A squad of 26 players, consisting of 14 forwards and 12 backs, will travel to Ireland to play three fixtures in the festival. Scotland get their tournament underway against Ireland on Saturday (kick off 3.15pm), before taking on France on Wednesday and Wales on Sunday 16 April. The fixtures will all be streamed live by […]
Returning for a second year, the 2023 Six Nations Under-18 Women’s Festival will be held at Wellington College, England, starting on April 7th and running until April 15th including three matchdays. To promote an appropriate and competitive playing environment, teams will each play four 35-minute fixtures across the first two matchdays followed by one full […]
The squad came together three weeks ago and have had midweek sessions and weekend camps to prepare for the fixture. Cruikshank said: “This is a chance for us to get a look at the players in a competitive fixture against what will be a good England U20 side. “We’re looking for the squad to show […]
Francesca McGhie will make her Scotland debut on the left wing, fresh from her involvement with Scotland development side ‘The Thistles’ in the recent inaugural Celtic Challenge, with centre Beth Blacklock in line to make her debut off the bench. In the front row, Lana Skeldon starts at hooker with Leah Bartlett, loosehead prop and […]
Scotland will kick off next season’s tournament away to Wales on Saturday, 23 March at 4.45pm. A week later Bryan Easson’s side will take on France in their first home match of the championship at 2.15pm. After a fallow week, England will travel to Scotland for their second successive home match, mirroring the schedule for […]
The programme allows for the 42 girls selected to enter Scottish Rugby’s player programme two years earlier than in previous years. Robbie Lavery, Performance Pathways Manager Girls & Womens Rugby, said: “The purpose of the programme is based on our theme of exploring the impossible, where players are encouraged to explore their performance rugby through […]
The second-row appeared before an independent judicial committee via video link last week having received a red card for an act of foul play in the Guinness Six Nations match between France and Scotland on Sunday 26th February 2023 played at the Stade de France, Paris. The Red Card was issued as a result of […]
The U16 Academy festival sees eight sides split into two groups, with each side playing the other three teams in their pool in 30-minute matches. The first matches in Pool 1 kick off at 11.10am, while Pool 2 gets underway at 2.15pm. The pools will be as follows: Pool 1: Caledonia Thistles, Glasgow and The […]
The announcement comes before the championship’s opening round next week, when those players selected will travel to face England at the Twickenham Stoop, London on Friday 3 February, kick-off 7pm – live on BBC iPlayer. Murray’s squad is made up of 19 forwards and 15 backs, with seven players returning to the U20 age-grade side […]
Pringle joins Scottish Rugby after a successful tenure with FOSROC Super6 side Watsonians where he has been Head Coach since 2019. This year he led the Myreside outfit to win both the FOSROC Super6 Sprint Series and the FOSROC Super6 Championship. He said: “I’d like to thank Watsonians for the Super6 Head Coaching opportunity. For […]