Stuart Bathgate

23 hours ago | theoffsideline.com | Stuart Bathgate

SCOTLAND captain Rachel Malcolm is back in the team to play Ireland on Saturday after missing out on last week’s England match because of concussion. Leia Brebner-Holden returns at scrum-half for the final Six Nations game of the campaign, having also been absent from the game in Leicester for the same reason, while a third change to the starting line-up sees Leah Bartlett replace Anne Young at loosehead prop.

1 day ago | theoffsideline.com | Stuart Bathgate

ON paper, Edinburgh have a superior squad to Zebre’s. On the pitch it is not quite so clear-cut. Which is why a meeting with the Italian club is the ideal measure of  where Sean Everitt’s are as a group. The last time the teams meet, at the Hive in February, Edinburgh paid the price for not being properly up for the contest, losing 22-17.

2 days ago | theoffsideline.com | Stuart Bathgate

EDINBURGH could have as many as 16 players missing from their squad to play Zebre on Saturday, with the back three being a particular area of concern. The injury list published on the team’s website this morning consists largely of players who have been sidelined for some time, but it also now includes full-back Wes Goosen and wing Ross McCann as well as hooker Dave Cherry.

5 days ago | theoffsideline.com | Stuart Bathgate

STUART BATHGATE At Mattioli Woods Welford RoadONE day, provided the game is played for long enough, Scotland will beat England again. But, after this 27th defeat in a row by the Six Nations champions, that day feels a very long way off. Going into this match, Bryan Easson‘s team knew they would have to be at their best to have a chance even of giving England a fright. To do more than that they would also need England to be well below their own best. In the event, neither thing happened.

1 week ago | theoffsideline.com | Stuart Bathgate |David Barnes |Gary Heatly |Alan Lorimer

SCOTLAND coach Bryan Easson has made two changes to his starting line-up to face world No 1 side England in Leicester on Saturday, as well as naming a bench which includes three potential debutants. Caity Mattinson and Jade Konkel come in at scrum-half and No 8 respectively, taking over from Leia Brebner-Holden and captain Rachel Malcolm, who were both concussed in the home defeat by Italy on Sunday.