England's Kildunne wins on club return in 14-try PWR opener

Premiership Women's Rugby

Harlequins: (26) 52

Tries: Fleming, Wilcock, Penalty, Torley, Wythe, Pena, Konkel, Sims Cons: Pena 5

Loughborough Lightning: (28) 42

Tries: Westcombe-Evans, Calladine, Maude, Kabeya, Treder, Williams Cons: Kelter, Nelson 5

England World Cup stars Ellie Kildunne and Lucy Packer made a winning return to club rugby as Harlequins beat Loughborough Lightning in a stunning, 14-try Premiership Women's Rugby opener at the Stoop.

The match was the Red Roses' first league appearances since winning the World Cup across the road in Twickenham last month.

Both sides had sealed a bonus point with four tries apiece at the end of a breathless first half, with the visitors taking the slenderest of two-point leads into the break.

World Cup final player of the match Sadia Kabeya got the crowd on their feet with some bulldozing runs in the first half before scoring in the second.

Hannah Sims came off the bench to score the game-winning try which took Quins beyond 50 points in an electric start to the new PWR season, in which the hosts scored eight tries, Loughborough scored six and there were 13 different scorers.

More to follow.

Harlequins: Kildunne; Torley, Pena, Parry, Wilcock; Tuima, Packer; Turani, Powell, Hanlon, McIntosh, Fleming, Wythe, Svoboda, Konkel

Replacements: Phillips, Sims, Delgado, Shirley, Brooks, Burgess, Cromack, Shillaker

Sin-bin: Svoboda [64]

Loughborough Lightning: Green; Mataitoga, Kelter, Morrall, Westcombe-Evans; Nelson, Brebner-Holden; Young, Calladine, Sagapolu, Boyd, Ives Campion, Hibbert-Jones, Kabeya, Lutui

Replacements: Treder, Williams, Belisle, Brody, Waudby, Maude, Brown, Scantlebury

Sin-bin: Maude [86]

Referee: Andy Wigley