Loughborough Lightning vs Harlequins

Kickoff: 7:30pm, Friday 13th March

Venue: Cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens

Watch on: BBC iPlayer

Key to the game: Can the return of Ellie Kildunne help Harlequins to turn around their form? Harlequins have lost 3, and drawn 1, of their previous 4 games in the PWR with their last victory on the 28th of January against Ealing. One thing that didn't help was the absence of Ellie Kildunne who was rested for the Sale game before being forced to miss the Saracens game due to being stuck in Dubai. She is now back at fullback and will be looking to bring the X-factor that her side has been missing.

Team news

Loughborough Lightning

Starting XV

1.Anne Young 2.Kathryn Treder 3.Christine Belisle 4.Lilli Ives Campion 5.Rachel Ehrecke

6.Daisy Hibbert-Jones 7.Sadia Kabeya 8.Haineala Lutui 9.Lis Maude 10.Helena Rowland

11.Bo Westcombe-Evans 12.Carmela Morrall 13.Alev Kelter 14.Fancy Bermudez 15.Bulou Mataitoga

Bench

16.Paige Stathopoulos 17.Isla Curphey 18.Mae Sagapolu 19.Becky Boyd

20.Kendall Waudby 21.Tahlia Broady 22.Meg Davey 23.Lia Green

Harlequins

Starting XV
1.Zara Green 2.Connie Powell 3.Lizzie Hanlon 4.Fi McIntosh 5.Jade Konkel(C)

6.Liana Mikaele-Tu'u 7.Sara Svoboda 8.Aoife Wafer 9.Emma Swords 10.Ella Cromack

11.Freya Aucken 12.Lagi Tuima 13.Sarah Parry 14.Claudia Pena 15.Ellie Kildunne

Bench

16.Carys Phillips 17.Laura Delgado 18.Ruby Winstanley 19.Nicole Wythe

20.Maja Meuller 21.Lucy Burgess 22.Kayleigh Powell 23.Beth Wilcock

Exeter Chiefs vs Trailfinders Women

Kickoff: 12:30pm, Saturday 14th March

Venue: Sandy Park

Watch on: BBC iPlayer

Key to the game: The battle of the front rows. It's difficult to find two better front row unites in the women's domestic game, and I include the benches in that. Exeter have a starting front row of: the USA's most capped player, an Irish international and a Black Fern with an Italian international and a Canadien World Cup finalist on the bench. Trailfinders have an equally strong group who will give them a run for their money. If Exeter can turn this into an arm wrestle, Trailfinders will be in a very tough position.

Team news

Exeter Chiefs

Starting XV
1.Hope Rogers 2.Cli Moloney-Macdonald 3.Amy Rule 4.Linde van der Welden 5.Dorothy Wall

6.Emily Robinson(C) 7.Maisy Allen 8.Maddie Feaunati 9.Flo Robinson 10.Liv McGoverne

11.Claudia Moloney-Macdonald 12.Nancy McGillivray 13.Alex Tessier 14.Francesca Granzotto 15.Sabrina Poulin

Bench

16.Emily Tuttosi 17.Demi Swann 18.DaLeaka Menin 19.Abby Duguid

20.Zoe Dare 21.Eilidh SInclair 22.Gabby Cantorna 23.Katie Buchanan

Trailfinders Women

Starting XV

1.Maya Montiel 2.Georgia Ponsonby 3.Tanya Kalounivale 4.Maia Roos 5.Alana Borland

6.Rachel Malcolm 7.Kate Zackary(C) 8.Abi Burton 9.Brooke Bradley 10.Claire Gallagher

11.Vicky Laflin 12.Carys Cox 13.Meg Jones 14.Grace White 15.Niamh Gallagher

Bench

16.Cristina Blanco 17.Alivia Leatherman 18.Cassandra Tuffnail 19.Emma Wassell

20.Haidee Head 21.Ella Amory 22.Rosie Inman 23.Emma Uren

Leicester Tigers vs Sale Sharks

Kickoff: 1pm, Saturday 14th March

Venue: Mattioli Woods Welford Road

Watch on: Youtube

Key to the game: Can Asia Hogan-Rochester make her mark? The Canadien winger lit up the World Cup and is a constant try-scorer in the HSBC SVNS series but she is yet to nail down a regular starting spot for Sale. A game against the Leicester Tigers presents her the perfect opportunity to get going before the final run-in which looks set to go down to the wire.

Team news

Leicester Tigers

Starting XV
1.Ellie Smith 2.Micke Gunter 3.Nadine Vincent 4.Deni Ross 5.Emerson Allen

6.Jordan Russell 7.Morgan Richardson 8.Tiana Gordon 9.Jenny Maxwell 10.Tess Feury

11.Karolina Kacirkova 12.Jemima McCalman 13.Emily Henrich 14.Charlotte Daley 15.Kristin Bitter

Bench

16.Alana Bainbridge 17.Katherine Braverstock 18.Clodagh Dunne 19.Hermione Farmer

20.Ali Coleman 21.Lucy Weaver 22.Abileigh Priestnall 23.Zara Pickwick

Sale Sharks

Starting XV

1.Tysh Harper 2.Milly Hyndman 3.Evie Roach 4.Iona Antwis 5.Charlotte Fray

6.Sharifa Kasolo 7.Katie Childs 8.Brittany Hogan 9.Amy Relf 10.Lizzie Duffy

11.Asia Hogan-Rochester 12.Laura Perrin 13.Beatrice Rigoni 14.Rhona Lloyd 15.Courtney Keight

Bench

16.Molly Wright 17.Gwen Pyrs 18.Sophie Benavent 19.Morwenna Talling

20.Trudy Cowan 21.Olivia Ortiz 22.Vicky Irwin 23.Eva Donaldson

Saracens vs Gloucester-Hartpury

Kickoff: 12:30pm, Sunday 15th March

Venue: StoneX Stadium

Watch on: TNT Sports

Key to the game: Can Saracens out-pace Gloucester-Hartpury? When these team met on the opening weekend of the PWR season, Gloucester-Hartpury won 40-14 at home in a game that was never close. This time, Saracens will be feeling more confident about their chances. Hartpury are a team that likes to bludgeon their opposition before opening up space out wide but Saracens have a pack that is capable of confronting that tactic with a decent level of success. They will then look to use their high-pace style of rugby that Kevin Rouet has brought from his Canada team as attack coach. Olivia Apps, the Saracens scrum-half, was a key part of Rouet's Canada team during the World Cup and could lead Saracens to victory on Sunday.

Team news

Saracens 

Starting XV
1.Kelsey Clifford 2.May Campbell(CC) 3.Donna Rose 4.Laetitia Royer 5.Julia Omokhuale

6.Gabrielle Senft 7.Marlie Packer 8.Poppy Cleall 9.Olivia Apps 10.Zoe Harrison(CC)

11.Lotte Sharp 12.Sophie Bridger 13.Emma Hardy 14.Alysha Corrigan 15.Jess Breach

Bench

16.Bryony Field 17.Liz Crake 18.Carmen Tremelling 19.Louise McMillan

20.Georgia Evans 21.Tori Sellors 22.Amelia Mac Dougall 23.Deborah Wills

Gloucester-Hartpury

Starting XV

1.Niamh O'Dowd 2.Kelsey Jones 3.Maud Muir 4.Sam Monaghan 5.Sarah Beckett

6.Bethan Lewis 7.Georgia Brock 8.Alex Mathews 9.Natasha Hunt 10.Lleucu George

11.Rachel Lund 12.Tatyana Heard 13.Hannah Dallavalle 14.Mia Venner 15.Emma Sing

Bench

16.Lucy SImpson 17.Ranni Samuda 18.Sisilia Tuipulotu 19.Steph Else

20.Tabitha Copson 21.Bianca Blackburn 22.Lizzie Goulden 23.Molly Bunker