Siobhan Cattigan, a Scotland international rugby player, died at the age of 26.

Cattigan, who was capped 19 times by Scotland during her career, died on Friday.

The back-row made her international debut against Wales during the Six Nations in 2018.

She started all three matches of Scotland's Six Nations tournament against England, Italy and Wales earlier this year.

A statement from Scottish Rugby read: 'Scottish Rugby is deeply saddened to hear Scotland international Siobhan Cattigan has died.

The thoughts of all our people and players go out to Siobhan's family and many team-mates at Stirling County and Scotland at this incredibly difficult time.

Siobhan Cattigan was capped 19 times by Scotland
Siobhan Cattigan was capped 19 times by Scotland (REX/Shutterstock)

'Specialist Scottish Rugby employees are now providing ongoing support to those most closely affected.'

A statement from Scottish Rugby read: 'Scottish Rugby is deeply saddened to hear Scotland international Siobhan Cattigan has died.

The thoughts of all our people and players go out to Siobhan's family and many team-mates at Stirling County and Scotland at this incredibly difficult time.

Siobhan Cattigan was capped 19 times by Scotland
Siobhan Cattigan was capped 19 times by Scotland (REX/Shutterstock)

'Specialist Scottish Rugby employees are now providing ongoing support to those most closely affected.'

'As a young and impressionable 14 year old this hugely impacted me and I gave up the sport that I had a clear talent in because of other people's narrow minded opinions.

'It took a random decision at 19 to go back to rugby and give it a go at uni and, one uni team, one club team and 14 caps for my country later and I haven't looked back since. I promised myself that day I would never let others opinions alter my life again.'