Euan Ferrie, Cameron Henderson, Ewan Johnson, Alexander Masibaka and Ollie Smith have all joined up with the squad. Masibaka will replace Josh Bayliss in the squad, who sustained a groin injury playing for Bath in their victory over Sale Sharks. He will remain with Bath for further assessment to determine exact timescales. Alexander Masibaka has […]
Darge and Russell led the side in the 2024 championship, in a famous victory over Wales and the 30-21 win over England at Scottish Gas Murrayfield. Sione Tuipulotu will miss the tournament after sustaining a pectoral muscle injury during a training session with Glasgow Warriors last week. Sione will undergo surgery this week and is […]
The three highly- rated 18- year-olds will spend five months immersed in South Africa’s renowned rugby culture at the high-performance training facility at Stellenbosch University from the end of January. Angus Wright currently plays for Stirling County as a prop, beginning his rugby journey in Essex before his family relocated to Scotland where he played […]
At Hive Stadium, the former Scotland U20 captain will take charge of an exciting team that has been under the watchful eye of the Scotland national team coaching staff this week. Joining Liam in the forwards are Mikey Jones and Harri Morris who were both involved in Scotland A’s recent win over Chile. Boroughmuir RFC […]
The match will be the first time Emerging Scotland have played and the fixture forms part of the National Academy pilot programme which was launched in September to add increased value to the development of a selected group of promising players. Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has coached the players during the programme along with […]
The tour kicks off against Māori All Blacks on Saturday 5 July, and will be the first time the sides have met since 2000, when the hosts edged a narrow encounter 18-15 in New Plymouth. It will be just the third match between the Māori All Blacks and Scotland with the other encounter coming at […]
This will be Emerging Scotland’s first game, involving the best young players in the country and coached by the Scotland men’s national team coaching staff. The match forms part of the National Academy pilot programme which was launched in September to add increased value to the development of a selected group of promising players. Scotland […]
The independent Disciplinary Committee was chaired by Rhian Williams (Wales), joined by former international referee Donal Courtney (Ireland) and former international player Olly Kohn (Wales). Having accepted that the act of foul play justified the red card and by applying World Rugby’s sanctioning provisions, the Disciplinary Committee determined that whilst reckless, the low-range entry point […]
The Scotland assistant coach will move into the head coach role for the A team in the final week of The Famous Grouse Nations Series. Horne amassed 45 caps for Scotland during his playing career and after retiring in 2021 he coached Ayrshire Bulls in the Super Series before working as assistant coach at Glasgow […]
David Nucifora was Performance Director for the IRFU over a ten-year period from June 2014, which saw Ireland’s men’s team top the World Rugby rankings and win four Six Nations Championships, including two Grand Slams. Ireland Women secured the Six Nations title in 2015 also. His tenure concluded with Ireland’s 7s teams qualifying for, and […]