Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Scottish Rugby teamed up to deliver their first School of Rugby nutritional programme activity at Perth Academy, this week. Local Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland 7’s player James Fleming was in attendance to help deliver the workshop and meet the students. The Schools of Rugby programme will see some of the country’s top players inspire youngsters about the importance of sport, fitness and eating a healthy diet. The CashBack for Communities funded programme will offer a catalyst to motivate and develop some of Scotland’s young people. It will also aim to create an environment where sport makes a significant contribution to the delivery of A Curriculum for Excellence, playing a central role in the life of the school.Scottish Rugby’s Head of Community Rugby, Colin Thomson said: “Scottish Rugby believes that school sport plays an important role in the education of youngsters. “Through the Schools of Rugby initiative we aim to develop youngsters into confident and competent individuals, showing the positive impact sport has on them and on the school communities they come from. “So far we have established partnerships with 17 schools in Scotland, all of varying playing levels, who have committed to establishing and developing this initiative in their school community. “We passionately believe that, by working with the education sector and the selected schools, we will demonstrate the educational benefits of rugby to young people and their communities.”Jennifer Robertson, health and education co-ordinator for QMS said: “This partnership offers QMS a great opportunity to work closely with Scottish Rugby; communicating the importance of red meat in a healthy diet. “It also offers valuable profile for Scotch Beef which is famous around the globe for its quality and reputation, founded on pioneering quality assurance, tradition and the commitment and skills of those who work in the industry,”  The initiative will provide a context for learning inside and outside of the classroom, allowing all pupils to experience rugby, and improve their fitness and physical literacy. This in turn will contribute to an enhanced educational experience in each of the participating schools.Each School of Rugby will be supported with a package of resources, enabling more staff to deliver a thriving rugby programme across the school including a focused curricular programme for a number of S1 pupils.The broad rugby programme consists of rugby teams at all ages, opportunities for the development of girls’ teams and non-playing opportunities for senior pupils, in rugby coaching, refereeing, volunteering and running sport in local primary schools and rugby clubs.