The 16-year-old Berwickshire High School student was selected to join the first team for practise matches in Holland following an injury in the squad earlier this month. And she kept her place in the squad for the Home Nations which was held this year at SportScotland's national centre at Inverclyde, Largs, on July 22-24.

The Scotland Girls team finished third in the competition, which put the side against England, Ireland and Wales in the four team tournament. Every team played each other once to determine final placings in a league structure, with Scotland finishing third behind England and Ireland, and above Wales.

Siobhan and the team played their first game of the tournament last Wednesday against Ireland, and managed to pull back a two goal deficit at half time to finish the game 2-2. The next day saw the team back to their pre-tournament winning ways when they beat the Welsh side 3-1.

But they couldn't keep the winning streak alive, and went down 4-0 to England on Friday.

There was no separating Scotland and Ireland in their first match, with both teams giving as good as they got to forge a draw in that game, and the table reflected this at the end of the event. Both the Irish and Scottish sides finished the tournament with four points, having won, drawn and lost a game each, but Ireland just edged ahead of Scotland in the final placings on goal difference.

Siobhan, who played in every game of the tournament, enjoyed the competition and the atmosphere. She said: "It was really good, a really good experience. We had some of the best results that Scotland U16s have ever had so we were pleased with that."

The Scotland Girls' team could have won the tournament, had they beaten England in the last game. They held their own against the eventual competition winners at the start of the match and Scotland were still in with a chance going into the break, when they were behind by just one goal.

But England pulled out all the stops in the second half and racked up another three goals without an answer from Scotland.

England were a strong side but we held them to the end of the first half, then they got one just before half time and it changed things," Siobhan explained.

Scotland U16s coach Richard Davies said that the girls had taken a lot of experience from the Home Nations, which was their first major competition.

"We'll build on the positives and analyse the negatives," Davies said. "The players are happy to have at least one tournament of this kind under their belt now and they look forward to having bigger opportunities further down the line."

The Home Nations tournament marked the end of Siobhan's U16 journey, as she now moves into a different age category, but the Berwick Ladies striker hopes to represent her country again in the future.