The World Rugby U20 Trophy runs from 15-30 July and features eight teams. Scotland have been drawn in Pool A, where they will compete against Uruguay, USA and Zimbabwe to earn a place in the final. Pool B contains Hong Kong, Kenya, Samoa and this weekend’s competition Spain. A familiar forward pack to the 2023 […]
This summer, Scotland U20 will travel to Nairobi, Kenya, to play in the World Rugby U20 Trophy. The tournament, along with the World Rugby U20 Championship (which takes place in South Africa), will return for the first time since 2019 after it was put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Scotland side will […]
Tomorrow’s fixture will be slightly different to the rest of the fixtures played in the festival with it being a 70 minute game with a half time too as opposed to the 35 minute fixtures played. Speaking ahead of the match, Head Coach Duncan Harrison said: “The confidence of the whole group has grown session […]
The format of the festival provides teams with the opportunity to play against each other, with today’s fixtures seeing Scotland compete against the two nations for 35-minute fixtures each. This allows each player to start at least one fixture during the week-long festival, with a key focus on developing players as individuals and providing game-time […]
Speaking after the matches, Scotland Women U18 Head Coach Duncan Harrison said: “Today’s performances certainly settled a few nerves and girls grew well into both games, finishing strongly. There are a couple of tweaks, both sides of the ball, which will challenge the girls to continue to make collective and individual improvements.” Scotland v England […]
After a challenging experience against Ireland last weekend, the young team will play in front of a home crowd for the last time this campaign at Scotstoun. Craig Davidson is named at loosehead prop, the position he has started every game of the 2023 campaign since coming off the bench against England. He joins forces […]
As the young side return to Scotstoun after a gruelling shift in Agen, they will be looking to profit off a vocal home crowd once again – something that proved to be a crucial element for the team to achieve their first win since 2020 against Wales last month. An unchanged front row from the […]
The new name for the part-time professional league signals a structural change with the addition of new teams into two competitions. Furthermore, title sponsor FOSROC will continue their support of the campaign this year. These additions provide more high-performance focused environments for players and increases high-level performance game time opportunities for the current cohorts of […]
The forward pack remains mostly unchanged with Craig Davidson (Watsonian FC) returning to loosehead prop after his impressive first Scotland U20 start against Wales. Corey Tait’s (Boroughmuir Bears) consistent performance over the first two games of the competition has earned him the hooker position once again, this time joined by Moby Ogunlaja (Glasgow Hawks) who […]
Most of the changes come for the forward pack including Craig Davidson (Watsonian FC), who will make his first Scotland U20 start at loosehead prop in place of Max Surry (Cardiff Met University) who is unavailable due to injury. Davidson will be joined by powerhouse pairing Corey Tait (Boroughmuir Bears) at hooker and Callum Norrie […]