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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 […]

15 Jan 2025 - Uncategorized

Scotland squad announced for 2025 Guinness Six Nations

Scotland face Italy at home on Saturday 1 February and Glasgow Warriors centre Tuipulotu, who was named captain at the tail end of last year, once more assumes the responsibility. There are two uncapped players in the selection: Saracens stand-off Fergus Burke, who qualifies through the lineage of his Glasgow-born grandfather, and Glasgow Warriors No […]

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 […]

20 Nov 2024 - Uncategorized

Celtic Challenge 2024/25 fixtures announced

The season kicks off with three home derbies, including Edinburgh Rugby v Glasgow Warriors at Hive Stadium on Friday, 20 December 2024 (kick-off 7.35pm). Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors will next face Brython Thunder and Wolfhound respectively, with Edinburgh hosting at Hive and Glasgow traveling to Kingspan Stadium on Saturday 4 January. Both sides will […]

12 Nov 2024 - Uncategorized

Independent Disciplinary update: Scott Cummings Decision

The independent Disciplinary Committee was chaired by Rhian Williams (Wales), joined by former international referee Donal Courtney (Ireland) and former international player Olly Kohn (Wales). Having accepted that the act of foul play justified the red card and by applying World Rugby’s sanctioning provisions, the Disciplinary Committee determined that whilst reckless, the low-range entry point […]

22 Oct 2024 - Uncategorized

GREGOR TOWNSEND LAUNCHES SCOTTISH POPPY APPEAL 2024

He visited Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory at the Poppyscotland site in Edinburgh for a tour of the premises which makes the iconic Scottish poppies, wreaths and other symbols of Remembrance, he also took the opportunity to chat with staff about the importance of the charity. Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory only employs disabled ex-service personnel, breaking […]