Leicester Tigers step up their preparations for their first campaign in the Women’s Championship with a pre-season trip to Bristol Bears on Saturday.
Head of women’s rugby Vicky Macqueen, who includes 24 players in the squad for the opening game in the pre-season programme, said: “The girls have worked hard in the pre-season so it is great to be able to actually get a team out on to the field this weekend.
“Bristol have a lot of Premiership experience so it will be a big challenge but this is the kind of test we want at this stage.”
There is experience in the squad provided by captain Becky Noon and front-row pair Molly Sanghera and Ofure Ugiagbe alongside a number of players who came through the trials process last season and from the pathway with partner club Lichfield Ladies.
Kick-off at Bristol is at 11.30am on Saturday and there will be a full round-up on the Tigers club website.
Leicester Tigers
15 Harriet Roberts
14 Louisa Burgham
13 Molly Draycott
12 Katie Childs
11 Zoe Evans
10 Ellie Turner
9 Morgan Richardson
1 Molly Sanghera
2 Sam Williams
3 Ofure Ugiagbe
4 Georgia Westwood
5 Ella-Mae Ferreday
6 Tanya Bird
7 Sharifa Kasolo
8 Becky Noon (c)
Replacements
16 Rebecca Church
17 Phoebe Andrews
18 Stacey Maguire
19 Kat Turner
20 Amy Relf
21 Lucrezia Iavarone
22 Sarah Baugh
23 Amanda Jones
24 Lauren Twinning
