3 days ago premiership-womens-rugby Three talking points from Round 8 of the 2025/26 PWR season
After this weekend Premiership Women’s Rugby will have a five week hiatus for the winter.
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Sale Sharks Women face off against Loughborough Lightning in PWR Round 13 on Sat 7th March 2026 at Morson Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 15:00. In South Africa it’s at 17:00 SAST, 04:00 NZST in New Zealand, 02:00 AEST in Australia and 07:00 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 2 places in the league table with Loughborough Lightning in 5th and Sale Sharks Women in 7th underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Sale Sharks 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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Sign up for freeAfter this weekend Premiership Women’s Rugby will have a five week hiatus for the winter.
Tom Hudson is not one for excuses. The Sale Sharks head coach purely wants to focus on the task at hand and hosting Saracens this …
It is mindboggling to think that we are about to enter a five week hiatus of the Premiership Women’s Rugby season.
Loughborough Lightning’s Carmela Morrall has packed in plenty of rugby to her life already.