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11 Apr 2023 - Scotland U20

Round-up: Day Two Women’s U18 Six Nations

The format of the festival provides teams with the opportunity to play against each other, with today’s fixtures seeing Scotland compete against the two nations for 35-minute fixtures each. This allows each player to start at least one fixture during the week-long festival, with a key focus on developing players as individuals and providing game-time […]

7 Apr 2023 - Scotland U20

Round-up: Day One Women’s U18 Six Nations

Speaking after the matches, Scotland Women U18 Head Coach Duncan Harrison said: “Today’s performances certainly settled a few nerves and girls grew well into both games, finishing strongly. There are a couple of tweaks, both sides of the ball, which will challenge the girls to continue to make collective and individual improvements.” Scotland v England […]

17 Mar 2023 - Scotland U20

Scotland U20 team announced for final push

After a challenging experience against Ireland last weekend, the young team will play in front of a home crowd for the last time this campaign at Scotstoun. Craig Davidson is named at loosehead prop, the position he has started every game of the 2023 campaign since coming off the bench against England. He joins forces […]

8 Mar 2023 - Scotland U20

New and returning faces named for U20 Ireland clash

As the young side return to Scotstoun after a gruelling shift in Agen, they will be looking to profit off a vocal home crowd once again – something that proved to be a crucial element for the team to achieve their first win since 2020 against Wales last month. An unchanged front row from the […]

6 Mar 2023 - Scotland U20

Super6 set to return as FOSROC Super Series

The new name for the part-time professional league signals a structural change with the addition of new teams into two competitions. Furthermore, title sponsor FOSROC will continue their support of the campaign this year. These additions provide more high-performance focused environments for players and increases high-level performance game time opportunities for the current cohorts of […]

22 Feb 2023 - Scotland U20

Scotland U20 team named for French contest

The forward pack remains mostly unchanged with Craig Davidson (Watsonian FC) returning to loosehead prop after his impressive first Scotland U20 start against Wales. Corey Tait’s (Boroughmuir Bears) consistent performance over the first two games of the competition has earned him the hooker position once again, this time joined by Moby Ogunlaja (Glasgow Hawks) who […]

8 Feb 2023 - Scotland U20

Murray names Scotland U20 team for Wales contest

Most of the changes come for the forward pack including Craig Davidson (Watsonian FC), who will make his first Scotland U20 start at loosehead prop in place of Max Surry (Cardiff Met University) who is unavailable due to injury. Davidson will be joined by powerhouse pairing Corey Tait (Boroughmuir Bears) at hooker and Callum Norrie […]

1 Feb 2023 - Scotland U20

Scotland U20 team named for Six Nations opening clash

Back-row Liam McConnell and centre Duncan Munn will co-captain the 23-man team when they face their English counterparts at the Twickenham Stoop – home of Harlequins FC. Cardiff Met University’s Max Surry will be one of several players making his Scotland U20 debut when he starts at loosehead prop. He is joined in the front-row […]

27 Jan 2023 - Scotland U20

Scotland U20 Squad Named for 2023 Six Nations

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 […]

26 Jan 2023 - Scotland U20

World Rugby announce 2023 U20 Championship and Trophy

Founded in 2008, the tournaments aim to showcase the world’s best young rugby talent as World Rugby continue their age-grade investment to increase rugby’s global competitiveness. Africa will be the host continent of the long-awaited tournaments, with the World Rugby U20 Championship taking place in Cape Town and the Western Cape from 24 June-14 July […]