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Scotland make three changes for Australia clash

Eilidh Sinclair of Scotland receives medical treatment. Photo by Greg Bowker/Getty Images

Scotland Women Head Coach, Bryan Easson, has made three alterations to the starting line-up ahead of this weekend’s Rugby World Cup match against Australia at Northland Events Centre, Whangarei.

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Rachel McLachlan and Emma Orr return to the fold at openside flanker and outside centre respectively, while there is one positional change as Hannah Smith moves to the left wing.

“We haven’t faced Australia before so it’s going to be a different contest to last weekend,” said Easson.  “With a six-day turnaround, we’ve had a greater focus on analysis than usual and it’s been important that the players recover and reset ahead of this Saturday.

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“It’s great to have Rachel McLachlan and Emma Orr available for selection again. Australia have an abrasive back-row and we know that Rachel brings physicality to her game, while Emma really impressed us throughout the Women’s Six Nations after making her debut earlier this year.

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“It was excellent to see some travelling support here in Whangarei last weekend and I know that the support from back home has also been outstanding.”

Lana Skeldon will pack down alongside an unchanged prop pairing of Molly Wright and Christine Belisle.

Emma Wassell and Sarah Bonar will link-up in the second-row, while Rachel Malcolm, Rachel McLachlan and Jade Konkel are named in the back-row.

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Caity Mattinson and Helen Nelson will pull the strings in their half-back partnership, while Lisa Thomson partners Emma Orr in midfield.

The back-three sees Chloe Rollie continue at full-back, with Hannah Smith and Rhona Lloyd lining up on the wing.

It has also been confirmed that Eva Donaldson has been added to Scotland’s Rugby World Cup squad as she replaces Eilidh Sinclair who has been ruled out of the remainder of the tournament due to an elbow injury she sustained in Sunday’s opening match against Wales.

Donaldson will now join the rest of the Scotland squad in Whangarei on Friday.

Scotland team to face Australia
Rugby World Cup 2021 (kick-off 3am UK time/3pm NZ time) 

15. Chloe Rollie (Exeter Chiefs)
14. Rhona Lloyd (Les Lionnes du Stade Bordelais)
13. Emma Orr (Biggar)
12. Lisa Thomson (Sale Sharks)
11. Hannah Smith (Watsonians)
10. Helen Nelson VICE-CAPTAIN (Loughborough Lightning)
9. Caity Mattinson (University of Worcester Warriors Women)
1. Molly Wright (Sale Sharks)
2. Lana Skeldon (University of Worcester Warriors Women)
3. Christine Belisle (Loughborough Lightning)
4. Emma Wassell (Loughborough Lightning)
5. Sarah Bonar (Harlequins)
6. Rachel Malcolm CAPTAIN (Loughborough Lightning)
7. Rachel McLachlan (Sale Sharks)
8. Jade Konkel (Harlequins)

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REPLACEMENTS:
16. Jodie Rettie (Saracens)
17. Leah Bartlett (Loughborough Lightning)
18. Elliann Clarke (University of Edinburgh)
19. Lyndsay O’Donnell (University of Worcester Warriors Women)
20. Mairi McDonald (Hillhead Jordanhill)
21. Sarah Law (Sale Sharks)
22. Evie Wills (Hillhead Jordanhill)
23. Shona Campbell (University of Edinburgh)

Press Release/Scottish Rugby

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takata 1 hour ago
Can Les Bleus avoid a Black-wash in New Zealand?

Forgive me, I meant BILLIONAIRES.

Altrad (Montpellier), Lorenzetti (Racing 92) & Wild (Stade Francais) have a combined NET worth of more than €10 billion!

You are totally forgiven because I’m a very nice guy.


- Montpellier, 9th

- Racing 92, 10th

- Stade Français, 12th

All three barely saved themselves from relegation in the last couple of championship rounds.


How is it working for millionaire/billionaire to turn up their club into giant “cash cow”? (your words) if they are underachievers? or maybe Altrad, Lorenzetti & Wild are the ones being milked at the end, won’t you agree with that?


In fact, I did mention those three clubs and pointing that the real club power over FFR was achieved by their performance thru the number of their players available for selection, but not by sinking any large amount of money by contracting random big names from other countries.


All the rest, Vichy shutting down League, false amateurism, whatever it was about, seems utterly irrelevant to me about this summer tour selection. And yes, there would be some money and sponsors involved and lots of contract signed too, like if Top 14 was actually some kind of real professionnal sport League.


Toulouse will never pay a player above €600K, that’s what they say; Dupont’s €480K was back in 2022 when he gets elected player of the year; at 25, he still had a very well paid “Espoir” contract dating back from recruitment. What Toulouse did with Jaminet was actually common practice. Some people (Fiducial?) will always find some loophole, except that, this time, someone in between seems to have kept the money for himself.


PS: being able to upvote all your own posts seems legitimate but it’s really looking a bit insecure to me.

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