Loughborough Lightning Rugby Programme Issue 2

RUGBY LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

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WORCESTER WARRIORS

ALLIANZ PREMIER 15s SAT 9 SEPT 2021 KO 14:00

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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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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING V WORCESTER WARRIORS

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

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CHARLI JACOBY

03

CATH O’DONNELL

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IONA ANTWIS

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RACHEL MALCOLM ©

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SADIA KABEYA

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WORCESTER WORRIORS 01

AKINA GONDWE

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CARYS PHILLIPS ©

REFEREE: KATHERINE RITCHIE

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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

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11

VICKY LAFLIN

EMMA HARDY

12

12

MEGAN VARLEY

GEORGINA TASKER

13

13

VICKY FOXWELL

MEGAN GAFFNEY

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14

LYDIA THOMPSON

MEGAN DAVEY

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15

CARYS COX

BRYONY FIELD

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16

LANA SKELDON CARYL THOMAS

KATIE TREVARTHEN

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17

CHRISTINE BELISLE

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18

LAURA KEATES

SARA SVOBODA

19

19

CHARLOTTE WRIGHT HALEY

MAJA MEULLER

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SIONED HARRIES

JESS WEAVER

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21

CAITY MATTINSON

ALEX BAKER

22

22

ELLEN MURPHY

ELLEN RAMSBOTTOM

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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)

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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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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING V WORCESTER WARRIORS

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

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CATH O’DONNELL

06

CHARLI JACOBY

05

IONA ANTWIS

07

08

RACHEL MALCOLM ©

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SADIA KABEYA

SARAH HUNTER

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JENNY MAXWELL

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HELENA ROWLAND

12

EMMA HARDY

13

GEORGINA TASKER

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GEORGIE LINGHAM

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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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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

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