A huge year - huge move!
Scotland Women are moving into Scottish Gas Murrayfield to play their oldest rivals England in next year’s Guinness Women’s Six Nations.
- Scotland v England, Saturday 18 April, kick-off 1.30pm*, Scottish Gas Murrayfield
- Scotland making moves on biggest ever standalone women’s sporting event in Scotland
- Amazing ticket offer to kick-start historic women’s rugby campaign
- Sit anywhere (choose your seats) | All tickets one price: £15/£10/£5 (adults/U18/U12)
- Historic milestone part of Murrayfield’s 100th Birthday celebrations
* Kick-off time will be confirmed shortly by Six Nations, together with the full schedule of all 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations fixtures.
Aiming for Record Crowd at Scotland v England
Women’s rugby has been growing along with women’s sport in general over the last few years and we want to celebrate this by elevating the Scotland Women international experience for players and fans alike.
This is why we’re Making Moves and bringing the biggest game of the year – Scotland v England – to Scottish Gas Murrayfield. To celebrate the women’s game in Scotland, and as part of the stadium’s 100th birthday celebrations, we’re inviting rugby fans from all over the world to come and watch Scotland’s national team to play in what we hope will be in front of the biggest ever crowd for a standalone women’s sporting event in Scotland!
Best Seat, Best Price Ticket Offer
To mark this historic occasion, we’re launching a Best Seat, Best Price offer where fans can choose to sit anywhere for the same great price:
£15 (adults)
£10 (under-18)
£5 (children U12)
The sale opens with the East Stand, meaning a family of four (two adults; two U12s) can secure seats in this prime location for only £40!
- General Sale: 10am, Friday 6 June
Get in early and book the best seat(s) with our brilliant Best Seat, Best Price offer. These special prices will be available for a limited time only, so get them while you can!
Hive Stadium has been the home to Scotland Women since 2021. In that time, their fanbase has expanded, and in 2024 they reached a capacity crowd of 7,774 against England, marking a record attendance for the women’s national team.
Scotland Women have played in the main Murrayfield bowl on two previous occasions. The first in 2002, a double header where the team, which included Scotland’s highest capped player, Donna Kennedy, faced Sweden. The second occasion was on a snowy Monday afternoon in front of a few guests when Scotland played England in the 2020 Women’s Six Nations following a rescheduling thanks to Storm Ciara from the day before.
Scotland captain, Rachel Malcolm:
“We are incredibly excited to play this match at Scottish Gas Murrayfield. We have all dreamed that one day our fan base would grow to the point where we would have the opportunity to run out, cheered on by our supporters, on this iconic pitch. We always talk about leaving the shirt in a better place, and the fact that young girls playing in the National Youth Cup Finals can now look around and think, ‘One day, I want to run out here for Scotland Women,’ is so special. It shows how far we have come and how many ways we can inspire the next generation. There have been some incredible trailblazers before us, and right now it’s our turn to make moves and keep pushing things forward with Scottish Rugby.”
Head of Women and Girls’ Strategy, Gemma Fay:
“We launched our Women & Girls strategy in 2022. By 2024 we had already achieved our target of 7,000 fans when we played England in a sold-out Hive Stadium. Our next target had to be a new record crowd and that has to be in Scottish Gas Murrayfield. The growth in fans, combined with increase in girls and women participation to over 9,000, we know that now is the time to make the move with our women’s national team. We are extremely excited that moving forward we are able to provide fans and players alike the opportunity to experience match days in either Hive Stadium or Scottish Gas Murrayfield and of course, that first match in the main bowl had to be England in the Guinness Women’s Six Nations.”
Scotland captain Rachel Malcolm scoring against Fiji at Hive Stadium last year
Scotland Women: Recent Form
The move to Scottish Gas Murrayfield for the England game is not a permanent move. Scotland Women love playing at Hive Stadium and their other 2026 Guinness Six Nations home match (Scotland v France, Saturday 9 May, kick-off 4.15pm) will be played there. Tickets for that game will be available soon.
Fans have enjoyed some amazing Scotland Women games this season, not least the last match against Ireland which featured one of the most thrilling climaxes the stadium has ever seen! Re-live some great memories below.
Francesca McGhie scores the winning try against Ireland at Hive Stadium earlier this year
2025 Guinness Women’s Six Nations
Scotland 24 – 21 Wales
Saturday 22 March, Hive Stadium
Scotland opened this year’s Guinness Six Nations Championship with a win at Hive Stadium, serving up another in the long line of close, exciting games against their old rivals Wales, the team they meet in their first pool game of the Rugby World Cup later this summer. WATCH HIGHLIGHTS
Scotland 17 – 25 Italy
Sunday 13 April, Hive Stadium
Scotland were aiming for three wins in a row against the Italians after their first ever Six Nations win in Italy last year with a hard-fought 17-10 win and the win at Hive in 2023 (which was the first of seven consecutive wins for Scotland Women that culminated in the team lifting the WXV2 trophy in South Africa later that year). It wasn’t to be this year, but the home crowd enjoyed another enthralling game. MATCH REPORT
Scotland 26 – 17 Ireland
Saturday 26 April, Hive Stadium
What a finish to the Championship! In one of the most thrilling games ever seen at Hive Stadium the Scots beat Ireland with the last move of the game when, the scores tied at 19-19 and the clock in the red, winger Francesca McGhie dived over in the corner to the delight of the huge, raucous crowd. MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
2024 WXV2
Scotland went to South Africa to defend the WXV2 title they won in 2023, winning two games and, although falling just short in the title decider, finished as runners-up to qualify for this year’s Rugby World Cup.
Scotland 19 – 0 Italy
Saturday 28 September, DHL Stadium (Cape Town)
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
Scotland 19 – 13 Japan
Saturday 5 October, Athlone Sports Stadium (Cape Town)
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
Australia 31 – 22 Scotland
Saturday 23 October, Athlone Sports Stadium (Cape Town)
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
2024 Vodafone Series
Scotland produced two convincing wins against Wales and Fiji at Hive Stadium last summer before heading off to South Africa for the WXV2 tournament.
Scotland 40 – 14 Wales
Friday 6 September, Hive Stadium
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
Scotland 59 – 15 Fiji
Saturday 14 September, Hive Stadium
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
Rhona Lloyd in full flight against Fiji at Hive Stadium last year
Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025
Scotland qualified for the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England after finishing runners-up in the WXV2 Tournament last October. (They came close to regaining the title they won in 2023, almost completing a spectacular comeback the winner-takes-all decider against Australia, rallying from 21-0 down to lead 21-22 with ten minutes to go, only for the Wallaroos to seal the win and the title with a try in the last minute.)
This marks Scotland’s seventh appearance at a Rugby World Cup since it was established in 1991 and is the first time they have appeared at back-to-back World Cups since 2006 and 2010. Scotland have been drawn in Pool B alongside Canada, Wales and Fiji and will play their pool games in Manchester and Exeter. You can find the full match schedule at the Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 website.
Scotland qualified for the Rugby World Cup as runners-up in the WXV2 tournament in South Africa last year
Extended Rugby World Cup Squad
Scotland Women’s Head Coach Bryan Easson has selected a 38-player extended training squad as preparations get underway for the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in England this August.
The squad includes four uncapped players (Aila Ronald, Hannah Ramsay, Hannah Walker and Meg Varley) and a welcome return for Emma Wassell following her recovery from a benign tumour, and Hollie Cunningham and Coreen Grant after overcoming injuries sustained earlier this year. The group will convene in camp throughout June to build for the Summer Test period before the Women’s Rugby World Cup begins in August.
SEE THE SQUAD HERE.
Rugby World Cup
Thirty-four years after the inaugural Women’s Rugby World Cup in Wales, the competition once again returns to the British Isles in 2025 as England play host for the second time. Reigning champions New Zealand are the most successful team in women’s Rugby World Cup history, having won the title six times. England have won it twice (1994 and 2014) and USA once (the first, in 1991).
1991 USA
1994 England
1998 New Zealand
2002 New Zealand
2006 New Zealand
2010 New Zealand
2014 England
2017 New Zealand
2021 New Zealand
This year’s tournament will be the biggest ever in women’s rugby, with 275,000 tickets already sold for the event. Go to the Rugby World Cup 2025 website to find availability.
Pool A
England, Australia, USA, Samoa
Pool B
Canada, Scotland, Wales, Fiji
Pool C
New Zealand, Ireland, Japan, Spain
Pool D
France, Italy, South Africa, Brazil
Scotland’s RWC Pool B games
Scotland v Wales
Salford Community Stadium, Manchester
Saturday 23 August, kick-off 2.45pm
Scotland v Fiji
Salford Community Stadium, Manchester
Saturday 30 August, kick-off 2.45pm
Scotland v Canada
Sandy park, Exeter
Saturday 6 September, kick-off 12.00pm