Match Report Archives - Scottish Rugby

26 Apr 2025

Scotland v Ireland | Match Report

In the opening minutes of the game Scotland asserted their dominant defence on their visitors which continued for the full 80-minutes. Scoring opened on the tenth minute of the game when Ireland turned over the ball at the breakdown, scrum-half Molly Scuffil-McCabe made the break up-field and found Vicky Elmes Kinlan on the wing who […]

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26 Apr 2025

Report: England U19 54-12 Scotland U19

Tries from Co-Captain Joe Roberts and Nairn Moncrieff weren’t enough as England ran in eight of their own to secure victory in a physical encounter played in front of a big crowd. Although there were flashes of strong play from the Scots, their mistakes were punished ruthlessly by the hosts. England began on the front […]

26 Apr 2025

Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership final: Ayr 41-12 Watsonians

It all came from a brilliant first half from the home side. The final turned out to be the physical battle that many expected from two of the best defensive sides in the league this season. Jason Baggott got proceedings underway and it was swiftly thumped clear by the home side. The first opening of […]

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19 Apr 2025

England v Scotland Women | Match Report

England were quick to assert their physical dominance. Scotland found themselves on the back foot with Rhona Lloyd pulling off a vital try-saving tackle in the opening minute, dragging Claudia McDonald into touch just metres from the line. However, when Scotland earned a scrum with the hopes of exiting, they conceded a penalty. England built […]

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20 Apr 2025

Scotland Women U18 | U18 Six Nations Festival 2025 | Match Day 3 Review

Lindsey Smith said: “The result against Italy was disappointing given how well we played on match day two. I felt we fronted up well at scrum time against a big Italian pack, that was really pleasing and a definite improvement on the previous two days. People like Imogen Spence really stood out, she was a […]

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18 Apr 2025

Report: Scotland U18 12-29 Spain U18

Scotland had an excellent opportunity within the first two minutes after Ashton Young offloaded to Dan Shellard, but a phase later Young lost it forward on the line. Spain then got a string of penalties and got themselves over the line for the first try, with Chukwuemeka Duruh making metres up the left and Ignacio […]

18 Apr 2025

Silver Saturday 2025 match reports

Men’s Bowl: Earlston v Lochaber To watch the highlights, click here. Earlston, with pace aplenty and a pleasing tempo to their game, won the National Bowl Final, 62 – 14 in the opening game at Hive this morning. Earlston, champions of East Regional League Division 3, scored ten tries to two and in wing Tom […]

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15 Apr 2025

U18 Six Nations Festival 2025 | Scotland Women U18 Day Two

England 12 – 21 Scotland Scotland Women U18 secured themselves well-earned and hard-fought first win of the festival over England, marked by grit, precision, and moments of defensive brilliance across the park. From the get go, Scotland put England under immediate pressure, forcing early errors. A series of penalties in Scotland’s favour allowed Poppy Mellanby […]

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14 Apr 2025

Report: Ireland U18 38-21 Scotland U18

Scotland took their first real opportunity to open the scoring. After a maul on the right, the ball was worked out to the left wing. Christian Lindsay was then hauled down a metre short a phase later, and Harvey Preston had the presence of mind to spot a gap at the side of the ruck […]

13 Apr 2025

Match report: Scotland 17 – 25 Italy

Scotland kicked off towards the Riverside stand. Evie Gallagher was quick to win a great jackal in the opening five minutes to reduce Italy’s scoring chances. The Scots went for the lineout, but the ball was squint, and Italy had the scrum on the halfway line but the home side managed to win another penalty. […]