Meet the Scotland Rugby World Cup WAGs – including top lawyer, interior designer, and the one who played hard to get
SCOTLAND are positioned seventh in the world going into the Rugby World Cup this weekend – and they’re taking on number one team Ireland on Sunday.
Coach Gregor Townsend’s men might be the underdogs, but they are already winners when it comes to their supportive other halves…
Flying high
Scotland captain Stuart McInally wed Natalie McInally last July in Aberdeenshire after several years of dating.
Surrounded by his teammates, the Edinburgh hooker, 30, wrote in tribute to his new wife: “This has been the best week of our lives.”
The couple prefer to stay under the radar, so not much is known about their life together – although Stuart is also an amateur pilot.
The planning queen
Fraser Brown’s wife, Jen, 30, will be staying at home in the couple’s city of Glasgow, where he plays for the Warriors, with their two dogs during the world cup.
“The hardest part is always having to leave her behind,” said the hooker previously.
Speaking before their wedding last year, Brown, also 30, joked: “I think it’s fair to say that Jen has taken on the role of chief planner, but when we started discussing food I didn’t need to be asked twice to help! I’m sure it’ll be the same when it’s time to go cake tasting.”
All dressed up: Jen and Fraser walked down the aisle last year
The best friends
London Irish prop Allan Dell proposed to his long-term girlfriend Chelsea in 2017 and they married a year later.
It’s believed Chelsea is originally from London, where the couple are now based, but she had moved to Edinburgh to be with her South African native husband – who qualifies for the country through his grandmother, who was born in Paisley and brought up in Edinburgh.
The pair often post sweet photos on Instagram, with him calling her his “best friend”.
The London Irish ace popped the question to Chelsea in 2017
The interior designer
Edinburgh back row Hamish Watson has had a good year already – he married long-term girlfriend Lucy this summer.
Lucy is thought to be an interior designer, and the pair have a baby daughter, called Honor.
“The birth of my daughter and now my wedding… the best days of my life,” the 27-year-old said in June.
The childhood sweethearts
Ryan Wilson, 29, and Bex Wilson are childhood sweethearts, meeting in 2005 when they were just 16.
They married 10 years later, in 2015, and now have three beautiful children – Ava, six, Jaxon, four, and Bella, two.
On reaching his 150th cap for Glasgow Warriors, Wilson – who was born and raised in Aldershot but qualifies for Scotland through his maternal grandfather – paid tribute to Bex saying: “I couldn’t have done it without my beautiful wife and her support.”
The economist
Chris Harris, 28, who made his test debut at Murrayfield in 2017, will be supported by his girlfriend Ruby Wilkinson.
And she isn’t just a pretty face – the pair met when Ruby, from Newcastle, where Harris plays as centre, was studying economics at the University of Edinburgh and she now works as an associate at Deloitte.
She has hinted she will be following him to Japan, recently writing: “Where you go, I follow.”
Thrill of the chase
Scotland legend Stuart Hogg – who is even admired by Harry Potter author JK Rowling – married long-term partner Gill in 2016.
They’re both from the small town of Hawick and their parents are friends – although the Glasgow Warriors fullback has revealed he spent months asking her on a date but she would ignore his messages.
“We eventually got together,” he says. “After a few months of chasing her, she eventually caved in, thankfully, and we’ve been together ever since.”
They now have three young children – Archie, Olivia and George.
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The top lawyer
Glasgow Warriors fly half Pete Horne, 29, married Scottish high-flying lawyer Kirsten in 2016, with him saying at the time: “You make me so happy, you little peach.”
The happy couple welcomed a baby daughter in December.
Kirsten will be cheering on alongside Emma Blackstock, who is dating Pete’s younger brother George, 24 – as the youngster, who plays alongside big bro in Glasgow, has also made it to Japan.