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Basketball team

Leicester Riders Women

Club · United Kingdom · WBBL Women

«Riders»

152 Matches
89 wins
63 losses
10984–10264 Points
+720 Difference
72.3 Average per match
Form L 4 Apr · Home Caledonia Gladiators Women · 64:98 L 12 Apr · Away Essex Rebels Women · 56:96 L 18 Apr · Away Sheffield Hatters Women · 67:106 W 25 Apr · Home Cardiff Met Archers Women · 70:66 L 4 Oct · Home Newcastle Eagles Women · 70:91 L 10 Oct · Away Essex Rebels Women · 62:94

Leicester Riders Women have never lifted the WBBL regular-season title, and that gap sits at the centre of a decade of near-misses: second place in 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2020-21.

The programme grew out of Loughborough University, where it started in 2011 as Loughborough Riders in the National Basketball League's second division. Three years later, when the WBBL was set up as the top flight of the English women's game, the club joined as one of its founder members and took the Leicester Riders name.

Cup competitions have been kinder than the league table. Riders beat Sevenoaks Suns 78-67 to win the WBBL Cup in 2021, and they took the Betty Codona Trophy three years running, from 2017-18 to 2019-20. Sevenoaks also denied them at the other end of a play-off final, edging a 60-55 win in 2018-19.

Holly Winterburn came through the club's system and was named WBBL Young Player of the Year; the current roster mixes that homegrown strand with imports such as Australian centre Kate Oliver and Icelandic guard Sara Hinriksdóttir.

Games are played at the Loughborough University Netball Centre, a 300-seat hall that can be extended to 500 with flat seating.

What the trophy cabinet still lacks is the one that matters most in the league phase: after four runner-up finishes, the WBBL championship itself remains the honour Riders have not found a way to win.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
10 Oct WBBL Women Essex Rebels Women A 62:94 L
4 Oct WBBL Women Newcastle Eagles Women H 70:91 L
25 Apr WBBL Women Cardiff Met Archers Women H 70:66 W
18 Apr WBBL Women Sheffield Hatters Women A 67:106 L
12 Apr WBBL Women Essex Rebels Women A 56:96 L
4 Apr WBBL Women Caledonia Gladiators Women H 64:98 L

Standing

Betty Codona Trophy

Group stage · South

# Team M W L Goals Pts
1 Essex Rebels Women 4 4 0 355:226 0
2 Oaklands Wolves Women 4 3 1 346:235 0
3 BA London Lions Women 4 2 2 275:257 0
4 Leicester Riders Women 4 1 3 256:277 0
5 Cardiff Met Archers Women 4 0 4 174:411 0
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 152
152 Matches
89 wins
63 losses
10984–10264 Points
+720 Difference
72.3 Average per match
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 152
89wins: 89 · 58% 63losses: 63 · 41%
wins losses
Scored and conceded last matches
4 Apr · Home Caledonia Gladiators Women · 64:98
12 Apr · Away Essex Rebels Women · 56:96
18 Apr · Away Sheffield Hatters Women · 67:106
25 Apr · Home Cardiff Met Archers Women · 70:66
4 Oct · Home Newcastle Eagles Women · 70:91
10 Oct · Away Essex Rebels Women · 62:94
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 152 76 76
Scored 10984 5394 5590
Conceded 10264 5022 5242
Average per match 72.3 71.0 73.6
Conceded per game 67.5 66.1 69.0
Difference +720 +372 +348

Fixtures of Leicester Riders Women

Honours of Leicester Riders Women

  • Betty Codona Trophy 2017, 2018, 2019 3
  • WBBL Cup 2021 1
  • WBBL Play-offs 2018 1