Page 4 – Scottish Rugby

26 Sep 2025 - Clubs & Schools

Stewartry celebrations joined by trio of Scotland players

Scotland’s Women’s Rugby World Cup stars Elis Martin and Rachel McLachlan joined the club’s festivities, spending the morning watching the U12 Girls in action, along with teams from Cambuslang, Ayr, Cumnock, and Marr. The duo stayed on to watch Stewartry’s U16 girls match against Biggar, and in the afternoon saw the senior teams take to […]

South Africa v Brazil – Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Pool D

25 Sep 2025 - Match Officials

Hollie Davidson receives World Rugby Referee Award

Only days out from refereeing the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 final, Scotland’s Hollie Davidson has been presented with the World Rugby Referee Award in partnership with Emirates at the Women’s Rugby Global Summit in London on Thursday. Davidson is the second Scottish official after Jim Fleming to receive the accolade, which recognises international men’s […]

25 Sep 2025 - Obituary

Obituary: Gordon Alston

Gordon joined Scottish Rugby as an administrative assistant in 1990 and initially worked across a number of areas including heritage, publications, player kit distribution and the shop at Murrayfield Stadium. When the game turned professional in 1995, Gordon’s responsibilities extended to player welfare, providing support and guidance to the first cohort of full-time professional players. […]

25 Sep 2025 - Scotland Women

Scottish Rugby confirms increased contract numbers for 2025/26 Women’s Programme

Maintaining a structure consistent with the period before the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 the model will continue to provide financial support for selected players to train, play and recover within their local environment – the PWR in England, the Elite leagues in France or Celtic Challenge in Scotland. For the 2025/26 season, Scottish Rugby […]

New Zealand v Ireland – Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Pool C

23 Sep 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

Hollie Davidson to referee the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup Final

Saturday’s final will mark her 46th international Test in charge. In total she has now taken charge of 12 men’s international matches at all levels of the game and 33 women’s international matches, with a 34th to add this weekend. Davidson becomes the first person to referee in two Women’s Rugby World Cup Finals, having […]

23 Sep 2025 - Corporate

Scottish Rugby to launch new official travel company

Scottish Rugby Travel, the new supporter travel programme, will create, deliver and manage ticket-inclusive travel and event experiences from the start of the 2026 Guinness Six Nations Championships, home and away. Scottish Rugby has teamed up with Mike Burton Travel, who has operated successful experiential ticket-inclusive travel programmes for many decades taking thousands of supporters […]

19 Sep 2025 - Uncategorized

Scotland set to participate in WXV Global Series

The WXV Global Series introduces a new format featuring the top 18 national teams in the world, delivering certainty, increased, meaningful competition and driving long-term performance and commercial sustainability in the women’s game. The top 12 teams (Australia, Canada, England, France, Italy, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, USA, Wales) will compete in a […]

19 Sep 2025 - Clubs & Schools

Arnold Clark Premierships feature match: GHA v Glasgow Hawks

The hosts, having won the Scottish Cup in season 2023/24, have made a red-hot start to life in the topflight, sitting second and just a point behind leaders Ayr. The Hawks hit back against Hawick in the previous round (42-10) after a shaky start in the preceding three rounds of action. That win lifted them […]

17 Sep 2025 - Scotland Women

Mattinson to retire from rugby

Born in Inverness and raised in Northumberland, Mattinson’s rugby journey began at just seven years old when started playing at Tynedale Rugby Club. From those grassroots beginnings, her talent propelled her onto the global stage. Mattinson earned her first international recognition with England, winning seven caps between 2017 and 2018. But it was her Scottish […]

England v Scotland – Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 Quarter Final

15 Sep 2025 - Women's Rugby World Cup

WRWC Quarter-Final: England 40 – 8 Scotland

The underdogs showed their hand first, rumbling and probing over the course of eight phases, with Evie Gallagher and Leia Brebner-Holden in particular scraping precious yards. And English offside allowed Helen Nelson to clip over the game’s first points (0-3, 3 mins). The hosts were aggressive in attack, almost too much so, with Holly Aitchison’s […]