4 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.
Sale Sharks Women face off against Loughborough Lightning in PWR Round 3 on Sat 3rd December 2022 at CorPacq Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 14:00. In South Africa it’s at 16:00 SAST, 03:00 NZST in New Zealand, 01:00 AEST in Australia and 06:00 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 1 place in the league table with Loughborough Lightning in 7th and Sale Sharks Women in 8th 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.
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A stunning solo try from Georgie Perris-Redding
The touch judges raise their flags as Lizzie Duffy kicks the penalty goal.
Helen Nelson does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
The pressure has finally told as Rachel Malcolm scores from close range.
Lizzie Duffy makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Sale Sharks are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Scarlett Fielding picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Helen Nelson has kicked a conversion.
A stunning solo try from Daisy Hibbert Jones