After the Warriors came 2nd in their pool in the National Plate, the team had to wait until last Saturday to see if they would qualify for the semi-finals of the National Plate as best 2nd placed team.

The match that would determine their fate was the Caithness Krakens v Strathmore Ladies game. If the losing team of this match gained a bonus point by losing by 7 or less points or scoring 4 tries then the Warriors Plate run would be over for another year.

Caithness lost by 8 points and scored only 3 tries (phew!) putting the Warriors into the semi-final with a a match away to Group B winners Grangemouth Ladies on Sunday.

This will be the toughest match of the Warriors season against a team that came second in their league season and will have home advantage.

The Warriors will be up for it though as the prize to the winner is a final appearance at Murrayfield on the 6th May.

The teams have met before 3 times, but the last meeting was back in 2017 and the majority of the players from both teams will be meeting each other for the first time. Captain Nicole is not be one of them though as Nicole has played the Grangemouth team on all 3 occasions and will be aiming to make it 4 wins from 4 on Sunday!

Massive match for the Warriors and a big travelling support would be most appreciated as the team try and get to a Murrayfield final for the first time.

Kick Off: 2pm

Warriors XV squad: 1 J Warrick 2 M Brogan 3 C Richardson 4 H Paterson 5 M Muir 6 R Parker-Clevett 7 K Warrick 8 A Clark (vc) 9 N Barlow (c) 10 L Glendinning (vc) 11 K Morrison 12 S Wylie 13 J Clark 14 K Barlow 15 S Hunter 16 S Taylor 17 M Cother 18 H Clark 19 L Stevenson 20 L McGregor 21 J Graham 22 R Carroll