Steven brings extensive leadership experience and in-depth understanding of working in an integrated way at board, executive and senior leadership level across high-performance sport. His career to date has seen him working in high performance roles across team sports, professional sport, Olympic and Paralympic teams and he brings a proven track record of working in […]
All three have been touring the pacific with the national team and were involved in the loss against Fiji over the weekend. Graham will join the Lions squad today while Sutherland and Ashman will join the squad in Melbourne on Sunday following Friday’s match between Scotland and Samoa. Edinburgh Rugby winger Graham made his Scotland […]
Two of the changes are positional: Nicole Flynn moves from full-back to outside centre and takes on the captaincy, whilst Merryn Gunderson shifts from number eight to blindside flanker. Poppy Mellanby, who scored one of Scotland’s three tries against England last Saturday, steps in at full-back, and Emily Coubrough earns her first U20 cap, starting […]
Qualifying for Scotland through his Edinburgh-born grandfather, Burke was first called up earlier this year for the Guinness Six Nations and will become Scotland Men cap number 1235. Rory Darge will captain the side for the first time on the tour with Kyle Steyn and Grant Gilchrist named as vice-captains. Darcy Graham starts on the […]
Across the pool stages of the competition, Davidson will oversee Brazil’s first-ever Women’s Rugby World Cup match when they face South Africa in Northampton on 24 August. She will further take to the middle to referee Canada v Wales at Salford Stadium in Manchester on 30 August, and New Zealand v Ireland at Brighton& Hove […]
The 22 clubs are the year one recipients in a five-year agreement with Scottish Gas to assist in funding retrofit modern and inexpensive heating and electrical upgrades. The their existing facilities, including the clubhouse, changing rooms, gym facilities and other communal spaces. Scottish Gas used the survey results to pinpoint areas where community clubs could […]
A number of changes have been made from the Australia game due to the short turnarounds between matches in the competition. Jamie Stewart makes his first competitive start for Scotland U20 at tighthead prop, having come off the bench in both matches in the championship so far. Angus Hunter is involved for the first time […]
The broadcast details for the Fiji and Samoa matches have now been confirmed with both games set to be shown live on Premier Sports. The Samoa game will also be shown free to air by BBC Scotland online and on the iPlayer. The second game of the tour, against Fiji will be played at the […]
For the first time, the squad will wear a tournament-specific bespoke kit at the Rugby World Cup, which kicks off on 22 August, and fans will be able to purchase the kits featuring iconic national emblems ahead of the tournament. The new kit proudly features: Iconic tartan bands, nodding to Scottish heritage; Embroided saltire flag […]
Celtic Challenge duo, Merryn Gunderson and Nicole Flynn will captain and vice-captain the side respectively. The front-row comprises an all-Glasgow Warriors line up featuring Poppy Fletcher (loosehead), Eilidh Fleming (tight-head) and Aicha Sutcliffe (hooker). Charlotte Russell and Aisha Zameer will combine in the second-row, flanked by Lily Crisp and Isobel Twigger, with Gunderson anchoring the […]