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18 Feb 2025 - Uncategorized

2025 Autumn Nations Series Fixtures Confirmed

The series will open on Saturday 1 November, kick-off 5:40pm, where Scotland will take on USA on home soil for the first time since 2000, when Scotland ram out 53-6 winners. Last year, Scotland played USA in Washington DC on a night where Jamie Ritchie won his 50th cap and Ewan Ashman scored two tries […]

18 Feb 2025 - Uncategorized

Hurd relishing recent experiences with Scotland

Amassing six caps since July, Hurd has featured in Scotland’s opening two Guinness Men’s Six Nations matches and is aiming for more with three games remaining. Reflecting on his first Guinness Men’s Six Nations so far Hurd said: “Being part of the environment for the Six Nations has been unreal. There is more in the […]

12 Feb 2025 - Uncategorized

Hollie Davidson receives referee cap

Davidson, 32, who hails from Aboyne, was presented with her cap in a ceremony this afternoon at Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium by SRU President Keith Wallace. He said: “Hollie is an outstanding referee, following in the footsteps of our finest match officials. She exudes a calm authority and allows the players to take centre stage.“Like […]

20 Jan 2025 - Uncategorized

Darge and Russell named co-captains | Squad update

Darge and Russell led the side in the 2024 championship, in a famous victory over Wales and the 30-21 win over England at Scottish Gas Murrayfield. Sione Tuipulotu will miss the tournament after sustaining a pectoral muscle injury during a training session with Glasgow Warriors last week. Sione will undergo surgery this week and is […]

17 Jan 2025 - Uncategorized

Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership feature match: Musselburgh v Edinburgh Accies

Rooted to the bottom, Musselburgh have won two of their 13 matches and have a points difference of -335. Accies teeter on the edge of the relegation zone, just a single point ahead of tenth-placed Kelso. The visitors return to play this weekend after a 27-point thrashing at the hands of Currie Chieftains, while Musselburgh […]

13 Jan 2025 - Uncategorized

Three of the best young players in Scotland bound for South Africa

The three highly- rated 18- year-olds will spend five months immersed in South Africa’s renowned rugby culture at the high-performance training facility at Stellenbosch University from the end of January. Angus Wright currently plays for Stirling County as a prop, beginning his rugby journey in Essex before his family relocated to Scotland where he played […]

9 Dec 2024 - Uncategorized

Emerging Scotland squad named for Italy match this weekend

The match will be the first time Emerging Scotland have played and the fixture forms part of the National Academy pilot programme which was launched in September to add increased value to the development of a selected group of promising players. Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has coached the players during the programme along with […]

28 Nov 2024 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby Union AGM

In the hour-long meeting Vice President Keith Wallace was successfully ratified to succeed Colin Rigby as President of the Scottish Rugby Union. Colin Rigby will continue to serve on the SRU Custodian Board for a further two-year term as Immediate Past President, which in turn sees former President Ian Barr step down from the SRU […]

28 Nov 2024 - Uncategorized

Emerging Scotland to play Italy Under-23s

This will be Emerging Scotland’s first game, involving the best young players in the country and coached by the Scotland men’s national team coaching staff. The match forms part of the National Academy pilot programme which was launched in September to add increased value to the development of a selected group of promising players. Scotland […]

22 Nov 2024 - Uncategorized

Arnold Clark Premierships feature match: Heriot’s v Ayr

So far unbeaten Ayr sit pretty at the top of the table with the maximum 50 points from 10 fixtures, and this weekend they make the long trek east to Goldenacre to face their closest competitors – on the table at least – Heriot’s. Heriot’s aren’t far behind, on 45 points, with nine wins from […]