Loughborough Lightning have named a squad of 26 players for a pre-season friendly away at Bristol Bears Women.
Second row Sally Williams will captain Lightning for their second hit-out of the 2023/24 campaign in a match being played behind closes doors at the Bears’ High Performance Centre on Saturday 16 September, kick-off 4:30pm.
Head coach Nathan Smith will get the chance to cast his eyes over his squad in action for the second time this week having also held a competitive training session with Worcester Warriors on Monday.
BRISTOL BEARS vs LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING
Preseason Friendly
Saturday 16 September, 2023
Bears High Performance Centre
Kick-off: 4:30pm
15 Georgina Tasker (vc)
14 Ellen Scantlebury
13 Emma Hardy
12 Carmela Morrall
11 Bo Westcombe-Evans
10 Lia Green
9 Jess Weaver
1 Kath Baverstock
2 Phoebe Andrews
3 Isla Cuphrey
4 Becky Boyd
5 Sally Williams (c)
6 Kendall Waudby
7 Ellie Roberts
8 Maja Meuller
Replacements: Jess Panayiotou, Katie Trevarthen, Poppy Phillips, Issy Winter, Cat Westley, Megan Davey, Alex Baker, Molly Anderson-Thomas, Lucia Linn, Karolina Kacirkova, Sarah Smart