Backs Archives - Page 5 of 6

3 Oct 2022

Lisa Thomson

She played through the pathways, East of Scotland under-18s, Scotland under-18 and under-20, and for clubs Langholm under-15 – with whom she won the Brewin Dolphin under-15 Cup in 2012 – and Murrayfield Wanderers under-18 before joining Melrose Ladies. A student of Applied Sports Science at University of Edinburgh, she was awarded the Keri Holdsworth […]

3 Oct 2022

Rhona Lloyd

She made her full international debut against England in the 2016 Six Nations opener at Broadwood Stadium and has started in every match since. Lloyd scored her first international try in the 2016 Six Nations finale against Ireland in Dublin and her second in the Rugby World Cup qualifier against Spain in Madrid in November […]

30 Sep 2022

Shona Campbell

Before showcasing her talent on the rugby field, Campbell excelled in netball at the national level. At just 22 years old, Campbell boasts a diverse sporting background, having also competed in touch rugby at a national level. Notably, she contributed to Scotland’s mixed team securing bronze at the 2019 World Cup finals held in Malaysia. […]

30 Sep 2022

Mairi McDonald

She joined Hillhead Jordanhill aged 13 and has played with the since. She progressed up the Scotland age-grade training programmes and received her first call up in 2018 for the Scotland Women 7s team in Kazan. In January 2020, she was invited to join the Scotland squad for their Test match against Spain and earned […]

30 Sep 2022

Elizabeth Musgrove

Liz was selected for the Scotland Women 7s squad in 2017 following a successful first season playing rugby and made a try-scoring debut in the opening match of the Rugby Europe Women’s Sevens Trophy in Ostrava. With a background in judo and athletics, she took up rugby in September 2016 as she embarked on her […]

30 Sep 2022

Coreen Grant

Grant first played rugby at Royal High School, Edinburgh, and joined Murrayfield Wanderers aged 16. With Wanderers she won the Brewin Dolphin U18 Cup in 2014 and 2015. Coreen represented Scotland at U20 level in a match against Belgium Ladies in 2015. She played for Durham University while studying towards a degree in English Literature […]

30 Sep 2022

Meryl Smith

Meryl captained the U18 7s squad in the summer of 2018 before her first call up to the Scotland Women 7s squad in June 2019. Meryl started playing rugby at age 6 in the Netherlands where she lived until she was 13. When she moved to Edinburgh, she started playing with the Murrayfield Wanderers Girls […]

30 Sep 2022

Emma Orr

After taking a break from rugby, she joined Biggar’s U15 side and went on to help her side claim the U15 Girls’ Club Cup title at BT Murrayfield Stadium in 2017. She was then selected in the Scotland Women U18 7s squad, before making her senior 7s debut in the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship […]

30 Sep 2022

Caity Mattinson

She was born in Inverness and took up rugby around the age of seven years old at Tynedale Rugby Club after moving to Northumberland. Mattinson made seven international appearances for England between 2017 and 2018, with the scrum-half qualifying to play for Scotland through World Rugby’s new eligibility rule that came into effect at the […]

30 Sep 2022

George Horne

After a rugby schooling at Bell Baxter High and then Strathallan, livewire scrum-half George Horne made his Glasgow Warriors debut as a 20-year-old, scoring a try in a friendly against The British Army to give foresight of an eye for the line that has already garnered 34 tries for his club. A Scotland bow came […]