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13 Mar 2023 - Scotland Men

Scotland squad update

Stuart Hogg sustained an ankle injury and will be unavailable for this weekend’s match against Italy. He will return to his club in due course for further management of this injury. Finn Russell suffered an injury to one of his knee ligaments. He will return to Racing 92 to continue his rehabilitation. Richie Gray sustained […]

10 Mar 2023 - Scotland Men

Hogg set to join Scotland’s centurion club

Making his debut against Wales in 2012, Stuart Hogg has gone on to become Scotland’s record try scorer and on Sunday will become the fourth men’s player to win 100 caps for his country. Jonny Gray and Jack Dempsey have also been named in the starting XV in only two changes from the loss in […]

28 Feb 2023 - Scotland Men

2024 Guinness Six Nations fixtures announced

Scotland will start their campaign on Saturday 3 February, travelling to the Principality Stadium, Cardiff to take on Wales, aiming to retain the Doddie Weir Cup. They will then welcome France to Edinburgh on Saturday 10 February, completing the opening block of fixtures. After a first fallow week, Scotland will host England at Scottish Gas […]

9 Feb 2023 - Scotland Men

Fagerson returns for Wales encounter at BT Murrayfield

Zander Fagerson returns to the front row having missed out on last weekend’s opening win over England at Twickenham, with fellow tighthead prop WP Nel moving to the replacements’ bench. 54-cap Fagerson will form a front row also containing loosehead prop Pierre Schoeman and hooker George Turner. Vice-captain Grant Gilchrist again partners Richie Gray in […]

2 Feb 2023 - Scotland Men

Scotland name team to face England in 2023 Guinness Six Nations Opener

Leading his side in the championship for the first time, blindside flanker Jamie Ritchie is joined at openside by Luke Crosbie, whose excellent recent form is rewarded with a second start for Scotland, with Matt Fagerson completing the back row. In the second row, the experienced Richie Gray and Grant Gilchrist, who is named as […]

17 Jan 2023 - Scotland Men

Four uncapped players in Scotland squad for 2023 Guinness Six Nations

McConnochie, who won two caps for England in 2019, is now eligible to be selected due to World Rugby’s eligibility rules allowing a capped player to switch allegiance to another country they are eligible to play for following a three-year cooling off period. Healy, who will move to Edinburgh ahead of the 2023/24 season, qualifies […]

10 Jan 2023 - Scotland Men

Scotland to play four Rugby World Cup 2023 Warm-Up Tests

Starting with a home fixture against Italy on Saturday 29 July, Scotland will then welcome France a week later, before travelling to face the Rugby World Cup hosts on Saturday 12 August with the venue to be confirmed. After a week’s break, Scotland will complete their summer programme against Georgia at BT Murrayfield on Saturday […]

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 […]