Scotland Teams Archives - Page 4 of 7

28 Jul 2023 - Scottish Gas Murrayfield

Caitlin ‘Carries the Gene’ and the match ball

This initiative follows on from their ‘Carry the Gene’ challenge to fund vital research into Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS). Eight-year-old Caitlin Wilkie, was diagnosed with BBS in 2017. This is an extremely rare genetic condition with symptoms including heart issues, kidney failure, learning difficulties, obesity and sight loss usually by teenage years. BBS is an […]

21 Jul 2023 - Scotland Teams

Scottish Futures squad named for Italy trip

The squad, comprising of 14 forwards and 12 backs, will take part in training sessions alongside the two nations throughout the week in Rome, before facing both sides in two 40-minute matches on Friday 21 July at Stadio Tommaso Fattori in L’Aquila. Out of the 26 players selected, 19 players featured in the last Scottish […]

20 Jul 2023 - Scotland U20

2024 Under-20 Six Nations fixtures confirmed

Scotland U20 will begin their campaign away to Wales U20 on Friday 2 February with hopes of replicating their 2023 win against the team. The first home match comes for the young Scots on Friday 9 February when they will host France U20. After the first fallow week, the team will return to host England […]

13 Jul 2023 - Scottish Gas Murrayfield

Scottish Gas teams up with Scottish Rugby for a greener Scotland

Partnership to tackle carbon emissions across Scotland, starting with the home of Scottish Rugby, Scottish Gas Murrayfield and its 26-acre estate. Driving the growth of the Scotland Women’s team through shirt and stadium sponsorship as well as other female age-grade teams through activities over the course of the agreement. Landmark deal gives over 130 clubs […]

11 Jul 2023 - Scotland 7s

Team Scotland names 7s squad for upcoming Commonwealth Youth Games

The athletes, aged 17 and 18 years old, will compete for Team Scotland alongside athletes from the six other sports on the Trinidad and Tobago programme: Netball, Beach Volleyball, Triathlon, Athletics, Cycling and Swimming. Scotland’s 7s squad will be led by head coach Craig Dods, and captained by Johnny Ventisei, who was recently announced as […]

Great Britain 7s, 18th June 2023, Training Camp, Surrey Sports Park

28 Jun 2023 - Scotland Teams

Scots trio help to secure GB 7s spot for Paris 2024

Scotland internationalists Shona Campbell, Rhona Lloyd and Lisa Thomson all played an integral part across the three days, with the trio featuring in the gold medal match against Poland. The women enjoyed a promising start to their qualification campaign, after securing comprehensive wins against Pool A opponents, Norway (55-0), Italy (36-5) and Czechia (37-5). The […]

27 Apr 2023 - Scotland Teams

One change for TikTok Women’s Six Nations finale

Having recorded an impressive bonus-point victory against Italy last weekend, Scotland go into the “Super Saturday” fixture with only one change to the starting line-up, with Emma Orr returning to start at outside centre, having progressed through the graduated return to play protocol after sustaining a concussion during the game against France. The ticket sales […]

Scotland players celebrate at the final whistle 22/4/2023

27 Apr 2023 - Scotland Teams

Record crowd for Scotland Women

Even before last weekend’s bonus-point win over Italy, more tickets had been snapped up by fans for this match than ever before. Now the crowd is over 4,000 for Saturday’s game, breaking the previous record of 3,988 against England last year, with two days still to go. Captain Rachel Malcolm looks ahead to running out […]

24 Apr 2023 - Scotland Teams

Scotland aiming for record crowd this Saturday

Due to the high demand, Scottish Rugby has now opened seating in the Murrayfield Stand and additional standing in the Lothian Stand for Saturday’s TikTok Women’s Six Nations match against Ireland (Saturday 29 April, kick-off 7.30pm). Scotland’s final game in this year’s Championship could break the previous record crowd of 3,988 achieved for the match […]

23 Apr 2023 - Scotland Teams

Scottish Futures claim victory against Wales U23

Speaking after the match, Scottish Futures Head Coach Claire Cruikshank said: “Really pleased with the performance today. The players have worked incredibly hard over the last eight or nine weeks and I thought they were really clinical throughout the match. “We probably left a few opportunities out there but we tried to play expansive, quick […]