Scotland have named four Loughborough Lightning players in their starting line-up to take on Italy in the third round of the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations this weekend.
Rachel Malcolm leads the side in Parma on Saturday (kick-off: 4.45pm) with Helen Nelson operating as vice captain, while Chloe Rollie and Christine Belisle are included once more.
Scotland kicked off their campaign with an historic 20-18 away win in Wales before going down to back-to-back home losses to France (5-15) and England (0-46) to sit fifth in the table with two rounds remaining.
Italy started with a 48-0 home loss to the Red Roses before winning 27-21 away in Ireland before going down 38-15 in France last weekend to sit fourth in the standings, with one point more than Scotland heading into this weekend.
SCOTLAND SIDE TO PLAY ITALY
Saturday 20 April, 2024
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma
Kick-off: 4.45pm
15 Chloe Rollie (Loughborough Lightning, 64 caps)
14 Rhona Lloyd (GB Sevens / Stade Bordelais, 49 caps)
13 Emma Orr (Heriot’s Blues, 17 caps)
12 Lisa Thomson (GB Sevens, 58 caps)
11 Francesca McGhie (Leicester Tigers, 10 caps)
10 Helen Nelson (Loughborough Lightning, 57 caps) - vice captain
9 Caity Mattinson (Gloucester-Hartpury, 20 caps)
1 Molly Wright (Sale Sharks, 21 caps)
2 Lana Skeldon (Bristol Bears, 67 caps)
3 Christine Belisle (Loughborough Lightning, 32 caps)
4 Eva Donaldson (Leicester Tigers, 9 caps)
5 Louise McMillan (Saracens, 51 caps)
6 Rachel Malcolm (Loughborough Lightning, 45 caps) - captain
7 Alex Stewart (Corstorphine Cougars, 3 caps)
8 Evie Gallagher (Bristol Bears, 25 caps)
Replacements
16 Elis Martin (Leicester Tigers, 8 caps)
17 Leah Bartlett (Leicester Tigers, 33 caps)
18 Elliann Clarke (Bristol Bears, 9 caps)
19 Fiona McIntosh (Saracens, 1 cap)
20 Rachel McLachlan (Sale Sharks, 41 caps)
21 Mairi McDonald (Exeter Chiefs, 21 caps)
22 Meryl Smith (Bristol Bears, 16 caps)
23 Coreen Grant (Saracens, 10 caps)
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