EMILY SCARRATT AND HELEN NELSON

Loughborough Lighting Vs Wasps Match Report

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