Alice MacFarlane, Author at Scottish Rugby

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 […]

13 Oct 2022 - Scotland Women

Scotland team named for Australia test

Rachel McLachlan and Emma Orr return to the fold at openside flanker and outside centre respectively, while there is one positional change as Hannah Smith moves to the left wing. Easson said: “We haven’t faced Australia before so it’s going to be a different contest to last weekend. “With a six-day turnaround, we’ve had a […]

Rugby World Cup 2021 Captains’ photocall

7 Oct 2022 - Scotland Women

Scotland team named for Rugby World Cup 2021 opener

Easson has named a settled team for this weekend’s match, with 13 of the starting line-up retaining their place from Scotland’s last game against USA in August. The front-row sees hooker Lana Skeldon pack down alongside Molly Wright and Christine Belisle, while Emma Wassell links up with Sarah Bonar in the second-row. Number 8 Jade […]