Articles Archives - Page 5 of 224

23 Sep 2024

WXV 2 Matt finish would put gloss on 2024

Now, a year into his coaching journey with the squad, Banahan shared his reflections with scottishrugby.org, offering a glimpse into the passion and purpose driving the team. “I love coaching Scotland, I am excited every day by this group”, said Banahan. “When I came in, for me, my hopes were to coach a group of […]

23 Sep 2024

Everything you need to know about WXV 2 2024

What is WXV? In 2023, World Rugby launched a brand-new tournament, WXV. The competition involves the top 16 nations in women’s rugby, split into three divisions. Scotland secured their spot in the second tier of the competition, WXV 2, after finishing fourth in the recent 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations championship. WXV aims to transform […]

19 Sep 2024

Let the Games continue

Despite Team GB narrowly missing out on a prospective medal match by virtue of losing to USA in the quarter-finals, Lisa described the whole journey in glowing terms – and meeting one of the country’s greatest ever sportspeople ranked high on the list of memorable moments. Lisa said: “It seems like ages ago now, the […]

23 Sep 2024

International fire still burns for Jade

Back in the international fold after missing the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations through injury, the Harlequin was back for the recent Vodafone Series, is excited to don the dark blue as if it were her first involvement with a national camp. As she puts it: “You never know when your last game is going […]

14 Sep 2024

Match Report: Scotland 59-10 Fiji

In what was the first meeting of the countries in women’s internationals, Fiji almost threatened an outrageous opener right from the get-go, their winger Adita Milinia scooping the ball up just about on the 10m line and rampaging towards the line, offloading to Sulita Waisega who was bundled out. A warning sign of the earliest […]

13 Sep 2024

Report: Combined Academies 72-31 Ulster Development

Ulster Development started the scoring in the 11th minute. They kicked penalty to the corner, and a phase later Johnny Scott wrestled through to the line. In the 15th minute the scores were level. Euan McVie caught a lineout five metres out and the maul got going once the backs joined, with Joe Roberts getting […]

13 Sep 2024

Preview: Scotland Women v Fiji

This is Scotland’s last home game of 2024 before they head off to South Africa for WXV 2. What the Head Coach, Bryan Easson, said: “We’ve looked at Fiji, we don’t know them well so there has been a little bit more previewing of Fiji and because of that we have changed a few things. […]

6 Sep 2024

Match Report: Scotland 40-14 Wales

Two tries from both Francesca McGhie and player of the match Chloe Rollie, plus one each from Evie Gallagher and Meryl Smith sealed the match in style. Scotland kicked off towards the Murrayfield stand and, after some early settling play from Wales, a box kick was caught cleanly by Chloe Rollie who returned for Scotland […]

6 Sep 2024

Lucia Scott; full-back’s rapid rise through the ranks

Her age-grade side experience saw the full-back stand out, but it didn’t lead her to think that a senior call-up was coming. “The Summer Series was a really exciting experience for me and I just think it was the start of what’s been a great journey so far with the Scotland setup. I’ve not been […]

5 Sep 2024

Preview: Scotland v Wales

The team will play back-to-back matches at Hive Stadium before they head off to South Africa for WXV2. What they said Head Coach Bryan Easson said: “Hive Stadium is somewhere we love going to. We got a record crowd against England this year, the noise that they bring is exceptional and the players love it. […]