Scotland’s Six Nations Women’s Summer Series MVP Poppy Fletcher says the event is “really important” for helping bring young talent through the ranks.
An MVP – most valuable player – was named from each country that played in the 2025 edition at the Centre for Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach in Wales in July and for Scotland it was Edinburgh University and Glasgow loosehead prop Poppy Fletcher.
She was one of the four-strong leadership group for the event along with Merryn Gunderson, Nicole Flynn and Emily Norval. She also played in the inaugural Summer Series in Italy in 2024.
Fletcher, who hails from East Lothian, told the Six Nations website: “The Summer Series is really important.
“We’ve got the Celtic Challenge, but having the U20s means younger girls can play with those girls that have played in that tournament.
“And this competition offers rugby on an international stage, so it’s pretty cool to be able to put out your best performances on that stage.
“Playing in the Summer Series twice will help me for sure going forward.
“I’ll massively look back at the U20s as a great experience.”
And on her MVP honour she added: ““I didn’t really expect it at all.
“The likes of Ceitidh Ainsworth, who played out of her skin and controlled games for us, and Poppy Mellanby, who is a shining star and incredible, were up there so to win is very exciting.”
Ainsworth, Mellanby and Lucy MacRae were in the Team of the Series.
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Scotland’s squad from this year’s Summer Series is pictured
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