Women’s Rugby World Cup – Scottish Rugby

England vs Scotland – 2025 Six Nations Women’s Summer Series, 5 July 2025

6 Oct 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week – 2025 in review

Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week 2025 – starting today and running until Sunday 12 October – celebrates females being active in whatever form that takes. Scottish Rugby proudly supports opportunities for everyone to participate, and actively works in communities to remove barriers, and drive engagement for women and girls to grow their confidence […]

New Zealand v Ireland – Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Pool C

23 Sep 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

Hollie Davidson to referee the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup Final

Saturday’s final will mark her 46th international Test in charge. In total she has now taken charge of 12 men’s international matches at all levels of the game and 33 women’s international matches, with a 34th to add this weekend. Davidson becomes the first person to referee in two Women’s Rugby World Cup Finals, having […]

England v Scotland – Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Quarter Final

15 Sep 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

WRWC Quarter-Final: England 40 – 8 Scotland

The underdogs showed their hand first, rumbling and probing over the course of eight phases, with Evie Gallagher and Leia Brebner-Holden in particular scraping precious yards. And English offside allowed Helen Nelson to clip over the game’s first points (0-3, 3 mins). The hosts were aggressive in attack, almost too much so, with Holly Aitchison’s […]

13 Sep 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

Lisa Cockburn calls time on rugby career

Cockburn built her reputation as a versatile front-rower, capable of playing on both sides of the scrum for Scotland and earning 37 caps for her country. Raised on a dairy farm near Basingstoke, her early sporting life revolved around taekwon-do and horse-riding before a school friend encouraged her to try rugby at age 14. From […]

12 Sep 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

Konkel to retire from international duties at the end of the Women’s Rugby World Cup

The dynamic number 8 – who has also selflessly stepped into the second row and even the front row when her team needed her – has earned 73 caps for Scotland and will make a 74th appearance in Sunday’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final. She made her debut as a 19-year-old against England in the 2013 […]

12 Sep 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

Two changes as Scotland prepare for Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final

Jade Konkel comes in at Number 8 for her first start of the tournament, with Evie Gallagher – scorer of two tries and the competition’s top tackler so far – switching to the openside flank. On the blind side, Scotland are led by the ubiquitous Rachel Malcolm, who takes on captaincy duties for the 53rd […]

8 Sep 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

Women’s Rugby World Cup: Squad Update

Elliann Clarke has been ruled out of the remainder of the Women’s Rugby World Cup through injury. Lisa Cockburn is undergoing a 12 day concussion return which rules her out for the quarter-final this weekend. Both players continue to be supported by the medical team. Christine Belisle will join up with the Scotland team today.

6 Sep 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

Huge Scotland effort as Canada win Pool B

Canada scored six tries to Scotland’s three, in a performance underpinned by huge efforts from captain Rachel Malcolm, Evie Gallagher, and Sarah Bonar who, on her 50th cap, led Scotland out of the tunnel. Lisa Thomson kicked off at Sandy Park in Exeter and had the first touch for Scotland too, when she counter attacked […]

5 Sep 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

Scotland Women v Red Roses 2026: Crowd surpasses 10,000

Thanks to the team’s record-breaking victory over Wales in the opening Pool B game, and the five-try win against Fiji last weekend which took them to the Quarter-Finals, the crowd for the game against England in the 2026 Women’s Guinness Six Nations (Saturday 18 April) has now reached over 10,300. “We’ve never seen anything like […]

4 Sep 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

Bonar set for 50th cap against Canada in Pool decider

Those two changes both come in the front row, as Lisa Cockburn (tighthead prop) earns herself a first start for Scotland at the Rugby World Cup, packing down with Lana Skeldon who returns to hooker, and Leah Bartlett, who starts again at loosehead prop. Bonar reprises her roll in the second row alongside fellow lock, […]