What they said

Scotland Women Head Coach Bryan Easson said:

“We’re benchmarking performances just now. I think we saw from our last game against France that our performances are moving forward and we’ll be looking to do the same again.

“If we put in a performance like we did against France and gain respect from an opposition like that then that is us moving in the right direction. We’ve been pleased with aspects of performances and we have to do that again against England.

“Through our performances we’ve been building a crowd- you just have to look at this weekend. Hopefully we can show the crowd what we’re made of. It means everything to all of us to sell-out Hive and everyone should be congratulated. I think there’s a good brand of rugby going on and it’s what people want to see.

“The crowd in the last home game was amazing, so a big thank you to all the supporters who have bought tickets for this weekend”.

The teams

The stats

• Scotland have won two of their last three Guinness Women’s Six Nations home games (L1). Scotland have conceded  15 points or fewer in each of their last two Championship home games.
• Scotland (91.3%) have the highest tackle success rate of any side in this year’s Guinness Women’s Six Nations.
• Scotland’s Coreen Grant has the highest dominant carry rate of any player to have made 10+ carries in the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations (88%). She also has the second highest metres per carry (12.0) in the championship so far.