SPOTLIGHT ON
Age 32 (23 May 1991)
Born Glasgow
Position Flanker
Club Loughborough
Height 5ft 7in
Weight 13st 1lb
Scotland caps 42 (2T)
Instagram @rachm2391
RUGBY WASN’T the dream at first. Think rollicking hockey sticks, as Rachel Malcolm blazed through the Scotland age-grade system in that sport. All she ever wanted, she tells Rugby World, was to represent her country.
But after topping out in hockey, a chance conversation with her S&C coach in Loughborough changed the now-flanker’s path.
“I started rugby at 25for an international rugby player,” Malcolm begins telling us. “As soon as I could walk, I had a hockey stick in my hand and played hockey all through my youth. I absolutely loved it and had aspirations. All I can ever remember is wanting to play for my country. It was all that really mattered at school and it had a big impact on the decisions I made regarding where I went to university and stuff like that.
