Ireland will host Scotland at Virgin Media Park on Saturday 2 August, with kick-off time, broadcast and ticket details for the match will be confirmed in due course. The fixture adds another chapter to the growing history between Scotland and Ireland, who are also set to face each other in the Guinness Women’s Six Nations […]
Fergus Pringle led Scotland Under-19 who started brightly but were 21-10 down at half-time at the Greenyards. The Italians began the second-half with two early tries which knocked the stuffing out of the Scottish side and allowed Italy to run out comfortable winners. Scotland started the match in Melrose on the front foot with Ross […]
In the previous final, Marr defeated Dalkeith 36-29 in a blockbuster match on the Murrayfield campus back pitches, where Dalkeith centre Rachael McIntosh was player of the match, scoring four tries on the day in a losing effort. This year’s final will also take place on the Murrayfield campus back pitches, with a 12pm kick […]
Biggar RFC is one of 35 community rugby clubs being gifted a defibrillator – a machine which can shock the heart to restart a normal rhythm. The club, whose men’s first XV finished fourth in the Arnold Clark National League Division 1 and whose women’s first XV topped the Arnold Clark West Regional League Division […]
Christian Lindsay, who played Scotland U20’s opening two U20 Six Nations games at the start of 2025, will captain the side. Logan Hendrie starts at loosehead prop, Jack Utterson is at hooker and Jackson Rennie completes the front row at tighthead prop. Lindsay is paired with Dan Shellard in the second row, and the forwards […]
Scottish Rugby has taken a significant step toward accelerating commercial growth and securing a sustainable future with the appointment of its first-ever Chief Customer Officer, announced today (9 April 2025). The Edinburgh-based governing body, which owns Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, has appointed Olaf Gueldner to oversee its commercial, brand, marketing, digital, and content strategies following […]
Both sides will field predominantly U19 teams, with a handful of U20 players also included to give them game time ahead of the World Rugby U20 Championship. Scotland U20 Forwards Coach Fergus Pringle will coach the side, and has named prop Ben White and stand-off Ross Wolfenden as co-captains. White is joined in the front […]
The full fixture list has now been confirmed after several semi-finals were played over the past weekend. Fourteen teams, contesting seven finals, will take to the national pitch at Scottish Gas Murrayfield, and the home of Edinburgh Rugby, Hive Stadium, on Saturday April 19. The first matches kick off at 10am, and the last – […]
The young Scots will face off in shortened 35-minute matches against France, Wales, England, and Ireland, before concluding the festival with a full 70-minute clash against Italy. The squad selection follows the conclusion of the extended training squad’s training camps, which saw players selected from the Girls’ Regional Game Series, held across January and February, […]
Recent changes to the tackle height law for community rugby players in Scotland was linked with a 45 per cent reduction in head-on-head contact – one of the primary causes of sports related concussion, experts say. A trial during the 2023/24 season found players were 22 per cent more likely to tackle bent at the […]