RANGERS have had a number of players away on international duty recently with several European Championship play-off qualifying matches and friendlies taking place.
Here is our roundup of who was involved and how they got on:
Jenna Fife, Nicola Docherty, Kathy Hill and Brogan Hay – Scotland
• Hungary 0-1 Scotland - UEFA European Championship Play-off First Round first leg
• Scotland 4-0 Hungary – UEFA European Championship Play-off First Round second leg
Four Light Blues players were part of the Scotland squad who enjoyed a fantastic international break by securing a play-off final spot with a first round victory against Hungary over two legs.
Nicola Docherty was on hand to assist the opening goal in Budapest on Friday evening on her 60th cap whilst there were minutes off the bench for winger Brogan Hay.
The Scots took a slender advantage into last night’s second leg at Easter Road were they ran out commanding 4-0 winners on the night with the Gers captain starting once again helping the team to back to back clean sheets, as they now gear up for next month’s play-off final against Finland for a place at next summer’s Euros.
Laura Rafferty and Megan Bell – Northern Ireland
• Croatia 1-1 Northern Ireland – UEFA European Championship Play-off First Round first leg
• Northern Ireland 1-0 Croatia – UEFA European Championship Play-off First Round second leg
A further two of Jo Potter’s Gers helped Northern Ireland to the play-off final with a narrow victory over Croatia during the break.
Defender Laura Rafferty had the honour of captaining the team as they played out a score draw in the away leg on a night where she reached 50 caps for her country.
She was named in the starting side once again for the second leg and with the game destined for penalty kicks Lauren Wade was on hand to score with six minutes of extra time remaining to book Tanya Oxtoby’s side into the final where they will face Norway.
Eilidh Austin, Leah Eddie, Mia McAulay and Jodi McLeary – Scotland Under-23s
• Belgium Under-23s 2-2 Scotland Under-23s – International Friendly
• Scotland Under-23s 5-1 Czech Republic Under-23s – International Friendly
The club were also represented in the Scotland Under-23s camp in what were two beneficial outings for the side during the break.
They played out at an entertaining 2-2 draw with Belgium on Thursday afternoon in a game where there were starts for Eddie, McLeary and McAulay.
Leah was then named captain for yesterday’s convincing win over the Czech Republic in a match where McAulay found the back of the net scoring the opening goal and Eilidh Austin providing an assist for the second in what was her first time involved with the camp.
Liv McLoughlin – England Under-23s
• Netherlands Under-23s 1-1 England Under-23s – WU23 European Competition
• England Under-23s 1-0 Portugal Under-23s – WU23 European Competition
Liv was called up for the England Under-23s for the first time as she enjoyed a successful time away representing her nation over the last week or so.
Starting both fixtures, her side were denied by a stoppage time equaliser on Thursday evening before rounding off the camp with a 1-0 victory over Portugal last night, with Michelle Agyemang’s goal proving the difference as she fired home an 86th minute free-kick in front of a record WU23s home crowd of 2953.
Laura Berry, Sophie Black, Mason Clark, Abi Tobin and Mia McArthur – Scotland Under-19s
• Scotland Under-19s 1-1 Croatia Under-19s – Slovenia Nations Cup
• Scotland Under-19s 0-1 Romania Under-19s – Slovenia Nations Cup
• Scotland Under-19s 0-1 Slovenia Under-19s – Slovenia Nations Cup
Several Rangers youth stars were involved in the young Scots camp as they took part in the Slovenia Nations Cup over the most recent break.
There were starts for duo Laura Berry and Mason Clark who are currently both on loan at Motherwell with the latter finding the back of the net in the opening match in a 1-1 draw.
Pair Abi Tobin and Sophie Black were then named in the starting side on Saturday, where the Scots were condemned to a one-goal defeat from an 87th minute winner before rounding off their matches with a 1-0 defeat to the hosts yesterday afternoon.