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Women’s 6N: Hannah Smith returns to Scotland team to face England

24 March 2022 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Women’s 6N: Hannah Smith returns to Scotland team to face England

Influential centre is back from suspension for Saturday’s Championship opener …

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Women’s 6N: Scotland v England rescheduled for Murrayfield tomorrow

9 February 2020 Stuart Bathgate 1

SCOTLAND and England will meet in the Women’s Six Nations at BT Murrayfield tomorrow (Monday) after today’s fixture at Scotstoun was postponed due to weather-related safety concerns. The match at the national stadium will kick …

Megan Gaffney
International Women

Scotland v England: Hannah Smith and Megan Gaffney ruled out by injury

7 February 2020 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Scotland v England: Hannah Smith and Megan Gaffney ruled out by injury

SCOTLAND coach Philip Doyle has been forced to reshuffle his back division for Sunday’s match against England because of injuries to winger Megan Gaffney and outside centre Hannah Smith. Evie Tonkin comes in on the …

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Jade Konkel calls for Scotland to show their self-belief at Scotstoun

6 February 2020 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Jade Konkel calls for Scotland to show their self-belief at Scotstoun

SCOTLAND have two battles to fight when they play England on Sunday: the physical one and the mental one. To an extent, that is always the case in any sporting encounter, but the mental aspect …

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Women’s 6N: Scots crushed by Grand Slam winners England

16 March 2019 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Women’s 6N: Scots crushed by Grand Slam winners England

Gulf between professionalism and amateurism ruthlessly exposed by the Red Roses …

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Women’s 6N: Helen Nelson sure Scotland can take the game to England

15 March 2019 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Women’s 6N: Helen Nelson sure Scotland can take the game to England

SCOTLAND would appear to be on a hiding to nothing this afternoon at Twickenham, when their last chance of avoiding a Women’s Six Nations whitewash is somehow to defeat an England side who are going …

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Women’s 6N: Jenny Maxwell back at scrum-half for Scotland at Twickenham

14 March 2019 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Women’s 6N: Jenny Maxwell back at scrum-half for Scotland at Twickenham

SCOTLAND coach Shade Munro has made two personnel changes to his starting line-up for Saturday’s game against England – the team’s last chance to avoid a whitewash in this season’s Six Nations. Jenny Maxwell takes …

Scotland scrum-half Sarah Law.
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Women’s 6N: Scots fight well but English power prevails

23 February 2018 Stuart Bathgate Comments Off on Women’s 6N: Scots fight well but English power prevails

Scotland 8 England 43 STUART BATHGATE @Scotstoun SCOTLAND went down to their third defeat in three matches in the Six Nations Championship, but in some respects at least this was their best showing so far …

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