During her
rugby union playing career, Jilly McCord played as a lock. She initially played for
Watsonians Ladies Rugby at club level. In 2002, McCord was told that she would be unable to play for the
Scotland women's national rugby union team unless she improved her pace by losing weight. She was playing for
Royal High Corstorphine RFC at the time, and during the course of her weight loss, she lost from a starting point of . Following her weight loss, she was selected for the national team. In 2007, she was named as Scottish
captain, taking over from
Donna Kennedy. Her first match as captain was against
Canada, where she earned her 28th
cap. She competed at the
2010 Women's Rugby World Cup. ==MasterChef==