Scots ready for England juggernaut & historic home crowd

Scots ready for England juggernaut & historic home crowdImage source, SNSImage caption, Rachel Malcolm will lead Scotland out in front of around 28,000 fans at Murrayfield on SaturdayByTom EnglishBBC Scotland's chief sports writerPublished5 minutes agoWe've known for many months now that the number of tickets sold for Scotland against England at Murrayfield on Saturday is a record for the home team. What we're waiting to know is how towering a record it's actually going to be.Scotland's previous high was the 7,774 they attracted for England at the Hive in 2024. The way things are going you can take that 7,774, add in the next four highest home Hive crowds for Six Nations contests - France 2024 and Ireland, Italy and Wales 2025 - and still the crowd for this coming Saturday may be greater.They're talking now about 28,000 tickets sold - and counting. For Scotland, this will be an historic day. Some of the older stagers in this team remember all too vividly what it used to be like, with an audience of one woman and her dog.Wills starts as Scotland make one change to face EnglandPublished1 day agoKildunne shifts to wing and Burton to play at lock as England ring changesPublished18 hours agoSerene Skeldon won't be intimidated by England Published2 days agoThese are seismic times for everybody, but for the seasoned campaigners in particular - Lana Skeldon, Emma Wassell, Rachel Malcolm, Helen Nelson, Chloe Rollie and Rhona Lloyd, all 60, 70 and 80-cappers who know what the dark side looks like."It's a bit of a pinch me moment," says Malcolm, the captain. "We've come from having empty stands or not many fans to be in front of a historic crowd and it's something that we are just so proud of."The performances have improved over the last few years and that's the reason for it but also the work that the team behind the team have done to get our stories out there."To put this into a greater conte...