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 154 pounds (11.0 st) from a starting point of 25 stone (350 lb). Following her weight loss, she was selected for the national team.[3] 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.[4] She competed at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup.[5]
MasterChef
In 2019, she competed in the cooking television series MasterChef, where she reached the final, losing to Irini Tzortzoglou.[6]