It was always likely that the Rugby World Cup of 2021, a.k.a. the Women’s Rugby World Cup of 2022, would prove to be a rollercoaster ride for our Scottish squad, but not even the most inspired of dramaturges could have conceived of the ending of Scotland’s opening match against Wales.
I don’t know if the Scotland women’s squad had a communal greet after their heartbreaking loss to Wales at the weekend, but I’ll happily admit that I would have joined in because that result in Whangarei was emotionally devastating at the end of match that was a tremendous advert for rugby, and not just women’s rugby.
I don’t usually buy that one about Scotland always managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, but sadly that is just what happened against Wales, especially after a the comeback inspired by Megan Gaffney that made the scores level at the 80 minute mark. It was what happened after the clock went red which will long live in the memory because it was so viscerally exciting, me screaming at the television as I willed our brave women to hold on just one more time.
