Sunday Roast with a side of rugby?published at 19:56 GMT 6 December 2025
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Image source, BBC SportIf you are serving up a Sunday roast with all the trimmings this weekend, how about adding a side of Rugby?
Both Saracens and Loughborough Lightning hit the half century mark with their score lines last weekend, so expect a contest like the perfect potato, piping hot with plenty of crunch.
Image source, Getty ImagesBo Westcombe-Evans of Loughborough Lightning
Bo Westcombe-Evans ran the ball in four times as Loughborough Lightning overpowered Leicester Tigers 50-15 in the East Midlands derby. This brings Lightning up to fourth in the table with a game in hand.
They travel to the StoneX Stadium for their second away match this season, the first of which was the scintillating season opener against Harlequins that they narrowly lost. Two-time World Cup winner Emily Scarratt is now a full-time coach with Loughborough Lightning, and the backs are certainly firing under her tutelage.
Image source, Getty ImagesSophie De Goede of Saracens
Saracens Women reigned supreme in the London derby against Trailfinders women with an emphatic 57-5 win, securing second place in the table.
The 2025 PWR finalists have only lost one match so far this season, to their old rivals three-peat champions Gloucester-Hartpury in round one. Saracens boast a team sprinkled with World Cup players including world women's rugby player of the year, Canadian flanker Sophie De Goode.
