Loughborough Lightning Rugby Programme Issue 5

RUGBY LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

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SARACENS WOMEN

ALLIANZ PREMIER 15s SAT 15 JAN 2022 KO 14:00

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CONTENTS 4

WELCOME FROM RHYS EDWARDS

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TODAY’S TEAMS

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MATCH REPORT

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MEET THE TEAM

10 TODAY’S OPPOSITION 11 POSITIONS 12 STAFF 13 LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FIXTURES AND RESULTS 14 LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS FIXTURES AND RESULTS

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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING V SARACENS WOMEN

RHYS EDWARDS

DIRECTOR OF RUGBY Welcome all to Loughborough University for another Allianz Premier 15s Fixture.

The last few weeks have been a testing time with COVID, which is still an ongoing challenge, which saw last weeks fixture against Wasps postponed. I am pleased that we are back playing today but we all need to be cautious and safe.

Today’s match sees us host Saracens, who have, as always been the consistent force that they are. Our previous game at the beginning of the year was another classic battle between us, but with our squad depleted it proved too big a challenge for our young team. We head into this fixture off the back of a good run of form and consistent selections which have helped us pick up a good win against Bristol Bears before Christmas.

We welcome back our Canadian second row paring of Courtney Holtkamp and Abby Duguid, who have come back to finish the year prior to hopefully going to the World Cup in New Zealand. Courtney makes her return today, with Abby being available for selection next week.

Welcome back both.

Its great to celebrate this week the inclusion of a number of our U18s players in the England TDG group, namely Molly Luthayi who has been part of our development programme, and has a very exciting future. We also host a combined Centre of Excellence day today, with Yorkshire and Worcester CofE groups training. Welcome

all, and I hope you have a great experience and a chance to watch the premier 15s game after.

We hope that you enjoy today and please come say hello post game in JCs bar.

Rhys Edwards Director of Rugby

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING V SARACENS WOMEN

TODAY’S TEAMS LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

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SARACENS WOMEN

LEAH BARTLETT

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01

HANNAH BOTTERMAN

LARK DAVIES

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02

JODIE RETTIE

CHRISTINE BELISLE

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EMMA WASSELL

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LILLI IVES CAMPION

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RACHEL MALCOLM (C)

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SADIA KABEYA

07

SARAH HUNTER

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DONNA ROSE

04

FI MCINTOSH

05

SONIA GREEN

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GEORGIA EVANS

07

MARLIE PACKER

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POPPY CLEALL

JENNY MAXWELL

09

09

ELLA WYRWAS

HELENA ROWLAND

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10

ZOE HARRISON

ISLA ALEJANDRO

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11

ALYSHA CORRIGAN

HELEN NELSON

12

12

HOLLY AITCHISON

EMMA HARDY

13

13

HANNAH CASEY

MEGAN GAFFNEY

14

14

RACHEL LAQERETABUA

GEORGINA TASKER

15

15

LOTTE CLAPP

BRYONY FIELD

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KAT EVANS

KATIE TREVARTHEN

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KELSEY CLIFFORD

CHARLI JACOBY

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18

ALEX ELLIS

COURTNEY HOLTKAMP

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19

TAMARA TAYLOR

MAJA MULLER

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MACKENZIE CARSON

ELOISE HAYWARD

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21

CARLY WATERS

JESS WEAVER

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22

CARA WARDLE

BO WESTCOMBE-EVANS

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23

ALEV KELTER

IONA ANTWIS

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SARA SVOBODA

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ABBT DUGUILD

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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING VS BRISTOL BEARS

MATCH REPORT

MATCH SATURDDAY: SEPTEM AY 18 BER

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Bristol Bears made a strong start to the match with Jasmine Joyce marking her return to the Bears line-up with a blistering run from her own 22 for the opening points of the game. Amber Reed slotted the conversion to put the Bears 7-0 ahead in the opening five minutes.

The Bears kept hold of the momentum to set up the attack in Lightning’s half once again and slick hands from Alisha Butchers found Joyce out wide to sidestep her way in for her second try of the game. Reed with the boot to extend the Bears lead 14-0.

After piling on the pressure in the opening quarter, Lightning turned the tables on the half hour mark to take control. A yellow card for the Bears’ Phoebe Murray for a deliberate knock-on gave the hosts the advantage but a steal from Butchers kept them away from the scoreboard.

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING 15. Fran Goldthorp, 14. Megan Gaffney, 13. Helena Rowland, 12. Emma Hardy, 11. Georgie Lingham, 10. Helen Nelson, 9.

Jess Weaver, 1. Leah Bartlett, 2.Lark Davies, 3. Christine Belisle, 4. Emma Wassell, 5.Lilli Ives Campion, 6. Rachel Malcom ©, 7.Sadia Kabeya, 8.Sarah Hunter

REPLACEMENTS: 16.

Gillian Bourke, 17. Katie Trevarthen, 18. Charli Jacoby, 19. Cath O’Donnell, 20. Maja Muller, 21. Jenny Maxwell, 22.Georgina Tasker, 23.Isla Alejandro

BRISTOL BEARS WOMEN 15. Kayleigh Powell; 14.

Jasmine Joyce, 13. Phoebe Murray, 12. Amber Reed (co-capt), 11. Courtney Keight; 10. Elinor Snowsill, 9. Keira Bevan; 1. China Kill, 2. Hannah West, 3. Sarah Bern, 4. Hollie Cunningham, 5. Abbie Ward (co-capt), 6.

Alisha Butchers, 7. Manon Johnes, 8. Siwan Lillicrap.

Punishing Bristol’s defence, a maul in the visiting 22 and yellow card for hooker Hollie Phillips left the referee running under the sticks to award Loughborough the penalty try to take the lead.

Bristol dug in deep in the closing ten minutes to try and finish 2021 with a win.

Ploughing their way through the phases in Lightning’s 22 and edging closer to the line, the Bears attack came agonisingly close to powering over for the try. But a spirited

SYSTEM PLAYERS:

16. Robyn Lock, 17. Hollie Phillips, 18. Ellie Mulhearn, 19. Delaney Burns, 20.

Rownita Marston, 21.

Lucy Burgess, 22. Grace Crompton, 23. Ella Lovibond Moments later, the Bears were dealt another blow with a yellow card for Sarah Bern. Utilising the pack, Lark Davies drove over the line for Lightning’s opening try. No conversion left the scores 5-14 to the Bears going in at the break.

Coming out for the second half, Murray returned from the sin bin but the Bears were still down to 14. But despite being down a player, a stubborn defence from the Bears kept Lightning at bay.

But penalties mounting against the Bears soon saw Lightning strike again.

Setting up another driving maul off the back of a lineout saw Davies crash over for the second try of the game to put the hosts into double figures.

defensive effort from the home side saw them turn over the ball and clear for the full-time whistle and victory.

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING: TRIES: Lark Davies (2) Penalty try.

BRISTOL BEARS WOMEN: TRIES: Jasmine Joyce (2), Conversions: Amber Reed (2)

HALF TIME: LIGHTNING 5 BRISTOL 14 FULL TIME SCORE: LIGHTNING 17 BRISTOL 14

BY BristolBearsRugby. Photos by Ben Lumey

MEET THE TEAM

CHARLI JACOBY POSITION:

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READING, COOKING, AND SWIMMING

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TO COMPETE WITH THE BEST ATHLETES IN THE WORLD AT THE UPCOMING WORLD CUP

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Saracens Women were founded in 1989 and enjoyed considerable success after their formation including the first ever treble in 1993.

24-20 in the inaugural season of the competition, and made it back-to-back titles against the same opposition last season.

They won four Premiership titles between 2006 and 2009 and went unbeaten during a four year period.

Saracens come to Loughborough top of the table after an impressive 104 – 0 victory over DMP Sharks.

This makes for an exciting contest today as Lightning are seeking their first ever victory over Saracens.

In 2014, the club moved from playing home matches at Bramley Road to their new ground Allianz Park and were the first side to play on an artificial pitch alongside a Men’s Premiership team with Saracens Men. The club were crowned the first ever champions of the first ever champions of the Tyrrells Premier 15s when they beat Harlequins Ladies

SQUAD LIST 1. Hannah Botterman 2. Jodie Rettie 3. Donna Rose 4. Fi McIntosh 5. Sonia Green 6. Georgia Evans 7. Marlie Packer 8. Poppy Cleall 9. Ella Wyrwas 10.Zoe Harrison 11.Alysha Corrigan 12.Holly Aitchison 13.Hannah Casey 14.Rachel Laqeretabua 15.Lotte Clapp 16.Kat Evans 17.Kelsey Clifford 18.Alex Ellis 19.Tamara Taylor 20.Mackenzie Carson 21.Carly Waters 22.Cara Wardle 23.Alev Kelter

LIGHTNING

POSITIONS 02

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03

LARK DAVIES

LEAH BARTLETT

04

EMMA WASSELL

06

CHRISTINE BELISLE

05

LILLI IVES CAMPION

07

08

RACHEL MALCOLM ©

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SADIA KABEYA

SARAH HUNTER

09

JENNY MAXWELL

10

HELENA ROWLAND

12

HELEN NELSON

13

EMMA HARDY

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ISLA ALEJANDRO

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MEGAN GAFFNEY

GEORGINA TASKER

SUBS BRYONY FIELD, KATIE TREVARTHEN, CHARLI JACOBY, COURTNEY HOLTKAMP, MAJA MULLER, ELOISE HAYWARD, JESS WEAVER, BO WESTCOMBE-EVANS, IONA ANTWIS, SARA SVOBODA, ABBT DUGUILD

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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 SARACENS WOMEN

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

A

WASPS

KO 14:00

H

SARACENS

TBC

A

WASPS

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

SAT 08/01/2021 SAT 15/01/2022 22.01.22

CUP FIXTURE

BYE

17 -14 WIN POSTPONED

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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

KO 14:00

H

SEDGLEY PARK

14-43 LOSS

SAT 18/12/2021

KO 15:00

A

BOURNVILLE

POSTPONED

SAT 08/01/2022

28 – 32 LOSS

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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