Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership 2025/26 draft confirmed

Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors have had their professional and senior academy players assigned to Premiership clubs and can release them for additional game time, or during their injury rehabilitations. Players will become available to the Premiership clubs depending on individual plans outlined by their professional club. 

Edinburgh recently named 24 senior academy players, including six new faces. Glasgow named 23, of which five are new to the system. 

The Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership will offer an opportunity for these players to play regularly, in addition to game time with their pro sides. 

Warriors players have predominantly been allocated to west based clubs, whilst Edinburgh players have been drafted mostly to Edinburgh and Borders based clubs to create alignment with clubs in their local catchment area. All pro-academy players have been split evenly across the 10 clubs. 

A cap of two pro players per Premiership team will be in operation in each game during the season to ensure there is a fair balance of pro players being used in Premiership matches. 

Kenny Murray, Head of Player Transition and Scotland U20 Head Coach said: “The Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership represents a valuable opportunity for the best young players in the country to get game minutes at the top domestic level. 

“Along with their involvement with their pro teams, as well as national age-grade representation for a lot of the pro-academy players, the Premiership will be a good platform for them to play in a high-pressure environment. 

“In order for our academy players to continually improve, they need to play regularly, so getting them playing in high-level matches when they are not involved with their pro clubs is great for their development.” 

2025/26 Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership Professional and Pro-Academy Draft:

Ayr RFC 

Rory Darge (Glasgow Warriors)
Jack Dempsey (Glasgow Warriors)
Adam Hastings (Glasgow Warriors)
Brent Jackson (Glasgow Warriors)*
Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors)
Johnny Matthews (Glasgow Warriors)
Stafford McDowall (Glasgow Warriors)
Josh McKay (Glasgow Warriors)
Joe Roberts (Glasgow Warriors)*
Kyle Rowe (Glasgow Warriors)
Charlie Savala (Glasgow Warriors)
Jake Shearer (Glasgow Warriors)*
Ollie Smith (Glasgow Warriors)
Grant Stewart (Glasgow Warriors)
Ottavio Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors)
Matthew Urwin (Glasgow Warriors)*
Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors)
Cameron van Wyk (Glasgow Warriors)* 

Currie Chieftains 

Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh Rugby)
Magnus Bradbury (Edinburgh Rugby)
Luke Crosbie (Edinburgh Rugby)
Dan Halkon (Glasgow Warriors)*
Patrick Harrison (Edinburgh Rugby)
Paul Hill (Edinburgh Rugby)
Kerr Johnston (Glasgow Warriors)*
Jack Oliver (Glasgow Warriors)*
Charlie Shiel (Edinburgh Rugby)
Seb Stephen (Glasgow Warriors)*
Jamie Stewart (Edinburgh Rugby)* 

GHA RFC  

Ben Afshar (Glasgow Warriors)
Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors)
Euan Ferrie (Glasgow Warriors)
Gregor Hiddleston (Glasgow Warriors)
Oliver McKenna (Glasgow Warriors)*
Duncan Munn (Glasgow Warriors)
Jare Oguntibeju (Glasgow Warriors)
Rory Purvis (Glasgow Warriors)*
Jackson Rennie (Glasgow Warriors)*
Fin Richardson (Glasgow Warriors)
Alex Samuel (Glasgow Warriors)
Patrick Schickerling (Glasgow Warriors)
Rory Sutherland (Glasgow Warriors)
Sam Talaki (Glasgow Warriors)
Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow Warriors)
Sione Vailanu (Glasgow Warriors)
Johnny Ventisei (Glasgow Warriors)*
Fergus Watson (Glasgow Warriors)*
Max Williamson (Glasgow Warriors) 

Glasgow Hawks 

Gregor Brown (Glasgow Warriors)
Alex Bryden (Glasgow Warriors)*
Ryan Burke (Glasgow Warriors)*
Alex Craig (Glasgow Warriors)
Scott Cummings (Glasgow Warriors)
Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors)
Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors)
Zander Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors)
Angus Fraser (Glasgow Warriors)
George Horne (Glasgow Warriors)
Dan Lancaster (Glasgow Warriors)
Nathan McBeth (Glasgow Warriors)
Archie McMichael (Glasgow Warriors)*
Ally Miller (Glasgow Warriors)
Jonny Morris (Glasgow Warriors)*
Harry Provan (Glasgow Warriors)*
Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors)
Murphy Walker (Glasgow Warriors) 

Hawick RFC 

Jerry Blyth-Lafferty (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Sam Byrd (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Wes Goosen (Edinburgh Rugby)
Darcy Graham (Edinburgh Rugby)
Mikey Jones (Edinburgh Rugby)
Charlie McCaig (Edinburgh Rugby)
Hector Patterson (Edinburgh Rugby)*
D’Arcy Rae (Edinburgh Rugby)
Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh Rugby)
Fin Thomson (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Glen Young (Edinburgh Rugby) 

Heriot’s Rugby 

Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby)
Henry Kesterton (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Hamish MacArthur (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Conor McAlpine (Edinburgh Rugby)
Euan McVie (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ben Salmon (Glasgow Warriors)*
Cammy Scott (Edinburgh Rugby)
Sam Skinner (Edinburgh Rugby)
James Whitcombe (Edinburgh Rugby)
Kerr Yule (Glasgow Warriors)* 

Kelso RFC 

Jack Brown (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Rob Carmichael (Edinburgh Rugby)
Isaac Coates (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Ben Healy (Edinburgh Rugby)
Rhys Litterick (Edinburgh Rugby)
Liam McConnell (Edinburgh Rugby)
Nairn Moncrieff (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Harry Patterson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Dylan Richardson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Mosese Tuipulotu (Edinburgh Rugby)
Jack Utterson (Edinburgh Rugby)* 

Melrose RFC
Dylan Cockburn (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Tom Dodd (Edinburgh Rugby)
Freddy Douglas (Edinburgh Rugby)
Fin Doyle (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Ross McCann (Edinburgh Rugby)
Rory McHaffie (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Harri Morris (Edinburgh Rugby)
Marshall Sykes (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ross Thompson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Lewis Wells (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Ben White (Edinburgh Rugby)* 

Selkirk RFC  

Matt Currie (Edinburgh Rugby)
Tom Currie (Edinburgh Rugby)
Oliver Duncan (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Callum Hunter-Hill (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ross McKnight (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh Rugby)
Mac Rutherford (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Malelili Satala (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ben Vellacott (Edinburgh Rugby)
Ross Wolfenden (Edinburgh Rugby)* 

Watsonian FC

Ollie Blyth-Lafferty (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Connor Boyle (Edinburgh Rugby)
Maccenzie Duncan (Glasgow Warriors)*
James Lang (Edinburgh Rugby)
Sam Leweni (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Christian Lindsay (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Piers O’Connor (Edinburgh Rugby)
Boan Venter (Edinburgh Rugby)
Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Henry Widdowson (Edinburgh Rugby)*
Angus Williams (Edinburgh Rugby) 

* = academy player.