Rugby was not McGhie’s past love.
Dancing was her ardour, and her skills as a ballet and up to date dancer earned her a spot on the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
That nimble footwork would serve her effectively in her final calling as a rugby participant, but it surely was not till 2018 that she took up the sport as a 15-year-old.
She joined Watsonians the next 12 months and helped the membership to the Premiership title in 2023.
She acquired her first Scotland call-up that very same 12 months, asserting herself within the Check enviornment with a surprising solo attempt within the victory over Eire, which led to a nomination for World Rugby’s Breakthrough Participant of the Yr award.
McGhie has proved herself to be a participant for the large event.
She got here up with a last-gasp match-winning attempt towards Eire on this 12 months’s Six Nations, and her hat-trick towards Wales took her worldwide try-scoring document to 13 in 23 video games.
“Once you put Fran McGhie in house, my God, what a finisher,” Scotland head coach Bryan Easson advised BBC Scotland after Saturday’s win.
“I would mentioned to her this morning she’ll get a few scores, however I mentioned to her at half-time, ‘come on, that is not sufficient’.
“One-on-one, I do not assume there’s anyone higher on the planet. She’s a world-class finisher indubitably.”
