Scotland braced for Fiji’s ‘different style’ – Rachel McLachlan

Rachel McLachlan says Scotland must cope with a “a different style of rugby” than they’re used to as they look for a winning send-off against Fiji on Saturday before their WXV 2 title defence.

Having beaten Wales last weekend, Bryan Easson’s side play their final warm-up match at the Hive by meeting Fiji for the first time. The game (16:45 BST) will be streamed live on the BBC Sport website, app and BBC iPlayer.

At 14 in the world rankings, Fiji are eight places below Scotland.

“It’s going to be a different competition, it’s going to be tough,” said flanker McLachlan.

“We’ve never played them and it’s going to be really interesting to have a different opponent, we’re looking forward to that and relishing the challenge.

“We know the game they want to play, offloading, different rugby to what we’re used to, but we’re managing that and training accordingly.”

Starting on 27 September and running until 13 October, Scotland will take on Italy, Japan and Australia at the WXV 2.

“We’re hoping for another good goal this weekend and build into WXV,” McLachlan added.

“We’re hoping to have a pretty full Hive and looking forward to the crowd cheering us on.

“It’s a loud stadium to play in when the fans are there supporting and we’re just looking forward to another go before we go to South Africa.”