Scotland have not finished in the top half of the Women's Six Nations for 20 years but coach Fraser Brown believes it is a realistic target.
Scotland head coach Bryan Easson has named nine uncapped players in a training squad of 34 for next month's Women's Six Nations.
Here are the RugbyPass talking points following the latest England team selection:
Harlequins may have left the Salford Community Stadium on Sunday as losers in their opening match of the Gallagher Premiership season against Sale Sharks, but there were many positives for head coach Danny Wilson to take.
The powerful No 8 ‘has a positive energy' and will 'really embrace' being made captain, believes former skipper Chris Robshaw.
New Zealand rugby has seen at first a trickle but now a steady flow of talent going offshore to hurt them where it counts
That’s when covering the world number ones gets less fun, because people ask you how work was, and there are gasps, winces, and - worst of all - amusement when you tell them the result. 88 - 10 is a terrible look for the game - a cricket score - and it does precisely nothing to entice new fans.
This is the best club tournament in the world and is supposed to be the absolute elite level of competition, so it is disheartening to see the XV picked by the Bulls and Harlequins leaving out their two most experienced internationals.
Welcome back from that brief intermission. We hope you did something fun - like watching a supercut of Alisha Butchers highlights, reading a chapter or two of Rikki Swannell’s Sevens Sisters, or trawling Ellie Kildunne’s @elliekfilms Instagram - where she’s currently sharing wonderful little moments in time from within the Red Roses camp.
Who are some of the key players ahead of WXV 1? Who could potentially have a pivotal campaign in their career? And who is going to be the one to set their team’s own narrative straight?