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3 Jul 2024 - Scotland U20

Scotland side named for Women’s Summer Series opener

University of Edinburgh duo Poppy Fletcher and Hannah Walker have been named as co-captains, and both earn a starting position in the matchday 23. Joining Fletcher in the front-row is her fellow University team-mate, Aila Ronald, who starts at hooker, with Stirling County’s Eilidh Fleming completing the head of the scrum. In the second row, […]

1 Jul 2024 - Corporate

Scottish Rugby begins financial reset programme

Headlines: Following financial loss sustained last year significant work undertaken on cost profile of the business resulting in a series of actions designed to reshape the organisation and lay foundations for future growth. Mid-term outlook is positive following action taken to increase revenues, whilst managing cost over future years. Future recruitment paused, with exception of […]

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30 Jun 2024 - Scotland U20

Scotland U20 team named for first World Rugby U20 Trophy pool match

Age-grade teams from across the world will compete in three pool matches over the next two weeks before play-offs day on Wednesday 17 July where one team will earn first place and promotion to the World Rugby U20 Championship. In the Scottish team, flanker Liam McConnell will lead the 23-man squad, supported by fellow back […]

27 Jun 2024 - Scotland Men

Skyscanner Americas Tour to be shown live on TNT Sports and BBC Scotland

As part of the agreement between Scottish Rugby and TNT Sports, the Chile and Uruguay games will also be shown live free-to-air on the BBC Scotland channel and BBC iPlayer. Highlights of all matches against Canada, USA, Chile and Uruguay will be available on the Scottish Rugby website and social media channels the morning after […]

27 Jun 2024 - Scotland 7s

Sevens stalwarts Fergusson and Farndale to retire

The pair, who have between them scored nearly 1,300 points on various iterations of the World Rugby SVNS series, made their debuts in 2017 and 2015 respectively and have combined to make more than 560 matches on the circuit for Scotland or, latterly, Great Britain. In a tale laced with symmetry, both Farndale and Fergusson […]

26 Jun 2024 - Obituary

Obituary: Jim Gracie

Born in Hawick on 12 September 1944, Jim Gracie devoted his life to his family and rugby. A centre/stand-off in his playing days with junior clubs in Hawick, his work in the knitwear trade took him to Montreal in Canada in 1967, before he returned to Scotland and continued in knitwear in Tillicoultry. He began […]

25 Jun 2024 - Scotland Women

Scotland U20 squad named for Six Nations Women’s Summer Series

The squad, which comprises 17 forwards and 13 backs, will travel to Parma, Italy, next week ahead of their first match against the hosts on Thursday 4 July. Amongst those selected, 25 were drafted to either Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors in the 2023/24 Celtic Challenge and 23 players are supported through Scottish Rugby’s three […]

The Glasgow Warriors lift the trophy and celebrate as URC Champions 22/6/2024

22 Jun 2024 - Glasgow Warriors

Championship Glory For Gallant Glasgow Warriors

As impressive as their semi-final win away to Munster was last weekend, Warriors needed to find even more to compete and ultimately defeat a much-fancied Bulls side in their own back yard, in what will surely go down as one of the greatest club displays in Scottish history. Bulls charged out of the gate in […]

22 Jun 2024 - Obituary

Obituary: Donald Scott

Donald Macdonald Scott was born on 15 April 1928 in Langholm. He went on to win ten caps for Scotland between 1950 and 1953 out of the Langholm and Watsonians clubs. Five of the caps on the wing, five in the centre. He made his debut on the wing against Ireland in Dublin in February […]

22 Jun 2024 - Obituary

Obituary: Bill McMurtrie

During Bill’s 28-year tenure as rugby correspondent of, at the outset, the Glasgow Herald, he blazed a trail in enhancing coverage of the game and relationships between the rugby press and the SRU. In all, he was with The Herald for 38 years. He reported on Scottish club, district and international rugby, as well as […]