New Community Game Conference guest speakers announced

10 Apr 2026

Pieter de Villiers, Fergus Pringle, Andy Muir and Mark Cairns have been added to the list of speakers at the Community Game Conference on Friday 22 May.

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - MAY 25: Scotland Coach Pieter De Villiers during the SRU Community Game Conference at Scottish Gas Murrayfield, on May 25, 2024, in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Mark Scates / SNS Group)

Scotland Men’s assistant coach Pieter de Villiers and Scotland U20’s head coach Fergus Pringle will join Coach Logic’s Andy Muir and Mark Cairns as guest speakers for the Community Game Conference at Scottish Gas Murrayfield.

They will join the line-up alongside several other speakers who have been confirmed for the day aimed at inspiring club, school and society members. Attendees will have the opportunity to develop their skills and network with people from across the game.

Community Game Conference guest speakers:

  • Caroline Blair, Conference host
  • Alex Ross, Head of Athletic Performance and Sport Science at Scottish Rugby
  • Ciaran Beattie, GB 7s Director of Rugby
  • Giselle Mather, Former GB 7s, Wasps and England player
  • John Dalziel, Scotland and British and Irish Lions assistant coach
  • Keith Lewis, Laws Coordinator at World Rugby
  • Kenny Murray, National Talent Pathway Lead at Scottish Rugby
  • Richard Chessar, Head of Nutrition at Scottish Rugby
  • Sarah Green, Coach Developer
  • Sean Cumming, University of Bath
  • Scott Meenagh, Paralympian
  • Pieter de Villiers, Scotland assistant coach
  • Fergus Pringle, Scotland U20 head coach, and
  • Andy Muir and Mark Cairns, Coach Logic

More Community Game Conference speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.

Every attendee at this year’s event will receive a free coffee mug, courtesy of Scottish Rugby partners YETI.

If you are interested in registering, you can sign up now via SCRUMS.

Registration is free of charge with an optional donation to the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.

 

 

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