Edinburgh confirm seven Scotland internationals including Rollie and Orr for 2026/27

Edinburgh Rugby have confirmed the signing of seven Scotland internationals for the 2026/27 season, with 86-cap full-back Chloe Rollie and Emma Orr among the headline arrivals at the Celtic Challenge club.

All seven players join under Scottish Rugby’s contracting model for the women’s programme, with further details on that structure expected from the union in the coming days.

Rachel Philipps, Elis Martin, Leia Brebner-Holden and Coreen Grant complete the group of incomings from Premiership Women’s Rugby clubs. Philipps departs Sale Sharks, Martin and Brebner-Holden leave Loughborough Lightning, and Grant arrives from Harlequins. Emily Coubrough has also joined from Glasgow Warriors.

Philipps had a standout Women’s Six Nations campaign, earning her first Test start and scoring two tries against France at Hive Stadium — a return made all the more significant given she had missed the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 through injury.

“It was definitely tough missing out on the World Cup with my knee,” Philipps said. “It was actually a grade one MCL injury and, just with the length of time I had to be in a brace, it was too tight to then get back before the warm-up games. Getting to the tournament was just not on the cards for me unfortunately, but I do think that I’ve used this season with Sale and then Edinburgh to really grow and I’m definitely in a much better place than I was pre-World Cup and I am all about looking forward now.”

Rollie returns to Scottish club rugby after a season with Rugby Club Toulon Provence Méditerranée in France’s AXA Elite 1 Féminine, where she helped the club avoid relegation from the women’s top flight.

“I needed a different environment,” Rollie said in December. “A different challenge. And it wasn’t just the rugby that I had to learn. It was also the language, the culture, a new group of girls, [in] a team that had just come into the Elite 1.”

The cluster of signings reflects a broader shift in the women’s game in Scotland, with several senior internationals departing PWR clubs to return north of the border as Edinburgh build their squad for the coming season.