By ROB SARGENT
L’boro L’ning 27 Darlington MP12
RHONA Lloyd was in scintillating form as Loughborough kicked off the campaign in perfect fashion against Darlington Mowden Park Sharks at the university.
Lloyd scored a hat-trick of tries as Lightning recovered from a first-half deficit with an impressive display after the break to secure an opening-day win.
After a tight opening ten minutes, in which the sides cancelled each other attacks out, Lightning broke the deadlock when Bethan Zeidler off-loaded to Lloyd, who impressively ran past the defence to score.
With just minutes to ...