3 days ago premiership-womens-rugby Three talking points from Round 5 of the 2025/26 PWR season
After a weekend away Premiership Women’s Rugby came back onto our screens with a flourish.
Trailfinders Women face off against Loughborough Lightning in PWR Round 17 on Sat 25th May 2024 at Trailfinders Sports Ground. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 12:30. In South Africa it’s at 13:30 SAST, 23:30 NZST in New Zealand, 21:30 AEST in Australia and 04:30 EST in the US.
Loughborough Lightning won the last encounter but Loughborough Lightning are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 1 place in the league table with Loughborough Lightning in 5th and Trailfinders Women in 6th underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Trailfinders Women vs Loughborough Lightning will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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The touch judges raise their flags as Emily Scarratt kicks the conversion.
The forward pack of Loughborough Lightning will be happy with that as the rolling maul barges over for the try.
The Loughborough Lightning maul pushes over the tryline as Kathryn Treder scores.
Ellie Green does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
A perfectly weighted kick allows Vicky Laflin to score the try.
The touch judges raise their flags as Ellie Green kicks the penalty goal.
Ellie Green does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
Great hands by Trailfinders leads to a try for Abby Dow
Emily Scarratt has kicked a conversion.
Loughborough Lightning are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Laura Keates touching down.