“We’ve got a bit of a winning streak now and we want to keep building on that,” vice-captain Helen Nelson said yesterday. The tables were effectively turned five years later when Scotland won narrowly on the way to going through to the finals for the first time in a dozen years. Both teams will compete in next month’s WXV tournament - Scotland in the second tier, Spain in the third - so there are no such high stakes involved in this match. It is the Scots’ only Test ahead of the new competition in South Africa, but Nelson is convinced it will be enough. “It’s always been a good battle with Spain, and we’ve probably had the upper hand the last couple of times.

Source: The Herald September 30, 2023 04:20 UTC