Rachel Malcolm reflects on progress in women's rugby

Loughborough Lightning captain Rachel Malcolm hopes the growing success of women’s rugby will inspire more young people to take up the sport

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“It’s brilliant for us, we feel like we’ve got a fanbase growing there and particularly a young fanbase as well, being inspired by the role models in our team.”

And the Lightning skipper hopes more eyes on the current game can provide the growth that means the next generation of players can simply focus on their rugby.

"The trajectory for funding for women’s rugby is on a very steep upward curve and as we grow eyes on the game and its standard, it’ll hopefully become a legitimate career for more people at club level as well as international to do as a full-time job.”

Malcolm will once again captain Scotland at the 2024 Women's Six Nations next month, where she will hope to lead her side to an improvement on last year's fourth-place finish.