Saturday 23 March, Cardiff Arms Park, KO 16.45 Ioan Cunningham and Bryan Easson have unveiled their first two teams of a new tournament: Cymru 15 *Jenny Hesketh 14 Jasmine Joyce 13 Hannah Jones 12 Kerin Lake 11 *Nel Metcalfe 10 Lleucu George 9 Keira Bevan 1 Gwenllian Pyrs 2 Kelsey Jones 3 Sisilia Tuipulotu 4
It’s almost a pity that Bryan Easson should announce his Six Nations squad so soon after Scott Bemand did the same for ireland. The one news item tends to mask the other. And the news from Edinburgh is very similar: here seven uncapped players rather than eight; here a number of players who attracted attention
The most refreshing thing about these lists is the absence of players based in England. This is the crucial step each of the Celtic nations must take. One name stands out: Emma Orr, already a highly promising test player at the age of 20, and likely to act as a beacon of hope to the
Scotland v Japan After the windless stadium in Dunedin, we were back to normal conditions in Cape Town. Scotland mastered the breeze better than the Sakura to ensure a convincing victory The agony is, they don’t know if they have scored enough points to finish ahead of Italy, who face USA tomorrow. What they did
Scotland v USA Result: Scotland 24 USA 14 Player of the Match: Evie Gallagher After relatively easy opening matches last week both sides knew this clash could be a clincher. You could well view this game as the moment Scotland turned a corner. They are now enjoying a 4-match winning streak, untold riches after decades
This is a fascinating match-up between nations ranked seventh and ninth in the world. But within the structures of WXV2, the Eagles sit top of the pile, and they will be intent on proving their right to be there. Though they haven’t found victory easy in recent times, the aim now must be to prove
The sides had met four times in the 2010s, twice in Scotland, twice in South Africa. Curiously, all four resulted in away wins. In the run-up to WXV the Boks played lots of warm-ups, Scotland very few. We would see which approach was sensible. For much of the first half the Bok pack controlled events.
As I feared, some of the eighteen nations have already had to announce changes to their squads of 30. First came Scotland, where the uncapped Holly McIntyre had the misfortune to have to withdraw. She is replaced by Sarah Law. Now the French management has reported two changes: both Romane Ménager and Lilou Graciet are
The Hive, Murrayfield The northernmost of the five international matches taking place on the same day saw the Scots assert their superior ranking and greater experience in a clear-cut win. Spain have plenty of talent, but showed the occasional lack of an instinctive response to game- situations. So when Helen Nelson popped a chip deep
The Scotland squad first: 15 Rollie, 14 Lloyd, 13 Orr, 12 Smith, 11 McGhie, 10 Nelson, 9 McDonald; 1 Bartlett, 2 Skeldon, 3 Belisle, 4 McMillan, 5 Bonar, 6 Malcolm (captain), 7 McLachlan, 8 Gallagher. Bench: 16 Martin, 17 Young, 18 Cockburn, 19 Wassell, 20 Donaldson, 21 Mattison, 22 Thomson, 23 Musgrove There are plusses
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