Lineup: Trailfinders Women vs Loughborough Lightning

Trailfinders Women announce their lineup to face Loughborough Lightning away at Loughborough University.

There are seven changes to the starting XV that were narrowly defeated by Gloucester-Hartpury in last weekend.

Sara Seye replaces Andrea Stock at Tighthead joining last week’s Arnold Hill Player of the Match Liz Crake, and Elisa Riffonneau in the front row.

Captain Tyson Beukeboom starts at lock alongside Rowena Burnfield, who moves into the engine from Number Eight.

The back-row features Cristina Blanco and Megan Barwick, who are joined by Kate Zackary starting at Number Eight.

The half-backs are Emma Swords and Ellie Green, who hit the conversion to seal the losing bonus point in the last game.

Carys Cox swaps moves to inside-centre from outside-centre, with Julia Schell partnering her in the midfield, and the back three is once again unchanged, featuring Abby Dow, Vicky Laflin and Rosie Inman.

Director of Rugby Giselle Mather said: “This weekend sees well matched battles right across PWR and our game is no different! We are really excited for this contest and have trained hard to give ourselves the opportunity of the best outcome for us. It is all set up to be a very exciting game!”

Trailfinders Women to face Loughborough Lightning:

1 Liz Crake

2 Elisa Riffonneau

3 Sara Seye

4 Tyson Beukeboom Captain

5 Rowena Burnfield

6 Cristina Blanco

7 Megan Barwick

8 Kate Zackary

9 Emma Swords

10 Ellie Green

11 Abby Dow Vice Captain