Brown leads new look Scotland team
6 Nations: Scotland women's rugby head coach Karen Findlay has named a new-look team to play France this weekend.
Published by Scrum Queens, January 31st, 2011
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Led by captain Susie Brown(pictured), the side is a combination of relatively new faces alongside some of the more experienced players who defeated the French at Lasswade this time last year.
Findlay has picked her team following Scotland's victory over the British Army at the weekend where tries from Lauren Harris, Victoria Blakebrough and Annabel Sergeant, along with a conversion from Caroline Collie, saw the Scots win 17-0.
Head coach Findlay said:"The games against Spain and the Army earlier this month have enabled us to have a good look at the extended squad and has resulted in quite a few players putting their hands up.
"We have new faces in the front and second rows; we have an exciting prospect at full-back in Caroline Collie, a well-established footballer with over 70 Scottish caps at various age levels; and there's great potential from the bench, too, with winger Lauren Harris and hooker Lindsey Smith; for me and the coaching team, during this year and next we will be making sure we have the right people on the bus and that we've got them in the right seats.
"Our games against France are always great events and it'll be fantastic playing under the floodlights in front of the crowds that the women's game attracts over there. They have a new young team, too, so I'm sure the French will be just as motivated as we are to put in the performance."
Scotland Women v France Women, Friday 4 February at Viry-Chtillon (kick-off 8pm, local).
15 Caroline Collie (OA Saints)
14 Victoria Blakebrough (Richmond)
13 Stephanie Johnston (Hillhead / Jordanhill)
12 Lisa Martin (Murrayfield Wanderers)
11 Katy Green (Murrayfield Wanderers)
10 Tanya Griffith (RHC Cougars)
9 Louise Dalgliesh (RHC Cougars)
1 Heather Lockhart (Hillhead / Jordanhill)
2 Alison MacDonald (RHC Cougars)
3 Tracey Balmer (Worcester)
4 Katherine Muir (RAF)
5 Rosalind Murphy (Edinburgh University)
6 Lindsay Wheeler (Darlington Mowden Sharks)
7 Ruth Slaven (Murrayfield Wanderers)
8 Susie Brown (Richmond)
Substitutes
16 Lindsey Smith (Hillhead / Jordanhill)
17 Beth Dickens (Murrayfield Wanderers)
18 Anna Swan (Edinburgh University)
19 Charlotte Veale (Wasps)
20 Annabel Sergeant (Dundee University)
21 Lauren Harris (Aberdeenshire Quines)
22 Nicola Halfpenny (Melrose)