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2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations Championship Round 4 Italy vs Scotland

25 Jul 2024 - Scotland Women

Easson names extended training squad and welcomes Fraser Brown to the coaching team ahead of Autumn Tests

The 35-player squad, which comprises 19 forwards and 16 backs, will convene in camp on Monday 29 July for four weeks, before a squad of 30 is selected for the upcoming international fixtures. Easson has named five uncapped players, including Cieron Bell and Leia Brebner-Holden, who were all previously selected for the extended squad in […]

24 Jul 2024 - Scotland Teams

Women’s U18 Summer Festival | Day One review

All four teams – Scotland, Wales, USA and the Netherlands – have played in an adapted 30-minute games against one another yesterday (Tuesday 23 July) at Cardiff University. In their opening match against the USA, Scotland were at the end of a hard-fought loss, 17-0. Reflecting on their opening match, Head Coach Lindsey Smith, said: […]

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19 Jul 2024 - Scotland Women

Scottish Rugby names Women’s U18 Development squad for week-long rugby festival

The teams will be based at Cardiff University for the week-long Summer Festival and will train and play against each other, with shared unit sessions and coach exchanges, acting as another key development for female international rugby. All four teams will play a festival day of adapted 30-minute games at Cardiff University Sports Fields on […]

2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations Championship Round 1 Wales vs Scotland

16 Jul 2024 - Scotland Women

Scotland Women to host Wales and Fiji in Autumn Tests

Scotland’s schedule will begin with a Test against Wales, who are currently eighth in the World Rugby rankings, at Hive Stadium in Edinburgh on Friday 6 September (kick-off 7.35pm). Wales have recently qualified for WXV 2 after a 53-20 win over Spain in their qualifier play-off. Scotland secured an historic seventh Test win in a […]

16 Jul 2024 - Scotland Women

Scotland set to face Italy, Japan and Australia at WXV 2

Cape Town in South Africa will play host to the six-team WXV 2 competition with matches being played in a cross-pool format. The first fixture takes place on Friday 27 September at DHL Stadium in as the hosts, South Africa, take on Japan. On Saturday 28 September an exciting double-header will follow with Australia versus […]

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8 Jul 2024 - Scotland Women

Scotland Women U20 make nine changes ahead of France clash

A new-look front row takes shape with Chloe Brown at loosehead, joined by Karis Craig and Molly Poolman at hooker and tighthead respectively. Ellie Williamson earns her first start, partnering Natasha Logan in the second row. Gemma Bell and Samaanther Taganekurukuru both earn their first start in the back row, with Megan Hyland retaining the […]

25 Jun 2024 - Scotland Women

Scotland U20 squad named for Six Nations Women’s Summer Series

The squad, which comprises 17 forwards and 13 backs, will travel to Parma, Italy, next week ahead of their first match against the hosts on Thursday 4 July. Amongst those selected, 25 were drafted to either Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors in the 2023/24 Celtic Challenge and 23 players are supported through Scottish Rugby’s three […]

20 Jun 2024 - Scotland Teams

Top honours for Scotland stars

Harry Paterson, 22, who made his Scotland debut at full-back during the 2024 GUINNESS Six Nations Championship match against France, and 21-year-old centre Emma Orr, who was a star of Scotland’s success in the WXV2 competition, have been named as winners of the Sir Willie Purves Quaich and Lady Jean Macpherson Trophy respectively. The trophies […]

19 Jun 2024 - Scotland Teams

Team GB Women’s Rugby Sevens squad named for Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Welsh flyer Joyce, 28, who competed in both Rio and Tokyo, is joined by fellow Tokyo 2020 Olympian Scotland’s Lisa Thomson in Head Coach Ciaran Beattie’s squad. Scotland’s Lisa Thomson is in line for a second Olympic Games after being named in the Team GB Women’s Rugby Sevens squad for next month’s event in Paris. […]

30 May 2024 - Scotland Women

Law announces retirement from rugby

Cap number 164, the scrum-half-turned-stand-off has amassed 53 appearances for the national side in which she racked up 63 points and contributed to some of Scotland Women’s most historic wins. In February 2013, after impressing at U20 level, Law made her senior Scotland debut from the bench against England in the Women’s Six Nations, replacing […]