The match will take place on Friday 13 September at 4pm at Scotstoun Stadium with Scotland Under-20s head coach Kenny Murray coaching the academy team along with his Under-20s management team. As part of the new Performance Player Pathway plan to give the country’s best young players as much game time as possible, in the […]
Please note, the Dalziel War Memorial Trust, who own the land, will be operating a no dog policy which will be in effect for the festival. The full fixtures are as follows: Edinburgh Cannons U16 v Borders & East Lothian Reds U16 – 12pm kick off Glasgow & the West Blues U16 v Caledonia Thistles […]
In a similar fashion to systems implemented in football by the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Southampton, an early pilot of bio-banding will see the use of physical maturation data to help group players into a less and more physically mature team within their regions, allowing coaches to see their players in a different […]
The four regions (Caledonia, Edinburgh, Glasgow & the West and Borders & East Lothian) will pick two U16 teams and an U18 team each. This weekend’s fixtures are as follows: Borders & East Lothian Whites U16 v Glasgow & West Whites U16 – 12pm kick off Edinburgh Knights U16 v Caledonia Saltires U16 – 12pm […]
The festival will represent the first chance some players will have to represent their region, while for others it sees them move from the U16 to U18 age grade. The fixtures are as follows: Edinburgh Cannons U16 v Glasgow & West Blues U16 – 12pm kick off Borders & East Lothian Reds U16 v Caledonia […]
Edinburgh Rugby U16 are made up of players from the Edinburgh and Borders & East Lothian Regional Academies, while Glasgow Warriors U16 are composed of Glasgow & the West and Caledonia players. Each team will bring two squads to the festival, with each squad playing three 30-minute matches at Netherdale across the grass and 4G […]
Sides representing Caledonia, Edinburgh, Glasgow & the West and the Borders & East Lothian will play two 40-minute games each. Head of Pathways John Fletcher said: “Having Newcastle Falcons bringing a team up is great for our pathway as it gives our players new opponents who play a different style of rugby. “Playing against a […]
The first game of the day saw Caledonia run out 43-22 winners against Borders & East Lothian. Tries from Brodie Cunningham (2), Kieran Classen, Oliver Kelly, Matthew Herbert (2) and Josh Alexander were enough to secure the win for Caledonia. Borders & East Lothian responded with tries from Aidan Smith, Archie Smellie, Harry Miller and […]
Borders & East Lothian U16 v Caledonia U16 gets the festival underway at 1pm, with Edinburgh U16 v Glasgow & the West U16 kicking off at 3pm. After an internal hit out last weekend, this is the first round of festival action at U16 level. The academy fixtures will continue next weekend, taking place in […]
Glasgow had previously claimed the first leg 36-21 at Hive Stadium the weekend before. Tries from Nicky Thompson, Max Garry, Logan Williams (2), Archie McMichael, Harry Provan, Rory Purvis (2) and Oliver McKenna were enough to secure Warriors the win. Edinburgh replied with tries of their own from Harrison Wood, Rory Brogan, Chris Thomson, Michael […]