Uncapped Lightning duo get chance with the Red Roses

FORWARDS LUTUI AND FITZPATRICK NAMED IN FIRST ENGLAND TRAINING CAMP OF YEAR

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ON THE ATTACK: Lightning's Haineala Lutui tries to break through the Harlequins defence in a PWR match. Right, Keevy Fitzpatrick

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THE uncapped duo of Haineala Lutui and Keevy Fitzpatrick are among five Loughborough Lightning players who have been included in the Red Roses’ first training camp of 2026.

Second row Fitzpatrick, 20, and No.8 Lutui, 19, have been named in the 47-strong squad that assembled yesterday at Pennyhill Park, alongside clubmates Sadia Kabeya, Helena Rowland and Lilli Ives Campion

New call-ups Fitzpatrick and Lutui are progressing through the pathway programme at Lightning, representing Loughborough University at BUCS level and progressing into senior rugby with Lightning.

Fitzpatrick made her Lightning debut in April 2024 and has made seven appearances so far this season, as well as establishing herself as an England U20 international.

Lutui - who also featured for England U20s in 2025 - made her Lightning debut this season in PWR: The Cup, and has gone on to become a Premiership Women's Rugby force.