Article Archives - Scottish Rugby

2022 TikTok Women’s Six Nations Championship Round 5 Ireland Women vs Scotland Women

2 Oct 2024

Juggling family life to go with the Flo

Ellen Dickson, who is a former Scotland international, leads in the role as Team Manager; Emma Coghill is the team’s Lead Analyst, and Josie Symonds joined the team earlier this year as the Head of Physical Performance. Most recently, Claire Cruikshank joined the team as a Coaching Intern via the Gallagher High Performance Academy linked […]

26 Sep 2024

Malcolm’s magnificent 50

This Saturday, at Cape Town’s iconic DHL Stadium, another chapter of the story will be written, as Rachel Malcolm, the team’s fearless leader, celebrates her 50th cap – a monumental achievement that makes her only the 28th player in Scotland Women’s history to reach this milestone. Rachel earned her first cap back in 2016 against […]

23 Sep 2024

Everything you need to know about WXV 2 2024

What is WXV? In 2023, World Rugby launched a brand-new tournament, WXV. The competition involves the top 16 nations in women’s rugby, split into three divisions. Scotland secured their spot in the second tier of the competition, WXV 2, after finishing fourth in the recent 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations championship. WXV aims to transform […]

15 Aug 2024

Scotland Women | Preseason Q&A with Rachel, Jade and CB

The preseason period is crucial for the team, not just for physical conditioning but also for fostering team cohesion. With new faces both within the player group and management – we caught up with Rachel Malcolm, Christine Belisle (CB) and Jade Konkel to discuss their preparations. Click here to buy your tickets for Scotland v […]

2024 Six Nations U18s Men’s Festival Round 2 Scotland vs England

9 Aug 2024

Christian Lindsay on Scotland U18 development camp experience

“It’s really been an amazing experience throughout the entire week in such a high-performance environment, being a part of such a great group of lads. With the great facilities here, it’s really allowed us to push ourselves, as has training with the other nations throughout the week. “It has definitely been intense, similar to the […]

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5 Aug 2024

Review: First bio-banding for U16s at regional festival at Dalziel RFC

For the U16 selection, maturation data was used to group players into a less mature and more mature team within their regions. Learn more about Scottish Rugby’s bio-banding pilot The U18 matches featured a number of players making their first regional academy festival appearance of the season. A Scotland U18 development camp in Ireland meant […]

1 Aug 2024

Rust 2 Rome continues fundraising rally for Doddie

Rust 2 Rome was hatched when Alan, or ‘Watty’, and his friends decided that with a budget of £1,000 they would attempt to drive all the way to the Italian capital in an old ‘banger’ emblazoned with the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation tartan and the number ‘5’ on the front as an homage to Doddie’s […]

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30 Jul 2024

Review: Second round of regional academy fixtures at Stirling County

The four regions (Caledonia, Edinburgh, Glasgow & the West and Borders & East Lothian) picked two U16 teams and an U18 team each. The U16 teams played a match of 30-minute halves, while the U18s played 35-minute halves. From the squads, a Scotland U18 development squad will be selected for a training camp in Ireland […]

22 Jul 2024

Review: U16 and U18 academy festival at Stirling RFC

Two teams represented each region (Caledonia, Edinburgh, Glasgow & the West and Borders & East Lothian) at U16, and one team at U18 level. The U16s played a match of 30-minute halves, while the U18 matches were 35 minutes each way. Head of Pathways John Fletcher said: “It was fantastic to watch the players get […]

17 Jul 2024

Report: Scotland Men U20 48-10 USA U20

Ollie Blyth-Lafferty and Robbie Deans earned Scotland a scrum penalty deep in the USA’s 22, Andy McLean kicks to the corner. After a successful line out caught by Ru Hart, Euan McVie got his hands on the ball and was heaved over by the heavy driving maul. The conversion was missed [9 mins, 5-0]. It […]