Scotland U20 Development side lose out to Wales

13.12.24 - Wales U20 v Scotland U20 - Warmup Six Nations Match - Hugo Alderson of Scotland kicks the ball away

A Scotland squad of largely U19 players travelled down, with some of the U20 players involved with Emerging Scotland.

Scotland’s try came from Merchiston Castle School flanker Zander Mactaggart in the 70th minute, and was converted by Edinburgh Rugby’s Ross Wolfenden.

Scotland had got over the line in the first half, but were held up as Wales defended in numbers.

Tries for the hosts came through Steff Emmanuel, Scott Delveno, Harry Rees-Weldon, Ryan Jones and Evan Lloyd.

The two sides play again next weekend, with more experienced Scotland U20 players involved.

Head Coach Kenny Murray said: “It was a good opportunity to give a largely U19 group a good game of rugby. Wales were an older and more experienced group because their boys who play in England aren’t available next week and you could see that out on the pitch, but we probably gave them two or three tries from errors, which was frustrating but a big learning for the boys.

“Just getting used to the tempo of the game was a big learning for some of the boys.

“We were quite pleased first half, there wasn’t much in it. It gave us the chance to see players and it was definitely a worthwhile exercise.”

Wales U20: 15. Scott Delnevo 14. Harry Rees-Weldon 13. Elijah Evans 12. Steff Emmanuel 11. Aidan Boshoff 10. Harri Wilde 9. Carwyn Edwards 1. Louie Trevett 2. Saull Hurley 3. Sam Scott 4. Dylan Alford 5. Kenzie Jenkins 6. Kyle Harris 7. Harry Beddall CAPTAIN 8. Evan Rees

Replacements: 16. Evan Wood 17. Ioan Emanuel 18. Jac Pritchard 19. Oli Close 20. Ryan Jones 21. Sion Davies 22. Steff Jan Jones 23. Iori Badham 24. Kodie Stone 25. Ellis Lewis 29. Dan Gemine 30. Celt Roberts

Scotland U20 Development: 15. Ross Wolfenden (Edinburgh Rugby) 14. Guy Rogers (University of Surrey/Harlequins) 13. Campbell Waugh (Glasgow Hawks) 12. Angus Hunter (Heriot’s RFC) 11. Cameron Van Wyk (Ayr RFC) 10. Isaac Coates (Edinburgh Rugby) – CAPTAIN 9. Noah Cowan (Brunel – Trailfinders Rugby Academy) 1. Ollie McKenna (Glasgow Warriors) 2. Jamie McAughtrie (Glasgow Academicals RFC/Ayr RFC) 3. Jamie Stewart (Edinburgh Rugby) 4. Bart Godsell (Loughborough University) 5. Dylan Cockburn (Melrose RFC) 6. Christian Lindsay (Loretto School/Edinburgh Rugby) 7. Jack Utterson (Kelso RFC) 8. Oliver Finlayson-Russell (University of St Andrews)

Replacements: 16. Joe Roberts (Glasgow Warriors) 17. Will Pearce (Cardiff Met/Bristol Bears) 18. Ryan Whitefield (Biggar RFC) 19. Mac Rutherford (Edinburgh Rugby) 20. Zander Mactaggart (Merchiston Castle School) 21. Hugo Alderson (Selkirk RFC) 22. Jamie Thomson (University of St Andrews) 23. Logan Noble (Oundle RFC) 24. Keita Ando (Exeter Chiefs) 25. Archie McMichael (Glasgow Warriors) 26. Harry Provan (Glasgow Warriors)