Scotland Women U20 v Ireland | Six Nations Summer Series 2025 Preview

Images during the 2025 Six Nations Women’s Summer Series game between Wales v Scotland in the Centre of Sporting Excellence, Caerphilly, Wales, Friday, July 11th, 2025 (Photo by Andrew Dowling / Inpho)

What they said

Head Coach Louise Dalgliesh said: “We had a really positive start against Wales to start the scores with a penalty early on but from there Wales got four tries from our possession, so we were really disappointed with that but ultimately it came from our own errors.

“I think when you take that first 20 minutes away, we actually outscored them 26-24, so we have shown how competitive we can be when we get the detail right, but we gave ourselves far too big a task to do after that.

“There’s a lot of lessons we are taking away from that in terms of mindset and mentality, and that is what we are taking into this final game against Ireland. I think overall we can be pleased with what we have done in this competition so far, we have shown some fantastic attacking rugby and had glimpses of the physicality we bring in defence.

“Now we’re looking to string all of that together for an 80-minute performance, and ultimately that’s what it will take to get the result we are looking for on Thursday.”

How they line up

The stats

• Freya MacColl earns her first start of the Summer Series having scored two tries against Wales last week.
• Lucy MacRae has scored the fourth most points of the tournament, with 11 from the boot. She also boasts the most try assists of any player, setting up three.
• Ceitidh Ainsworth has made the third most carried in the competition so far with 22.
• Poppy Mellanby has gained the most metres of any player in the tournament (191.7) and second most carried meters (227.7)

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