Scotland suffer baptism of fire on emotional Murrayfield occasion

Scotland suffer baptism of fire on emotional Murrayfield occasionTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedMedia caption, England score 12 tries to thrash ScotlandByThomas DuncanBBC Sport Scotland at Scottish Gas MurrayfieldPublished10 minutes agoWhen the lone piper on the Murrayfield roof stopped playing to allow the crowd to take Flower of Scotland to a finish, there were goosebumps everywhere.Scotland players had tears in their eyes as the record number of people who turned out to back them raised the roof.Even England's world champions, who had played in front of 77,000 at Twickenham a week ago, looked around keenly, taking it all in. More people had turned up to watch a standalone women's sporting event in Scotland than ever before. It was a moment in Scottish sporting history which was charged with emotion and significance. Then, the rugby started. Scotland were bludgeoned by 12 English tries, as the Red Roses put in an unsparing performance to spoil the party.Captain Rachel Malcolm, the heartbeat of this Scotland team, afterwards called it a "baptism of fire" for this new group. It was certainly that.A landmark day which could be the springboard for more also delivered a brutal reality check for Scotland. It was a day of mixed emotions.England score 12 tries in huge win over ScotlandPublished2 hours agoWomen's Six Nations: Relentless England score 12 tries to thrash Scotland - reactionRugby Union Weekly: Ruthless Red Roses thrash ScotlandAttributionSoundsCallow squad given brutal testA lot was made of how many England players were absent, but Scotland were also missing some talismanic figures.The gnarly number eight Evie Gallagher, powerful second row Sarah Bonar, classy centre Emma Orr, and the experienced and wily Lisa Thomson, to name a few.Eight players in Scotland's matchday squad had fewer than 10 caps, most of them on the bench. The players themselves describe this as a &q...