Joe Anderson, Author at Scottish Rugby

23 Nov 2022 - FOSROC Academy

Dramatic U20 1872 Cup ends in draw

Glasgow put together the first free-flowing move of the match, and when stand-off Richie Simpson broke free the ball was fed back inside to Finlay Burgess, who was stopped just short. The ball was recycled back quickly however and back-row Adam Flynn powered over from close range. Glasgow soon doubled their advantage and this time […]

17 Nov 2022 - Scotland Men

Jack Dempsey set for first start in final Autumn Nations Series match

Jack Dempsey comes into the side to make his first start for Scotland, having come off the bench in all of the Autumn Nations Series matches so far. He will start at number 8 with Matt Fagerson and captain Jamie Ritchie named as the flankers. Jonny Gray and Vice-Captain Grant Gilchrist partner in the second-row, […]

3 Nov 2022 - Scotland Men

Scotland team named for Fiji contest

Tickets for Saturday’s match, including kids for £1 tickets with a paying adult, are still available here. Four of the new faces come in the back division, with Scotland’s record try-scorer Stuart Hogg making a first appearance of the season at full-back and Adam Hastings returning to feature at stand-off against the Flying Fijians. A […]

27 Oct 2022 - Scotland Men

Townsend names team for first match of the Autumn Nations Series

Ritchie has leadership experience with Scotland having co-captained the side last year to victory over Tonga. He is joined in the back row by Hamish Watson, who led Scotland in their last outing, in the narrow defeat to Argentina in the third Test of the summer tour. As part of the 23 players named in […]

21 Oct 2022 - FOSROC Academy

Future stars in inter-regional action and national youth festival held at Merchiston

In the first round of fixtures, Glasgow & West were 10-5 winners against Edinburgh. Oliver McKenna and Euan Doak were the try-scorers for Glasgow & West, whilst Finlay McWilliam scored Edinburgh’s try. The other first round fixture saw Caledonia come out on top against Borders & East Lothian with a 10-7 win. Ollie Stoops and […]

19 Oct 2022 - Scotland Men

Jamie Ritchie to lead Scotland this Autumn

The 26-year-old is current co-captain of Edinburgh and previously led Scotland alongside Ali Price, against Tonga last Autumn, having played for the national team for four years amassing 32 caps. In the forwards, Ritchie is joined by new call-up Jack Dempsey. The 28-year-old Glasgow Warriors number 8 qualifies for Scotland through his Scottish grandfather. Having […]

13 Oct 2022 - Uncategorized

Scotland’s best young players to take to the pitch at Merchiston

11 teams from England will visit the Edinburgh based school to face five Scottish teams: Merchiston, Peebles RFC, Ayr RFC, George Watsons College, Boroughmuir RFC. Scotland Under-18s were recently in action in August when they took on Wales and Italy in a three-day festival with a number of the players who featured in those games […]

5 Oct 2022 - Obituary

Jim Shackleton

James Alexander Pirie Shackleton won seven caps for Scotland between 1959 and 1965. He was born in Assam, India on 3 April 1940 and his family returned to the UK by boat post Second World War, where Shackleton began his senior education at Fettes College in Edinburgh. In his first season at Fettes, he played […]

5 Oct 2022 - Match Officials

Adamson, Grove-White and Blain selected to officiate November Tests

Mike’s first November test will be on Saturday 5 November, when he will take charge of Romania v Chile at Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf in Bucharest. Fellow Scottish Rugby officials Sam Grove-White and Ben Blain have been selected as assistant referees for the same fixture. Mike will then travel to London for All Blacks […]