The Mayor of Saint Etienne in the Rhone-Alps region of France leads an impressive delegation visiting Murrayfield on Saturday 24 February, for the RBS 6 Nations Scotland v Italy match. The purpose of their visit is to tell the accredited journalists at the match about the town of Saint Etienne and the Rhone-Alps region – […]
Gordon Ross will captain Scotland A in the game against Italy A on Friday 23 February at McDiarmid Park in Perth (kick-off 7.30pm). The Castres stand-off will be partnered by Border Reivers scrum-half Rob Chrystie in the half-back positions. Gordon Ross will captain Scotland A in the game against Italy A on Friday 23 February […]
Scotland Under-19 head coach Peter Wright has announced his 26-man squad for the game against Italy Under-19s at The Greenyards, Melrose RFC, on Sunday 25 February (kick-off 2.30pm). Entrance to the game at Melrose on Sunday is free and former Lions and Scotland international Wright is hoping supporters will come along in their numbers for […]
The Scottish Rugby Executive Board is currently undertaking a wide ranging strategic review of all aspects of its professional teams. It recognises that professional rugby in Scotland is still struggling to fully take off at pro team level and the Board believes it has a duty to its stakeholders radically to examine all aspects of […]
Scotland A will take on the USA at Henley in this year’s Barclays Churchill Cup and, just five days later, play England Saxons at Twickenham. Scotland A beat their English counterparts in last year’s tournament in Toronto to make it to the final against New Zealand Maori. Scotland A will take on the USA at […]
Scottish Rugby is pleased to announce today that it has been awarded the Foundation level of the Equity Standard for sport. This award, presented by sportscotland, is in recognition of our commitment to provide equality of access and opportunity to take part in rugby for all groups in Scottish society, regardless of race, gender, disability, […]
Stuart Moffat will return to the Border Reivers’ starting line-up against Heineken Cup champions Munster tomorrow night (Friday 16 February, kick-off 7:30pm). Moffat re-signed for the Reivers last week following a spell with French Top 14 club Castres.Stuart Moffat will return to the Border Reivers’ starting line-up against Heineken Cup champions Munster tomorrow night (Friday […]
After picking up six points at the IRB San Diego 7s and seeing themselves race up the overall standings to 10th place, Scotland join Fiji, Portugal and Sri Lanka in Pool A at the upcoming IRB Hong Kong 7s which runs from 30th March to 1st April. Day one sees Scotland take on Portugal while the […]
With less than three months to go until the Scottish Parliamentary elections in May, Scottish Rugby has today published its own Manifesto aimed at informing the political debate on a wide range of sports-related issues and initiatives. The Scottish Rugby manifesto is located hereThe Scottish Rugby manifesto is located here With less than three months […]
Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand all went unbeaten on day one of the Steinlager USA Sevens in San Diego to top their pools, while Australia’s dramatic victory over England secured them a first Cup quarter final place since Dubai and denied hosts USA. The USA earlier recorded a first pool win for three years against […]