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23 Mar 2023 - Scotland Teams

Scotland team named for TikTok Six Nations opener

Francesca McGhie will make her Scotland debut on the left wing, fresh from her involvement with Scotland development side ‘The Thistles’ in the recent inaugural Celtic Challenge, with centre Beth Blacklock in line to make her debut off the bench. In the front row, Lana Skeldon starts at hooker with Leah Bartlett, loosehead prop and […]

TikTok Women’s Six Nations – Scotland v England

23 Mar 2023 - Scotland Teams

2024 TikTok Women’s Six Nations fixtures confirmed

Scotland will kick off next season’s tournament away to Wales on Saturday, 23 March at 4.45pm. A week later Bryan Easson’s side will take on France in their first home match of the championship at 2.15pm. After a fallow week, England will travel to Scotland for their second successive home match, mirroring the schedule for […]

17 Mar 2023 - Scotland Teams

Scotland U16 squad confirmed

The programme allows for the 42 girls selected to enter Scottish Rugby’s player programme two years earlier than in previous years. Robbie Lavery, Performance Pathways Manager Girls & Womens Rugby, said: “The purpose of the programme is based on our theme of exploring the impossible, where players are encouraged to explore their performance rugby through […]

6 Mar 2023 - Scotland Teams

Grant Gilchrist Disciplinary Update

The second-row appeared before an independent judicial committee via video link last week having received a red card for an act of foul play in the Guinness Six Nations match between France and Scotland on Sunday 26th February 2023 played at the Stade de France, Paris. The Red Card was issued as a result of […]

4 Mar 2023 - FOSROC Academy

Academy round-up: U18 sides in action against Wales and U16 regional fixtures

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 […]

27 Jan 2023 - Scotland U20

Scotland U20 Squad Named for 2023 Six Nations

The announcement comes before the championship’s opening round next week, when those players selected will travel to face England at the Twickenham Stoop, London on Friday 3 February, kick-off 7pm – live on BBC iPlayer. Murray’s squad is made up of 19 forwards and 15 backs, with seven players returning to the U20 age-grade side […]

5 Dec 2022 - Scotland U20

Scotland U20 Coaching Group Confirmed

Pringle joins Scottish Rugby after a successful tenure with FOSROC Super6 side Watsonians where he has been Head Coach since 2019. This year he led the Myreside outfit to win both the FOSROC Super6 Sprint Series and the FOSROC Super6 Championship. He said: “I’d like to thank Watsonians for the Super6 Head Coaching opportunity. For […]

11 Nov 2022 - Scotland Teams

Scotland draw on experience to meet All Blacks challenge

Hooker Fraser Brown, fly-half Finn Russell and centre Sione Tuipulotu all come into the starting XV which features seven Scotland players who faced the All Blacks back in 2017. Russell links up with half-back partner Ali Price, as they did in 2017, with Tuipulotu at inside centre and Chris Harris at outside centre. The back […]

Dubai Emirates Airline Rugby Sevens 2021 – Men’s

24 Oct 2022 - Corporate

Great Britain 7s: Core squads and coaching structure for 2023 World Rugby Sevens Series campaign confirmed

Scotland 7s head coach Ciaran Beattie has been named Programme Lead for the Men’s and Women’s teams and will oversee both programmes, as well as serving as men’s assistant coach, as the men’s group prepare to compete on the 2023 circuit, which gets underway on the weekend of 4-6 November in Hong Kong. The amalgam […]

21 Oct 2022 - Corporate

Scottish Rugby extends partnership with HITIQ

This extension further represents Scottish Rugby’s desire and commitment to be at the forefront of player welfare through a commitment to research across all levels of the game. Scottish Rugby will continue to build on the initial partnership, launched in June 2021, which saw a working group established with members of its performance and medical […]