| Venue: Kingston Park, Newcastle Date: Saturday, 25 March Kick-off: 16:45 GMT |
| Protection: Dwell on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport web site & app, and BBC Radio 5 Dwell |
Francesca McGhie will make her debut on the left wing when Scotland open away to defending champions England within the Six Nations.
Coreen Grant has been given her first begin on the alternative flank.
Meryl Smith and Emma Orr kind the centre partnership, with simply 10 caps between them.
Scotland completed backside in final yr’s competitors and are on a run of 9 successive defeats as they tackle the aspect ranked primary on the earth.
England have scored greater than 50 factors towards the Scots of their previous 4 conferences.
Centre Beth Blacklock, who was a nationwide academy consultant with England, is in line to make her debut off the bench.
Full-back Chloe Rollie and hooker Lana Skeldon are the one gamers with greater than a half century of caps in Bryan Easson’s squad.
‘Finest match on the earth’
“We’re actually excited to play towards the very best group on the earth at a sold-out stadium in Newcastle,” mentioned the pinnacle coach. “It is the very best match on the earth.
“We have got numerous new younger faces and lot of expertise nonetheless in right here.
“Fran has been scoring tries for enjoyable for The Thistles [Scotland development side]. She’s highly effective and he or she has that youthful exuberance as properly.
“We have been maintaining a tally of Beth for some time. She brings an excellent go-forward by way of a 12 and a terrific skill-set together with her operating and kicking.”
Scotland: Chloe Rollie, Coreen Grant, Emma Orr, Meryl Smith, Francesca McGhie, Helen Nelson, Caity Mattinson; Leah Bartlett, Lana Skeldon, Christine Belisle, Lyndsay O’Donnell, Louise McMillan, Rachel Malcolm, Rachel McLachlan, Evie Gallagher.
Replacements: Jodie Rettie, Anne Younger, Elliann Clarke, Eva Donaldson, Eilidh Sinclair, Mairi McDonald, Beth Blacklock, Liz Musgrove.
