Japan 13-19 Scotland: What they said

Scotland captain Rachel Malcolm: “That could have gone either way. Japan were outstanding.

“The physicality they brought was unbelievable, but testament to my team for sticking in and getting the job done. I’m super proud of the girls for sticking at it.

“We’re going to have to recover a lot after that. We’ve got a lot of fix-ups, that wasn’t good enough. Hopefully we come out next week and put in a performance to be proud of.”

Scotland head coach Bryan Easson: “Disappointing. A good win, but not the standards we set ourselves.

“We can perform better than that, but all credit to the girls – they stuck in and we’re alive for next week.

“We’ve got a brilliant group of players so we can look at the way Australia play. We’ll review today and then build up for next week.”