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Motion · S6M-12989 · 24 Apr 2024

90 Days on How Scotland Saved Women Rugby World Cup

Lodged by Finlay Carson (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) Standard Motion 24 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates former Scottish women rugby internationalists, Sandra Colomartino and Sue Brodie, along with Scottish screenwriter, Kim Millar, on the success of their hugely inspiring stage play, 90 Days, which played before sell-out audiences at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh earlier in April 2024, gaining much critical acclaim; notes that it tells what it sees as the inspiring story of how Scotland rescued the 1994 Rugby World Cup, which was originally meant to be hosted by the Netherlands, only to be suddenly cancelled 90 days before the event was due to kick off; understands that Scotland's first-ever captain, Sandra, and full-back, Sue, rescued the tournament in a miraculous turn of events and became the unlikely saviours of the World Cup, following a meeting at Todd's Tap pub in Leith; recognises what it sees as the huge challenges that the women's game faced in the early years, and celebrates what it considers to be the positive changes in women's sport over the three decades since; believes that the uplifting, moving musical lifts a glass to friendship, tenacity, empowerment and love that has inspired Scottish women and girls to take up the sport of rugby, which is now flourishing across the whole of the country, and wishes Sandra and Sue continued success in the knowledge that they had "something inside so strong" and provided the firm foundations for the game to grow both in Scotland and globally.

Supporters (24)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.