'Scotland women can fill Murrayfield one day'

Scotland internationals of yesteryear at Murrayfield — Donna Kennedy, second from left, joined other famous Scotland internationals to mark Murrayfield's centenary [SNS]

Women's Six Nations

Scotland v Wales

Venue: Hive Stadium, Edinburgh Date: Saturday, 22 March Kick-off: 16:45 GMT

Coverage: Watch on BBC Two & iPlayer, live text commentary on the BBC Sport website & app

Scotland women's most-capped player Donna Kennedy believes the side will one day sell out Murrayfield.

The home of Scottish rugby hosted its first international between Scotland and England's men's team 100 years ago on 21 March 1925.

Kennedy, capped 115 times, was part of the first Scotland women team to play at the famous stadium, a 13-3 win over Sweden in 2001.

On Saturday, Scotland and Wales open their Women's Six Nations campaign at Hive Stadium, adjacent to Murrayfield.

"No-one wants to play in a stadium where you've got empty seats surrounding you," Kennedy told BBC Scotland.

"If we can get up to 30,000-40,000 then I believe one day we will fill this stadium.

"England have proven that with the game's that they've had in recent years. At Twickenham, they've had 60,000, nearly 70,000. We're hoping this year, at the World Cup, we'll have a sell-out for the final, so 80,000 there so, yeah, it's progressing.

"You can see it all across the UK with all the nations. There's a lot of growth. Anything leading up to a World Cup, you would expect to see growth after it."

Scotland men and occasionally Edinburgh play at Murrayfield and the ground has also hosted football.

"Sometimes you try and think it's just going to be a normal game, but you're aware of the situation, you're aware you're on the Murrayfield turf but you're still out there to do a job," Kennedy explained. "You're still out there to play rugby and get the win.

"When I've been sitting in the stand as a fan, it's just the build-up, the theatre round about everything on match day, it's absolutely fantastic.

"You always dream that you want to play on the hallowed turf of Murrayfield. Amazing experience."

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