Loughborough Lightning (rugby union)
| Full name | Loughborough Students Women Rugby Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | Rugby Football Union | ||
| Nickname(s) | Lightning | ||
| Founded | 1970s | ||
| Ground(s) | Loughborough University Franklin's Gardens | ||
| Director of Rugby | |||
| Coach(es) | Nathan Smith | ||
| Captain(s) | Rachel Malcolm | ||
| League(s) | Premiership Women's Rugby | ||
| 2022–23 | 8th | ||
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| Official website | |||
| www | |||
| Current season | |||
Loughborough Lightning are a women's rugby union club based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. They are the Professional women's team of Loughborough Students RUFC and Loughborough University. Together with the netball team and the women's cricket team, the rugby union team is one of three women's sports teams based Loughborough University that use the Loughborough Lightning name. In 2017, they were selected as a franchise for the inaugural Premier 15s season.