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 […]
On Saturday, the U17s played an academy festival where Caledonia took on Edinburgh and Glasgow and the West played The Borders and East Lothian. Edinburgh were 15-5 winners against Caledonia, while Glasgow and the West won 35-15 against The Borders and East Lothian. For the U18s, it was FOSROC Academy finals day on Sunday. With […]
A 26-player squad, made up of 15 forwards and 11 backs, will travel down to Cardiff this afternoon ahead of a match tomorrow at Cardiff Arms Park. The game will be played under conditioned rules as both Wales and Scotland will use the game as a development tool to look at a wider group of […]
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 […]
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 […]