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Scotland anticipate a “dogfight” in opposition to Eire, says captain Rachel Malcolm.
Malcolm skippered the Scots to their first win of this yr’s Ladies’s Six Nations against Italy final weekend.
It ended a run of 12 straight defeats, whereas Eire sustained a fourth successive loss within the championship at house to England.
“The final couple of video games we have had in opposition to them have in all probability been a few of the most bodily video games that I’ve performed,” mentioned Malcolm.
“It should be an absolute dogfight. They love that up entrance battle. They’re fairly a bodily pack.
“They’ve constructed throughout the championship. They’re in all probability the staff which have rattled England essentially the most. They’ve had a tricky run, much like us, by way of outcomes.
“They are going to be completely chomping on the bit to return and get a outcome up right here in Edinburgh. Their forwards have improved recreation on recreation they usually’ve obtained some actual standout gamers inside that pack.
“They’re harmful and we have got to be tremendous conscious of that.”
Scotland had been shorn of skilled gamers Sarah Bonar, Emma Orr and Emma Wassell in opposition to the Italians, with the bonus-point victory ending 29-21. Orr returns in opposition to Eire.
And Malcolm mentioned on the BBC’s Rugby Union Weekly podcast: “To have put in that mature a efficiency and react the way in which we did to the ups and downs inside the recreation is so thrilling by way of the long run.
“[It is part of] us constructing a squad that may compete on this championship and different ones which are arising.”