BORDERER Chris Laidlaw has joined the Scotland Women’s programme for the TikTok Six Nation as attack coach. 

Laidlaw, who is the son of former Scotland star Roy Laidlaw has recently worked with a large cohort of the squad for the past two months as the assistant coach for The Thistles and has previously coached in the FOSROC Scottish Rugby Academy programme for the Edinburgh region. 

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He has also previously worked with eight of the backs named in the squad during his time as Interim Head Coach of Scotland Women 7s in 2021, where he helped the side secure their first ever Commonwealth Games qualification.

Laidlaw said: “I’m massively excited about having the opportunity to join the Scotland Women programme for the TikTok Women’s Six Nations, working with Bryan (Easson) Tyrone (Holmes) and Martin (Haag) as a coaching group.

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“I feel really energised about putting my imprint on the team, inspiring them to express themselves on the pitch and to ultimately help them put in the best performances possible.”

Head coach Bryan Easson added: “It’s fantastic to add Chris to the coaching set-up, following on from the recent news about Martin Haag’s appointment as forwards coach as well, and I’m looking forward to working with him and the rest of the management group over the coming weeks.”