Defending champions England started their quest for a seventh successive Guinness Women’s Six Nations crown with a routine victory, while there were also wins for France and Scotland in round one.
Beattie, the 38-year-old former Scotland Sevens player who had to retire due to injury aged just 21, has been a busy man in the last 12 months as he has been heading up the GB Sevens men’s and women’s programmes from a coaching point of view.
Societe Generale Valley again showed why they are the five-time reigning grand champions in the Old Mutual International Men’s Premiership.
