Scotland 'can't get comfortable' with World Cup looming

Scotland Women are good placed to proceed their awesome caller development, but cannot spend to get complacent, according to forwards coach and erstwhile world Fraser Brown.

Under caput coach Bryan Easson, Scotland had a tally of 7 consecutive Test wins from 2023 into 2024, including an unbeaten WXV2 campaign.

They vanished 4th successful this year's Six Nations, beating Wales and Italy, and could person vanished higher were it not for a constrictive conclusion distant to Ireland.

Running France adjacent was grounds of really Scotland person closed nan spread to nan traditionally stronger world sides, and Brown - who retired from playing earlier this twelvemonth - has been impressed by nan talent connected show since he joined Easson's set-up 4 weeks ago.

"I've been a subordinate for a agelong time, done immoderate coaching, done a small spot successful nan women's game, but you ne'er cognize what to expect coming into a caller environment," nan 35-year-old said.

"Week 1 was a small spot different to what I’m utilized to experiencing, but nan past mates of weeks person been brilliant. The players person been excellent, really receptive and they've worked really hard.

"I've been really impressed. We've sewage immoderate bully athletes, skilful athletes arsenic well, and much importantly we’ve sewage immoderate really difficult workers.

"I didn't cognize wherever our knowledge and knowing would beryllium successful position of immoderate of nan things we’re looking to bring in; each nan players person absorbed it and tally pinch it.

"The first 2 weeks location were a batch of caller ideas, but peculiarly past week I was really impressed pinch really they've adapted and started to return ownership of what we’re asking."

With nan 2025 World Cup almost precisely a twelvemonth away, Brown wants Scotland to build up a caput of steam, starting pinch 2 Autumn Tests against Wales and Fiji successful Edinburgh adjacent period earlier they look to take sides their WXV2 title.

In bid to do that, Brown says Scottish Rugby must proceed to put successful women's rugby and connected nan pitch, nan squad must yet present results.

"You request to win, whether you for illustration it aliases not," Brown said. "When you triumph successful athletics it generates momentum, nationalist liking and participation, peculiarly successful younger groups. We request to support increasing arsenic individuals, coaches and particularly players.

"There's a short-term goal, which is nan adjacent 5 games, but past nan World Cup is months out. There's still a batch of betterment successful nan squad and that's what we’ve been pushing each day.

"You can't put a ceiling connected your ain performance, you can't get comfortable, you person to support learning and growing. As a national arsenic well, we person to turn and invest. It's not easy. If we triumph and play good it helps that momentum."