Fixtures Scotland Women 2025 Guinness Women's Six Nations
Sat 19 Apr 2025 Welford Road, Leicester
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59 - 7 Away
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Full time

Damage done in the first half. Much improved in the second. Thanks for following the action here on the match centre. We'll see you next week for the finale against Ireland.
80

Dow in again

Dow scores in the right corner. England 59-7 Scotland
79

Yellow for Rollie

Deliberate knock on from Rollie, who is sent to the bin.
75

Dow runs it in from halfway

England go down the right and Dow runs it in from 50 metres. England 54-7 Scotland
73

Two more debuts

Rachel Philipps and Gemma Bell come on to debut, replacing Helen Nelson and Sarah Bonar.
73

England scrum

A long passage of play from Scotland but it goes forward on England's 22. Scrum for the hosts there.
70

Good kick Nelson

Nelson boots it out in England's 22. They'll throw in from deep.
69

Knock on

Scotland exit and Kildunnne tries to keep it in but spills it forward. Scotland scrum just inside England's half.
67

Double change

Elliann Clarke and Becky Boyd replaced by Molly Poolman and Adelle Ferrie.
67

Kildunne held up

Kildunne is swarmed by the Scottish defence and they win the scrum on our 22.
62

Scrum pen

England kick into the corner.
63

Clarke on for historic debut

Rhea Clarke comes on to debut, putting in at a scrum with her sister Elliann in the front row. They become the first sisters on the pitch for Scotland at the same time.
61

Better defence

Some excellent defence there from Scotland, dealing with England phase after phase and causing a knock on. Scotland scrum on halfway.
58

Try given!

Great maul, the backs came in to help and Lisa Thomson, our inside centre, scores the maul try! Nelson converts. England 49-7 Scotland
57

High tackle

High tackle on Rollie. Scotland kick into the right corner.
58

TMO

Scotland's maul gets to the line, and the referee sees a grounding but wants to check it...
56

England escape

Scotland kick another penalty into England's 22, but they steal it back and kick to their 10m.
54

Triple change

Anne Young, Lana Skeldon and Fran McGhie are replaced by Leah Bartlett, Elis Martin and Lucia Scott.
54

Extra roll

Extra roll on the floor from England, Scotland exit to our 10m line.
52

Ball in touch

Dow flies up the right but just can't connect with Kildunne. Scotland lineout just outside our 22.
51

Another MacDonald score

MacDonald flies down the left wing and over for another try. Aitchison converts. England 49-0 Scotland
47

Unfortunate spill

Scotland free kick for an early push at the scrum. We go left but the final pass to McGhie is spilled. England scrum on their 10.
46

Unplayable ball

Gallagher with an excellent charge down, and Nelson dives on the loose ball. It becomes unplayable so we get the scrum just inside England's half.
45

Scotland exit

Scotland get it back, and Mattinson finds touch just inside England's half.
42

Touch found

Thomson finds touch on our 10 after a few kicks from either side.
41

Back underway

COME ON SCOTLAND!
HT

About to restart

Lisa Thomson away to get us going for the second half.
HT

Half time

Not much to shout about in the first half, England dominate and Scotland go in 42-0 down.
40

Sixth England try

Lark Atkin-Davies from short range. Aitchison converts to end the half. England 42-0 Scotland
40

Off feet

Nelson clears but then Scotland go off their feet at the ruck. England kick it back into the corner.
39

Knock on

England knock it forward at the lineout. Scotland scrum on our 5.
37

Another try-saving tackle

This time, in the opposite corner, it's McGhie who scrambles Abby Dow into touch to stop a certain try. Scotland lineout on our 5m.
35

England steal lineout and score

Lineout is a mess, England pinch it and Abby Ward soon scores. Aitchison converts. England 35-0 Scotland
34

Orr trysaver

Emma Orr's tackle on MacDonald in the corner saves a certain try! Excellent covering. Lineout on our own 5m line.
31

England clear

MacDonald intercepts and then Aitchison puts us back into our 22 with the kick. Lineout there.
29

Evie G jackal

The Evie Gallagher special! Jackal pen. We're 10 metres out on the right.
27

Try?

MacDonald goes over on the right, but looks like a knock-on in the build up... Nope, its been given. Aitchison converts. England 28-0 Scotland
26

Good steal Konkel

England come forward again but Jade Konkel grabs the ball back and we kick out just outside our 22.
25

Held up

Great work by Anne Young to hold up the ball as England's maul goes over the line. Goal line dropout.
27

Scrum pen

England kick into the corner.
23

Spilled

Dropped forward on our 22. England scrum there.
22

Massive exit from Kildunne

Scotland lineout just outside our 22.
20

England in touch

Kildunne tries to break up the right but puts a foot in touch. Scotland lineout just inside England's half.
21

Gift.

Zoe Aldcroft is given the simplest of finishes as she intercepts Nelson's pass. Unfortunate, but a present for England. Aitchison converts. England 21-0 Scotland  
17

Second for England

One phase after the scrum, Marlie Packer bashes her way over. Aitchison converts. England 14-0 Scotland
16

England scrum five out

Claudia MacDonald breaks through on the left. Chloe Rollie intercepts her pass, but then it's dropped forward on the floor and England have a scrum in a very promising position.
14

Into touch

Scotland get it back and Fran McGhie goes up the left, but she's marshalled into touch. England lineout on halfway.
12

England penalty

England overthrow the lineout, but then a ruck jackal and Scotland are penalised at the next ruck for not clearly releasing the tackled player. England kick into our half.
11

Thomson kicks through

England scrum in their 22.
10

Scotland scrum

Couple of kicks from either side and then Scotland win the territory battle via a knock on. We scrum down in England's half.
6

First try England

Kelsey Clifford crashes over after several phases of pressure near our line. Holly Aitchison converts. England 7-0 Scotland
4

Pass drifts into touch

Kildunne's pass evades everyone and bounces into touch. It also went forward, so Scotland opt for a scrum in our own 22.
3

Scrum pen

England kick into our 22.
1

Knock on

Dropped from kick off. England scrum on our 10m line.
1

England kick off!

COME ON SCOTLAND!
16:41

Here come the teams!

Rachel McLachlan leads us out on her 50th. Anthem time.
16:30

Team reminder

Your Scotland team for today as Rachel McLachlan wins her 50th cap.
16:25

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