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Canada will kick off their WXV Global Series with six Loughborough Lightning players in their matchday squad to face Scotland this weekend.

Fancy Bermudez earns her 20th cap from the right wing at The Hive Stadium in Edinburgh on Saturday (kick-off: 4:10pm), and is joined by three new Lightning signings in the run-out side.

Flo Symonds makes her 19th senior international appearance from outside centre, while hooker Kiki Idowu and lock Rachel Smith move to four and seven caps respectively.

Two more players who will team up with Lightning for the first time after the WXV Global Series are set to involved on Saturday too, as prop Brooke Rempel awaits her chance to add to her two Canada outings, after being named amongst the replacements alongside 21-cap back row, Pamphinette Buisa.

Lightning Head Coach Nathan Smith takes Lightning’s involvement to seven as he oversees the first game of his second period of coaching secondment with the Canucks. 

England U20 Men’s head coach Andy Titterrell has named seven Northampton Saints players in his Elite Player Squad (EPS) for the 2026/27 season.

Recent Academy signings Jack Lewis, Aiden Reid, Sonny Goode, Hugh Shields and Charlie Tamani are joined in the squad by fellow Saints Henry Lumley and James Pater.

Lewis, Pater and Shields are among the 16 previously capped players in the squad at U20s level.

Injury Update

Lefty - seeing specialist today after being helped from the field by two members of the Saints staff and was later on crutches

Ollie Scola - seeing specialist today after Scola coming off with his right arm in a makeshift sling

Archie - recovering from illness

Mitch - hamstring but back in training

Ollie Sleightholme - hamstring

Luke Green and Malik Faissal - still out

Trev - back running

Edo and Henry Lumley - back in full training but taking it slow

Belleau - Glute strain

Internationals - not this week but back next week

Article says his new contract will be announced this week and is worth £450k

Helena Rowland, Sadia Kabeya, Lilli Ives Campion and Haineala Lutui have been with England through the three week pre-season based at the University of Nottingham, before returning to London at The Lensbury to prepare for the first match against Australia at CorpAcq Stadium on Saturday 12 September.

Six Loughborough Lightning players have been included in Kevin Rouet’s squad for Canada's first three fixtures of the 2026 WXV Global Series this September.

Lightning player #154 Fancy Bermudez is joined in the squad by new summer signings Brooke Rempel, Kiki Idowu, Pamphinette Buisa, Rachel Smith and Florence Symonds in 36-player squad for the tournament.

The six Lightning players will be joined by Lightning Head Coach Nathan Smith, who is being seconded to the Canada coaching team for a second time this year for the Canucks’ fixtures against England (3), USA, Scotland and France.