U19 Men squad named for double header in Italy

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 13: Scotland's Henry Widdowson in action during a Under 20's Six Nations match between Scotland and England at the Hive Stadium, on February 13, 2026, in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group)

The squad includes several players who featured in the 2026 U20 Six Nations for Scotland U20, as well as a number of the NTP players.

The squad will play against Italy on Friday 10 April before facing them again on Wednesday 15 April.

This is the second year where Scotland U19 fixtures have taken place at this time of year. In 2025, they faced England U19 in Newcastle before hosting Italy U19 in Melrose.

Euan Clark will be the Head Coach, and will coach the backs and focus on attack. Gary Strain takes on the Forwards Coach role, and Craig Jackson will lead the defence.

Clark said: “This gives our best pathway players a really good opportunity to press for Junior World Championship selection, and to bridge the gap between pathway and age-grade international rugby.

“The more games we can get players at this level the better. Some of the players selected will be playing at age-grade international level for the first time, so it’s an excellent opportunity for them to showcase their talents for our U20 coaches.

“We’ll get some time after the first game to analyse our performance, and then we’ll have two days training in Parma before playing Italy again, so it’s two really good opportunities for the players in the space of a few days to test themselves.”

Scotland U19 squad

Forwards

Oliver Anderson (Melrose RFC)
Archie Appleby (Northampton Saints)
Finn Bell (University of Glasgow)
Henno Bowe (Melrose RFC)
Boyd Cooper (Watsonian FC)
Dan Cruickshanks (Glasgow Academicals RFC)
Logan Hendrie (Marr RFC)
William Lockhart (Boroughmuir RFC)
William May (Hartpury University)
Aidan Orr (Glasgow Hawks)
Toby Overson (Hawick RFC)
Harvey Preston (Hawick RFC)
Jackson Rennie (Glasgow Warriors)
Jack Utterson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Angus Wright (Stirling County RFC)

Backs

Ewan Caven (Gloucester Rugby/Nottingham University)
William Corbett (University of Bristol)
Max Garry (Watsonian FC)
Calum Jessop (Heriot’s Rugby)
Gregor Johnston (Hartpury University)
Dan Kelly (Watsonian FC)
Ben MacDougall (GHA RFC)
Adam McKenzie (Watsonian FC)
Harry Soboil (Edinburgh Rugby)
Henry Widdowson (Edinburgh Rugby)
Adam Williamson (Heriot’s Rugby)