Scotland's under-18 women's hockey team will be in action on two fronts this weekend as they take on Ireland in two training matches in Glasgow before running the women's Ignis Asset Management 10K.

The squad take to the pitch on Friday and Saturday to face Ireland, who provided strong resistance to the Scots when the sides met twice this time last year with a 1-0 win for Scotland and a 0-0 draw.

And on Sunday the squad will be taking to the streets of Glasgow in a bid to raise much-needed funds for various charities as well as their team.

"Ireland is strong competition for us to host matches against in order to make our final selection down to 20. The last time we played them in a test series it was close," said coach Rhona Simpson.

"And the run will part of their training and understanding of what is expected of them at top level.

"Players need to push themselves and challenge their fitness on and off the pitch. They've been doing 40 minute runs in training so it should be routine."