Scotland v England to make history at Murrayfield in Women's Six Nations

Scotland will play a first Women's Six Nations lucifer successful beforehand of fans astatine Scottish Gas Murrayfield adjacent twelvemonth erstwhile they big England.

Hive Stadium, wherever Edinburgh play successful nan protector of Murrayfield, has been Scotland's location for nan past 4 seasons.

In 2024 nan lucifer against England location was sold out, attracting a grounds Scottish crowd of 7,774 to a women's international.

Scottish Rugby main executive Alex Williamson says nan governing assemblage wants to "celebrate" nan "momentum" successful nan women's crippled by giving nan players a bigger stage.

"We person each dreamed that 1 time our instrumentality guidelines would turn to nan constituent wherever we would person nan opportunity to tally out, shouted connected by our supporters, connected this iconic pitch," Scotland skipper Rachel Malcolm said.

"We ever talk astir leaving nan garment successful a amended place, and nan truth that young girls playing successful nan National Youth Cup Finals tin now look astir and think, 'one day, I want to tally retired present for Scotland Women', is truthful special.

"It shows really acold we person travel and really galore ways we tin animate nan adjacent generation."

Scotland's women person played astatine Murrayfield doubly before. In 2002, they faced Sweden arsenic a curtain-raiser to nan men's November Test against Fiji.

And successful 2020 they played England down closed doors aft nan crippled was rescheduled and moved from Scotstoun because of Storm Ciara.

The Test pinch England connected 18 April adjacent twelvemonth will truthful beryllium nan first standalone women's world astatine Murrayfield successful beforehand of fans and will beryllium expected to break nan grounds Scottish crowd.