Next three weeks ‘massive’ for Scotland, says prop Anne Young

Anne Young has described the next three weeks as “massive” for Scotland as they aim to defend their WXV 2 title in South Africa.

The Scots open their campaign against Italy this weekend before games against Japan and Australia.

Now ranked fifth in the world, the Scots are taking some impressive momentum into the event.

And the Loughborough Lightning prop knows the importance of maintaining that.

“It is a massive three weeks for us, obviously we are defending our title from last year and our mindset as a squad is that we are out here to win it,” Young said.

“We are going to do everything we can to win, that is what our prep has been about, that is what our chat has been about… we are going into the tournament with that mindset.

“We are looking at a 12-month programme, looking to the World Cup next year, so momentum is really important for us to keep building confidence.

“This squad has still got so much potential and we can take it to the next level.”