■ By RYAN STEVENS
Loughboro L …24
Bristol …7
LOUGHBOROUGH Lightning boosted their outside hopes of a top-four finish with a bonus-point win over Bristol.
Lizzie Adam scored an incredible individual try to open the scoring.
After a powerful handoff the winger ran the length of the field to score on 20 minutes with a stunning turn off pace which left the defence in her wake.
Lightning had their second from a driving maul on the half hour and took their 10-0 advantage into the break.
Inside centre Emma Hardy added the third try for the hosts on the hour mark with fly-half N...