Coughtrie, born in Hamilton on 19 July 1935, won 11 caps for Scotland between 1959 and 1963. Standing at 6ft 1½ inches, he was regarded as exceptionally tall for a scrum-half. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and trained as a chartered accountant.He was hailed as a pivotal figure in Edinburgh Academicals’ championship winning 1955-56 […]
His call was made at the Union’s first hybrid annual general meeting, held at BT Murrayfield and digitally this morning. Having praised clubs for resuming after the pandemic, Jeffrey, the former Scotland and British & Irish Lions back-row forward, declared: “For the most part our high-performance teams (last season) have flattered to deceive. “We had […]
Scotland defeated Wales 15-0 and lost out narrowly to Italy 35-30. All the games lasted 45 minutes with several set rules in place, such as no conversions, to help increase ball in play time and make the game flow freely. Scotland started brightly in the first game against Wales and led 5-0 at the break […]
Three matches will take place on Thursday, 11 August with Scotland taking on Wales firstly, followed by Wales v Italy and Scotland v Italy. The games will last 45 minutes with several set rules in place to help accelerate development in certain areas of the game. Scotland head coach Ross Miller has named a squad […]
In July the teams took part in a festival in Stirling and this weekend the academies are back in action with the under-16 games taking place in Melrose, while the under-18 matches will be held in Gala. Scottish Rugby Academy players from the Borders & East Lothian, Caledonia, Edinburgh and Glasgow & The West will […]
The Youth Panel was first introduced in 2016, running for a number of years until the covid-19 pandemic brought the forum to a close. During the pandemic Scottish Rugby continued to engage with youth representatives from its rugby communities on a regular basis, and began a review on the Youth Panel to ensure a relaunch […]
This announcement comes ahead of the latest campaign, which gets underway this Friday with Ayrshire Bulls hosting Heriot’s at Millbrae – live on FreeSports (kick-off 7.45pm). All Friday night games will be available to watch on free-to-air channel FreeSports in the UK & Republic of Ireland and on the Scottish Rugby website outside of the […]
Team Scotland’s Men were pipped by Samoa in their fifth-place play-off in a bid to tally a best-ever Games result, the Pacific Islanders coming from behind to edge a seven-try thriller at Coventry Stadium in front of a passionate home support. Tries from Robbie Fergusson and Femi Sofolarin (2) looked to have offered Scotland a […]
This Sunday sees the second instalment of the FOSROC Regional Academy U16 & U18 Festivals where two U16 teams and one U18 team from each Scottish Rugby region go head-to-head at Stirling County RFC. Scottish Rugby Academy players from the Borders & East Lothian, Caledonia, Edinburgh and Glasgow & The West will come together at […]
Scotland’s Women and Men will contest what is sure to be a series of exciting fixtures in Coventry over the course of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Representing their country under the Team Scotland banner, Scotland’s two squads will each play twice on the opening day, with the women’s group, at their inaugural Games, drawn to […]