Ahead of tomorrow's W6N finale, Rugby Pass has an interview with Rachel Phillips www.rugbypass.com/news/rachel-... And GH Media has the thoughts of Becky Boyd gh-media.co.uk/blog/w6ns-ir...

Wrote a few thoughts about Scotland v France over on @scottishrugbyblog.co.uk and definitely found some positives but may have ended up on a bit of a downer www.scottishrugbyblog.co.uk/2026/05/2026...

Post press conference update in this article - Francesca McGhie is injured, Alex Stewart was back fit but they decided to go with a bigger back row. I'm just gonna go with hmmmmm as a reaction to the last one (not a shade on those playing, just a fan of specialist opensides....)

Two changes for the Scotland starting XV. Fran McGhie is absent and Emily Couborough swaps places with Holland Bogan. Campbell is back in the starting line up and Coreen Grant joins the bench. Had seen a report Alex Stewart could be back but not to be. Full details scottishrugby.org/news-and-fea...

The Siobhan Cattigan Trophy An incredible way to celebrate the life of someone much cherished and lost too soon.

Scottish Rugby has officially announced that this Sunday, Scotland and Ireland will compete for the first-ever (official) Siobhan Cattigan Trophy. Whilst the idea of the Cattigan Cup has rattled around for several years, and last year's potential debut, it is great to finally see Siobhan be honoured

Meryl Smith has also signed an extension with Bristol

Ireland and Scotland will contest the Siobhan Cattigan trophy on Sunday, finally resolving the horrendous confusion last year. And at least it will be in front of over 30,000 people. Full details about the trophy here: scottishrugby.org/news-and-fea...

A big update on pathways and some changes to the domestic club structure 👇

And Lana Skeldon has also confirmed her season is over..... Well that's been a depressing few minutes checking Instagram

Lisa Thomson has posted on Instagram that she has picked up a quad injury so won't return for the last game of the W6N 🤕

Scotland have announced their WXV Global Series and 2027 W6N fixtures (no KO times for the former). Canada, Black Ferns and Wallaroos at home plus two tests in Oz. For the first time in ages, we don't play Wales first and Ireland last (it's reversed) Full details scottishrugby.org/news-and-fea...

Evie Gallagher has extended her stay at Bristol for another year 🐻

👀👀👀 confirmation that Scottish Rugby hope that both Glasgow and Edinburgh could be part of the PWR and have put forward an expression of interest

Knew this was coming but still feel sad 😭

Pretty balanced assessment from Sarah Rendell in The Guardian on Scotland's difficult Six Nations so far www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

Not feeling super positive that Rachel Malcolm will be back on Sunday, from a reel posted by Scottish Rugby yesterday

The crowd at the Hive today was 5,871 which is a new record for that fixture (just). That means that for every Scotland home game since the W6N moved to later in the year than the M6N, there has been a new record crowd set for that fixture (well I think that's right, don't sue me if I'm wrong!)

Bit of a brutal second half, but at least Scotland picked up their first try bonus point of the tournament and great for Phillips, Couborough and Sutcliffe to get their first Scotland tries

That felt could be better, could be worse, loving Rachel Phillips best impression of fellow Biggar alum Emma Orr in taking her tries!

Scottish Rugby has confirmed that tomorrow's match represents Scotland's 250th international test match

Scotland u21s team for their match v Italy at the Hive on Sunday. Ceitidh Ainsworth starts at 9 with Rianna Darroch on the bench after her appearances for the senior team. Full details here: scottishrugby.org/news-and-fea...

Also a small batch of c30 seats directly behind the Scotland subs bench / in front of the coach box Just don't do what I once saw an older woman do at an Edinburgh women's game - she was told by a steward not to worry about the seat on the ticket and sit anywhere, and promptly sat on the subs bench

GH Media has a feature on Aicha Sutcliffe and her rugby journey so far gh-media.co.uk/blog/w6ns-fr...

This story of a young prop and her dad, originally from Ukraine, and the community and opportunities they have found through rugby is well worth a read scottishrugby.org/news-and-fea...

If you were still waiting to get your tickets for the France game tomorrow (or want to ring up and change your seats) a small chunk of seats behind the opposition subs bench / in front of the opposition coaches and media have been put on sale

A postbox near me has a special topper knitted for the Women's Six Nations featuring Capt Dr Rachel Malcolm and it's so fab. I actually took the photos a couple of weeks ago and forgot to post but today I saw someone lifting their daughter or granddaughter up so they could see it properly, so cute 🥺

A random election day comment, only one of the main parties' manifesto has a specific mention of women's rugby (as far as I can see). But only women's rugby..... Anyway remember to vote, whoever you are voting for, if you haven't already!

Confirmation in this article that Lana's injury is not currently considered long term and that Alex didn't pass her return to play protocols and needs a couple more days but may be available for the Ireland match

Trying not to get too freaked out. Looks like Lana is injured. No specialist back rows starting although at least we're starting two actual centres. Congrats to Holland Bogan and Rachel Phillips on first starts and Aicha Sutcliffe on a poss debut. Full details here scottishrugby.org/news-and-fea...

😱😬🫣 those injuries are really mounting

Interview with Francesca McGhie on the Six Nations website www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/w6n/news/...

The Six Nations website has an interview with Caity Mattinson and her move into coaching, including with Scotland u21s www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/u6n/u20-w...

Rugby Pass have an interview with Claire Cruikshank about her coaching role with the Scotland team during W6N www.scottishrugbyblog.co.uk/2026/05/2026...

I put it off long enough, here are some thoughts on Scotland's disappointing performance against Italy over on @scottishrugbyblog.co.uk www.scottishrugbyblog.co.uk/2026/05/2026...

There could surely only be one choice and Molly Poolman's addition to the list of Great Prop Tries has been voted try of the round for round 3 of W6N

Lisa Thomson is back in the Scotland squad (yay) but confirmed that Rachel McLachlan and Hannah Walker join Evie Wills in missing the rest of the tournament. The article says replacements from the centralised training programme will be announced in due course 🤷‍♀️ scottishrugby.org/news-and-fea...

If Wikipedia is correct, Saturday's match against France will be Scotland's 250th international test match 🥳🥳🥳

Scotland u21s are in France this weekend. Like the England match, some in different positions to Celtic Challenge - Haddow at 14 and Smyth at 15 (rather than vice versa), Mellanby at 10, Russell/ Thomson at lock, Ainsworth replacement scrum half. Full details here: scottishrugby.org/news-and-fea...

Leia Brebner-Holden has been nominated for the RPA's under 23 player of the month for April therpa.co.uk/15-under-23?...

What the actual fuck? Horrible for the women's team and others at Musselburgh

If you haven't got your Scotland v France tickets yet, some good additional tickets in the Main Stand (roughly on the 22) have been released.

Pretty sure everyone loves a great prop try and an outrageous dummy, so vote for Molly Poolman for try of the round 🤩🤩🤩 www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/w6n/news/...

From the stats on the Fantasy rugby game and RugbyPass, it seems like Francesca McGhie had 4 carries, for 2 line breaks, 72 metres made and 3 defenders beaten. I'm being simplistic but maybe not getting the ball to her at all in the first half wasn't a great plan?

Siobhan Cattigan's father Neil is running the London Marathon in her memory tomorrow to raise money for the Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity and you can donate here 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/neil-catt...

Think that is now Scotland playing with 3 lock/ back row hybrids in the back row and no specialists.....

Well that was a honking first half from Scotland 😬