Ben White, Joss Arnold and Jack Craig have been awarded the coveted John Macphail Rugby Scholarship and will spend five months immersed in South Africa’s renowned rugby culture at the high-performance training facility at Stellenbosch University from January next year. 18 year-old loosehead prop Ben White plays regularly for Biggar Rugby after beginning his career […]
Sides representing Caledonia, Glasgow & the West, Edinburgh and Borders & East Lothian played against each other in 30 minute matches. The sides featured some players involved in the district teams that competed in the Merchiston Castle School U18 Rugby Festival last weekend. Head of Pathways John Fletcher said: “The Super 4s gives our academy […]
Glasgow Caledonia Reds and Edinburgh Reivers will play in the 16-team festival, which will also include Merchiston School, Ayr RFC, Dollar Academy, Peebles RFC and Boroughmuir RFC. The regional teams are made up of FOSROC Academy players who were not already featuring for other Scottish sides in the festival. Nine English School sides will make […]
The squad travel down to Cardiff tomorrow morning, and will train for a week before short matches against Italy, Wales and Ireland on Friday 11 August. The camp follows on from a similar one at Stirling University last year with Scotland, Italy and Wales. The matches last 30 minutes with no intervals. Scotland start against […]
This is the second round of inter-region fixtures, with round one taking place last weekend. The results were as follows: Edinburgh U16 Cannons 25-25 Glasgow & the West U16 Blues Edinburgh U16 Knights 35-40 Glasgow & the West U16 Whites Borders & East Lothian U16 Reds 25-30 Caledonia U16 Thistles Borders & East Lothian U16 Whites 40-25 Caledonia U16 Saltires Borders & East […]
Six fixtures will take place across the day at Bridgehaugh, with the first kick off at 12pm. Two teams have been selected from each region at U16 level, and one team selected at U18 level. Further rounds of fixtures will take place on 30 July and 7 August. Players from the U18 sides will also […]
The contracted Academy players are aligned to either Edinburgh Rugby or Glasgow Warriors where they will train alongside the professional club’s senior players, whilst also participating in the FOSROC Super Series. Having this base in the pro-teams allows the young players to not only accelerate their development by being immersed in the pro-team club environment […]
First, Glasgow Warriors Blues take on Edinburgh Rugby Blacks at 1pm. Then, Glasgow Warriors Reds will face Edinburgh Rugby Reds at 2.30pm. To view the Glasgow Warriors Blues side, click HERE. To view the Edinburgh Rugby Blacks side, click HERE. To view the Glasgow Warriors Reds side, click HERE. To view the Edinburgh Rugby Reds […]
The U16 Academy festival sees eight sides split into two groups, with each side playing the other three teams in their pool in 30-minute matches. The first matches in Pool 1 kick off at 11.10am, while Pool 2 gets underway at 2.15pm. The pools will be as follows: Pool 1: Caledonia Thistles, Glasgow and The […]
Guy Kirkpatrick, Monroe Job, Callum Smyth have been awarded the coveted John Macphail Rugby Scholarship and leave on Monday 23 January. They will spend five months immersed in South Africa’s renowned rugby culture at the high-performance training facility at Stellenbosch University. Raised in Selkirk, back-rower Monroe Job has been involved in the Scottish Rugby pathway […]