Malcolm, Carys Williams-Morris, Bryony Field, Grace Clifford and Sally Williams.
Lingham started the scoring in the third minute, running it in after Lightning stole a lineout. But Wasps responded quickly, with Molly Saunders getting on the end of a welltimed kick through by Hannah Edwards to add their only points of the game.
Lightning soon overpowered the home side, with Lingham getting two more in quick
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING: :Tasker, Lingham, Mataitoga, Morrall, WilliamsMorris, Nelson, Davey, Harper, Field, Belisle, Ives Campion, O’Donnell, Talling, Kabeya, Malcolm
REPLACEMENTS: Meuller, Baverstock, Clifford, Svoboda, Williams, Weaver, Hardy, Westcombe-Evans
WASPS: Musgrove, Flowers, Saunders, Vaughan-Fowler, Linkins, Edwards, Roberts, Stock, Bainbridge, Dougan, Tuck, Cooper, Mead, Blanco, Caux,
REPLACEMENTS: Crake, Clark, Williams, Pinnock, Hillier
succession, before Davey and Malcom both powered over to seal a bonus point before the break. A yellow card for Wasps’ lock Fiona Cooper after 38 minutes gave Malcolm space to grab a brace just before the half time whistle blew.
Lightning continued to dominate, with Williams-Morris dotting it down on 42 minutes to get the ball rolling in the second half. Field then found herself on the end of a driving maul to add another five points, before WestcombeEvans went over twice, and Clifford and Williams added two more in quick succession.
A yellow card for Williams saw Lightning finish the game a player down, but despite an attempt at posts, Wasps could not add to their tally.
By Bethan Clargo
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LOUGHBOROUGH
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- GEORGINA TASKER
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TODAYS OPPOSITION HARLEQUINS
Harlequins is one of the oldest and most famous rugby clubs in the world. Founded in 1866, the club is a founding member of the RFU and is famous for its quartered shirt.
Harlequins has over 230 community clubs and schools affiliated locally to The Stoop, its home of over 50 years in south-west London, as well as a further eight across the world. On a playing front, Harlequins has developed successful academies and regularly provides players for international representational honours. At this year’s Women’s World Cup, Harlequins had six players representing England, two representing Scotland, two representing Australia and one representing the USA.
In 2016, during Harlequins 150th anniversary year, the club announced that it would significantly grow its involvement in the women’s game. Developing women’s
rugby is a key element of Harlequin’s strategy which also focuses on growing the number of participants through an established pathway from grassroots to elite level.
In delivering this programme, Harlequins confirmed a new partnership with Women’s Premiership Side Aylesford Bulls Ladies. Under the stewardship of co-head coaches Gary Street and Karen Findlay, Aylesford Bulls secured a league and cup double, before the inauguration of the Premier 15s competition.
In the first season of the new league, Quins reached the final of the competition but were beaten 24-20 by Saracens Women at the Trailfinders Sports Ground, also losing to Saracens the following year. Harlequins are the only team other than Saracens to have won the Premier 15s, topping the table in the 2020-21 season.
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06 SALLY WILLIAMS SUBS: MAJA MEULLER, KATH BAVERSTOCK, JESS PANAYATIOU, PHOEBE ANDREWS, KENDALL WAUDBY, ALEX BAKER, ELLEN SCANTLEBURY AND AMANDA SWARTZ LIGHTNING POSITIONS 09 MEGAN DAVEY 05 LUCY DALE 08 ABI BURTON 11 GEORGIE LINGHAM 02 BRYONY FIELD 14 BO WESTCOMBEEVANS 07 SARA SVOBODA 03 GRACE CLIFFORD 04 LILLI IVES CAMPION 10 LIA GREEN 13 EMMA HARDY 12 CARMELLA MORRALL 15 GEORGINA TASKER 01 KATIE TREVARTHEN 11
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING STAFF
RHYS EDWARDS Director of Rugby
ELANA HOBBS Lightning Team Manager
JAMES GALLAGHER Rugby Programme Manager
KATIE THRIFT Rugby Operations
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MARTA GOMEZ SANTOS Media & Marketing Lead
BRAD JONES Performance Coach
SARAH HUNTER Performance Coach
STEVE MCGINNIS Performance Coach
BETHAN CLARGO Media Marketing
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MADDIE WAND Performance Analyst
TAIA TUNSTALL S&C Support
ALEX BREWER Performance Analyst
KATIE TREVARTHEN BUCS Head Coach
WILL GARVEY Lead Physio
BETHAN CROUSE Nutritionist
NIAMH COLLINS S&C Support
ADAM BURTON S&C Lead
ADAM CROSSMAN S&C Support
EMILY SCARRATT Performace Coach
SIMON MINTON S&C Support
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FIXTURES 2022/23
DATE TIME OPPONENTS RESULTS 17/09/2022 KO 13:30 A WASPS 47-17 WIN 15/10/2022 K0 14:00 H BRISTOL BEARS 40-24 LOSS 22/10/2022 K0 14:00 A SARACENS 23-19 LOSS 29/10/2022 K0 14:00 H SALE SHARKS 39-14 WIN 19/11/2022 K0 14:30 A SARACENS 34-21 LOSS 26/11/2022 K0 14:00 H HARLEQUINS 25-24 LOSS 03/12/2022 K0 14:00 A SALE SHARKS 15-14 LOSS 10/12/2022 K0 14:00 H EXETER CHIEFS 52-5 LOSS 17/12/2022 K0 14:30 A BRISTOL BEARS 26-31 LOSS 07/01/2023 K0 14:00 H WASPS 62-5 WIN 14/01/2023 K0 14:00 A GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY 46-12 LOSS 21/01/2023 K0 14:00 H DMP 41-7 WIN 28/01/2023 K0 14:00 A WORCESTER WARRIORS 19-7 LOSS 04/02/2023 K0 14:00 A HARLEQUINS 39-17 LOSS 18/02/2023 K0 17:30 H SALES SHARKS 17-10 WIN 25/02/2023 K0 15:00 A EXETER CHIEFS 45-5 LOSS 04/03/2023 K0 15:00 H BRISTOL BEARS 57-22 LOSS 11/03/2023 K0 13:30 A WASPS 68-5 WIN 22/04/2023 KO 12:30 H HARLEQUINS 13/05/2023 TBC H GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY 20/05/2023 TBC A DMP 27/05/2023 TBC H WORCESTER WARRIORS 03/06/2023 TBC H SARACENS 10/06/2023 SEMI FINAL 24/06/2023 FINAL 14
LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS RFC 1XV FIXTURES 22/23
DATE TIME OPPONENTS RESULTS 10/09/2022 KO 15:00 A STOURBRIDGE 54-25 WIN 17/09/2022 K0 14:00 H EXETER UNI 17-37 LOSS 24/09/2022 KO 14:30 A HORNETS 38-40 LOSS 01/10/2022 KO TBC H HINCKLEY 35-35 DRAW 15/10/2022 KO TBC A NEWPORT 24-22 WIN 22/10/2022 KO 14:00 H LUCTONIANS 27-24 WIN 29/10/2022 K0 TBC A DINGS CRUSADERS 48-24 LOSS 05/11/2022 KO TBC H OLD REDCLIFFIANS 57-30 WIN 12/11/2022 KO TBC A BOURNVILLE 38-38 DRAW 26/11/2022 KO 14:00 H LEICESTER LIONS 34-28 LOSS 03/12/2022 KO 14:00 A BARNSTAPLE 36-33 LOSS 10/12/2022 KO TBC H REDRUTH 33-32 LOSS 17/12/2022 KO TBC H STOURBRIDGE 34-21 WIN 07/01/2023 KO 14:00 A EXETER UNI 17-15 LOSS 14/01/2023 KO TBC H HORNETS 24-17 WIN 21/01/2023 KO 15:00 A HINCKLEY 28-28 DRAW 28/01/2023 KO 14:00 H NEWPORT 45-31 WIN 18/02/2023 KO 14:15 A LUCTONIANS 29-17 LOSS 25/02/2023 KO 14:00 H DINGS CRUSADERS 47-45 WIN 04/03/2023 KO 14:00 A OLD REDCLIFFIANS 36-32 WIN 11/03/2023 KO 14:00 H BOURNVILLE 39-36 WIN 25/03/2023 KO 14:00 A LEICESTER LIONS 33-5 LOSS 01/04/2023 KO 14:00 H BARNSTAPLE 38-17 WIN 15/04/2023 KO 14:00 REDRUTH (A) 33-31 WIN 22/04/2023 KO 14:00 CLIFTON (H) 15
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