Scotland reach record high ranking

Scotland’s women are now ranked fifth in the world after their convincing 59-15 win over Fiji on Saturday.

They move above Australia into their highest ever position in the World Rugby rankings, sitting behind only England, New Zealand, Canada and France.

Before the win over Fiji, centre Lisa Thomson – who made her debut in 2016 – said: “I think to even say we’re pushing top five is just a world away from when I came into the squad.

“It’s just huge for us to keep pushing performance-wise and getting results at the same time. I think we’re starting to get results.

“We need to put everything together and keep building and keep learning. We need to be able to close out big games, which we’ve been starting to do, and we just need to keep pushing it to get into that top five.”

Bryan Easson’s side begin the defence of their WXV2 title against Italy on 28 September.