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30 Nov 2021 - Uncategorized

Scotland Announce core squad for HSBC World Sevens Series return

2014 Commonwealth Games squad member Lee Jones, who last featured for Scotland 7s in 2018 and has 25 events to his name, returns to the national fold, as do Tokyo Olympians Alec Coombes and Ross McCann. Paddy Kelly and Jamie Farndale, who have been selected for Team GB for the ongoing Dubai HSBC World Sevens […]

26 Nov 2021 - Uncategorized

Autumn inductions to Scottish Rugby’s Hall of Fame

Dee Bradbury OBE, the first female President of a Tier One union in the global game, became the latest inductee to Scottish Rugby’s Hall of Fame at the weekend. Dee, from the Oban Lorne club, Scottish Rugby’s President between 2018 and 2020, will also now join the Hall of Fame nomination panel to further strengthen […]

24 Nov 2021 - Uncategorized

John Fletcher appointed as Head of Pathways and Elite Coach Development

This new role has been developed as part of the on-going review of the High-Performance Department overseen by Director of Performance Rugby, Jim Mallinder. Mallinder said on the appointment: “I am delighted to welcome John to Scottish Rugby. His experience in player and coach development spans across various sports at a High Performance level. The […]

23 Nov 2021 - Uncategorized

Scotland Women 7s nominated for Scottish Women in Sport “Team of the Year” award

The squad made history in June as they qualified for the next year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, following a formidable campaign at the Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series in both Lisbon and Moscow. It will be the first time that Team Scotland have competed in the women’s competition, since the women’s game was first introduced […]

22 Nov 2021 - Uncategorized

Dates confirmed for Rugby World Cup 2021 Final Qualification Tournament

Scotland will compete alongside Samoa, Colombia and the winner of the Hong Kong v Kazakhstan playoff for the last remaining place at Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand, now due to take place between 8 October–12 November, 2022. The Final Qualification Tournament will operate in a semi-final, final format over two match days. Teams […]

18 Nov 2021 - Uncategorized

Scotland team to face Japan in Autumn Nations Series finale

Fresh from equalling Scotland’s all-time try scoring record in the South Africa fixture last week Captain Stuart Hogg starts at full-back to earn his 88th cap and move into fourth position in the Scotland male all-time list. In the backs, Glasgow Warriors’ Sam Johnson starts at inside centre alongside Gloucester Rugby’s Chris Harris at outside […]

18 Nov 2021 - Uncategorized

Tennent’s leagues season 2021/22 update

As we approach the halfway point in the calendar for the delivery of Scottish Rugby’s Tennent’s league competitions for 2021/22, Scottish Rugby wish to provide clubs with an update on the progress of the season thus far. As clubs will recall, details agreed by the Board and Council following consultation with the Championship Committee and […]

17 Nov 2021 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby appoints Chief Commercial Officer to help drive strategic growth

Momen spent seven years at the brewing giant, initially as Chief Financial Officer from 2012-2016, before taking on the Chief Executive role for the UK operation until 2019. Over a three-year period as CEO, he led the implementation of the company’s transformational strategy which included the revitalisation of the brand portfolio, the major overhaul of […]

17 Nov 2021 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby launches concussion awareness video

The two-and-a-half-minute long video has been created to provide players, coaches, parents and volunteers with updated information on both how to recognise concussion and on how this should be managed from the time of injury through to safe return to rugby. Gavin Scott, Head of Rugby Development said: “Scottish Rugby takes the issue of concussion […]

16 Nov 2021 - Uncategorized

Obituary: Ernie Michie

Ernest James Stewart Michie won 15 caps for Scotland between 1954 and 1957. He was born in Aberdeen on November 7, 1933 and was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School where he was an outstanding member of the first XV. Making his debut for the North of Scotland as a teenager, Michie joined the Scotland team […]