OOH Lincoln Ladies are expected to be among a swarm of top clubs to raid Super League drop-outs Leeds Carnegie Ladies for talent.

Eleven months ahead of the start of the new eight-team summer competition, the Lady Imps are putting plans in place both on and off the pitch.

The race for top players of clubs who have not been inducted into the Super League is expected to be fierce and Lincoln boss Rod Wilson says he will have to move quickly to secure the services of the players he wants.

Some of Leeds' seven England internationals are likely to be among his targets after the Yorkshire club shocked the women's game by dropping out of the bidding for a Super League place due to a lack of funding.

"I'm sure we'll be talking to a few of their players when their contracts expire," revealed Wilson ahead of his side's Premier League Northern Division trip to Curzon Ashton tonight.

"There will be a lot competition because I expect everyone in the Super League to be looking at their players as they're one of the top sides in the country."

For more on this story and news about Ray Trew taking over as Lady Imps chairman, see today's Lincolnshire Echo.