Girls Regional Game Series (RGS) is an entry point to the female youth performance pathway.  

RGS provides a competitive development environment for identified young players in Scotland, regardless of geography or local environment, whilst supporting talent identification and selection for National Age Grade programmes. 

This season’s RGS will see four regional teams created at U16 and U18 level – Caledonia, East, Glasgow North and Glasgow South. 

RGS Nomination and Eligibility Information 

• Player Eligibility applies: 

• Girls U18 must be born between 1 Sep 2006 – 31 Aug 2008 (2 year age group) 

• Girls U16 must be born between 1 Sep 2008 – 31 Aug 2009 (1 year age group) 

• Coaches can nominate U16 and U18 players via SCRUMS, and are encouraged to nominate those players they believe are ready to take the next step into a heightened performance environment, linked to the Blueprint GASPS framework (see below). 

• All registered coaches can make a nomination on SCRUMS by clicking the ‘nominations’ tab on the left-hand side.
  

• Coaches are advised to nominate approximately 35-40% of eligible players in their teams for the RGS programme. 

• Nominated players will be invited to a regional assessment session on the 18 or 19 January 2025. Selected players from this assessment day will then be invited to attend regional training session and participate in match days throughout January and February. 

• Nominations via SCRUMS are now live and can be accessed HERE. 

• Nomination deadline is Sunday 24 November 2024 

Coaches are invited to watch are pre-recorded webinar HERE which provided more information on the programme. 

The U15 Player Development Hub (PDH) programme is an entry point to the male and female youth performance pathways.  

PDH provides identified young players with a development opportunity whilst supporting talent identification for regional and national Scotland Age Grade programmes.

This season’s PDH will be delivered across 12 boys and 6 girls hub venues, with 3 training days and 1 festival towards the end of April. 

U15 PDH Nomination and Eligibility Information 

• Player Eligibility applies: 

• Girls U15 must be born between 1 Sep 2009 – 31 Aug 2010 (1 year age group) 

• Boys U15 must be born between 1 Jan 2010 – 31 Dec 2010 (1 year age group) 

• Coaches can nominate U15 players via SCRUMS and are encouraged to nominate those players they believe are ready to take the next step into a heightened performance environment, linked to the Blueprint GASPS framework (see below). 

• All registered coaches can make a nomination on SCRUMS by clicking the ‘nominations’ tab on the left-hand side. 

• How many players can I nominate? 

• Boys U15 PDH approximately 20-25% of eligible players should be considered for nomination. 

• Girls U15 PDH approximately 35-40% of eligible players should be considered for nomination. 

• Nominations via SCRUMS are now live and can be accessed HERE. 

• Nomination deadline is Sunday 24 November 2024 

Coaches are invited to watch are pre-recorded webinar HERE which provided more information on the programme. 

Nominations are now open and close Sunday 24 November 2024. Nominations can be made only by coaches who are registered on SCRUMS by clicking ‘Nominate Player’ on the SCRUMS left hand menu.

Click here to access SCRUMS.

The eligibility dates align with those used by World Rugby and Rugby Europe for all representative programmes. It is important for our programme to be consistent with these, as some players will progress into age grade representative squads at a later stage.

Players will be provided with feedback throughout the programmes on their training and playing performances (on and off field).  

Coaches will be a mixture of Scottish Rugby employees, rugby development officers and club/school coaches who have been identified as suitable for the programmes. All coaches will be qualified and PVG checked.

• All sessions which involve full contact will have a qualified physio present. The physio’s role is to deal will any injuries picked up during the session, and not to deal with pre-existing injuries. 

• All sessions which have limited / modified contact will have a first aider present.