Scotland Women Archives

22 Oct 2025 - Scotland Women

Celtic Challenge fixtures for 2025/26 season announced

This season marks another major step forward for women’s rugby across Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as the cross-border competition continues to showcase the next generation of talent. Both Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors will start their campaigns away from home on Saturday 20 December, with Glasgow facing Brython Thunder at Parc Y Scarlets, whilst Edinburgh […]

Gloucester Hartpury Women v Harlequins Women, PWR Cup, Rugby, 4ED Hartpury Stadium, with Vodafone, Gloucester, UK – 21 Sep 2025

8 Oct 2025 - Scotland Women

Scottish Rugby appoints Andy Rhys Jones as Head of Women’s Performance and Pathways

In this newly created position, Andy will lead the strategic growth and development of Scotland’s women’s player pathways; National Age Grade teams, and the Women’s Senior National Team. His focus will be on building a sustainable talent pipeline, enhancing performance structures, and ensuring Scotland’s elite athletes are supported to succeed at the highest level of […]

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 […]

25 Sep 2025 - Scotland Women

Scottish Rugby confirms increased contract numbers for 2025/26 Women’s Programme

Maintaining a structure consistent with the period before the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 the model will continue to provide financial support for selected players to train, play and recover within their local environment – the PWR in England, the Elite leagues in France or Celtic Challenge in Scotland. For the 2025/26 season, Scottish Rugby […]

23 Sep 2025 - Corporate

Scottish Rugby to launch new official travel company

Scottish Rugby Travel, the new supporter travel programme, will create, deliver and manage ticket-inclusive travel and event experiences from the start of the 2026 Guinness Six Nations Championships, home and away. Scottish Rugby has teamed up with Mike Burton Travel, who has operated successful experiential ticket-inclusive travel programmes for many decades taking thousands of supporters […]

19 Sep 2025 - Uncategorized

Scotland set to participate in WXV Global Series

The WXV Global Series introduces a new format featuring the top 18 national teams in the world, delivering certainty, increased, meaningful competition and driving long-term performance and commercial sustainability in the women’s game. The top 12 teams (Australia, Canada, England, France, Italy, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, USA, Wales) will compete in a […]

17 Sep 2025 - Scotland Women

Mattinson to retire from rugby

Born in Inverness and raised in Northumberland, Mattinson’s rugby journey began at just seven years old when started playing at Tynedale Rugby Club. From those grassroots beginnings, her talent propelled her onto the global stage. Mattinson earned her first international recognition with England, winning seven caps between 2017 and 2018. But it was her Scottish […]

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 […]