Alice MacFarlane, Author at Scottish Rugby

10 Feb 2023 - Clubs & Schools

The Thistles side named for WRU Development XV test

University of Edinburgh’s Meryl Smith returns to captain the side this weekend and will form a half-back partnership with clubmate Rhea Clarke. Scotland internationalists Eilidh Sinclair and Evie Wills will make their debut for The Thistles, starting at left-wing and inside centre respectively. There are a further two positional changes in the backline, with Holly […]

4 Feb 2023 - Clubs & Schools

MATCH REPORT: Combined Provinces v The Thistles

The Combined Provinces opened the scoring in the early stages of the game, as centre Leah Tarpey powered past multiple defenders to score, with Dannah O’Brien converting the score [7-0]. The home side increased their lead with a second try on 18 minutes, as Claire Bennett crashed over from close range, with O’Brien slotting the […]

3 Feb 2023 - Clubs & Schools

The Thistles team named for Combined Provinces clash

The Thistles will travel to Kingspan Stadium in Belfast to face Greg McWilliams’ side, with Exeter Chiefs duo Panashe Muzambe and Mairi McDonald being named as co-captains for the fixture. The side showed a lot of promise in their opening Celtic Challenge clash at Scotstoun Stadium a fortnight ago, with scores from Roma Fraser, Holly […]

22 Jan 2023 - Clubs & Schools

MATCH REPORT: The Thistles v WRU Development XV

The hosts enjoyed the bulk of the early possession and were able to make good ground after asserting their dominance in the scrum. The Thistles were soon deep into the WRU Development XV territory, but the visitors did well to steal a line-out on the 5m and eventually were able to clear their lines. WRU […]

20 Jan 2023 - Uncategorized

The Thistles team named ahead of Celtic Challenge opener

The University of Edinburgh’s Meryl Smith will captain the side, while Panashe Muzambe and Mairi McDonald join the starting line-up after being released by Exeter Chiefs for this weekend’s match. The front-row sees hooker Aila Ronald pack down alongside Muzambe and Elliann Clarke, while Erinn Foley links up with Natasha Logan in the second-row. Freya […]

18 Jan 2023 - Clubs & Schools

The Thistles coaching set-up and squad confirmed ahead of Celtic Challenge competition

Cruikshank, who was previously Sweden Women Head Coach and worked with the Scotland Women coaching group last year as part of the Rugby World Cup Coaching Internship programme, will lead the coaching team alongside FOSROC Scottish Rugby Academy coach Chris Laidlaw and Performance Coach, Stuart Corsar. The squad comprises of rising talent within the Scottish […]

6 Jan 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby encourages players to take part in women’s health research

The study is fully supported by Scottish Rugby, Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), England Rugby (RFU) and Cardiff Metropolitan University and will inform pelvic health strategies implemented by rugby governing bodies. The survey has been created by pelvic health and musculoskeletal physiotherapists and sport and exercise medicine scientists. Scotland Women’s Clinical […]

21 Dec 2022 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby, IRFU & WRU to launch women’s Celtic Challenge pilot

In year one the tournament will see one team from each Union compete in a series of home and away fixtures over a six-week period commencing at the end of January 2023. Each team will play two games at home and two games away with the competition concluding four weeks prior to the start of […]

2 Nov 2022 - Scotland Women

Venues confirmed for 2023 TikTok Women’s Six Nations

Scotland will open their campaign with a trip to Kingston Park in Newcastle as they face current reigning champions England (Saturday 25 March, kick-off 4.45pm). The following weekend sees the side take on Wales at DAM Health Stadium (Saturday 1 April, kick-off 5.30pm). Following a week’s break in the tournament, Scotland will head to Stade […]

20 Oct 2022 - Scotland Women

Scotland team named for Black Ferns test

Shona Campbell moves to full-back from the bench, as she replaces Chloe Rollie who was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament earlier this week after sustaining an arm injury during the Australia game. Easson has also added three players to his replacements, with Katie Dougan, Meryl Smith and Liz Musgrove adding options from the […]