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4 Aug 2023 - FOSROC Academy

Scotland U18 men’s squad named for Cardiff training camp

The squad travel down to Cardiff tomorrow morning, and will train for a week before short matches against Italy, Wales and Ireland on Friday 11 August. The camp follows on from a similar one at Stirling University last year with Scotland, Italy and Wales. The matches last 30 minutes with no intervals. Scotland start against […]

28 Jul 2023 - FOSROC Academy

FOSROC Academy regional sides in action again

This is the second round of inter-region fixtures, with round one taking place last weekend. The results were as follows: Edinburgh U16 Cannons 25-25 Glasgow & the West U16 Blues Edinburgh U16 Knights 35-40 Glasgow & the West U16 Whites Borders & East Lothian U16 Reds 25-30 Caledonia U16 Thistles Borders & East Lothian U16 Whites 40-25 Caledonia U16 Saltires Borders & East […]

22 Jul 2023 - FOSROC Academy

FOSROC Academy returns to action in Stirling

Six fixtures will take place across the day at Bridgehaugh, with the first kick off at 12pm. Two teams have been selected from each region at U16 level, and one team selected at U18 level. Further rounds of fixtures will take place on 30 July and 7 August. Players from the U18 sides will also […]

27 Jun 2023 - FOSROC Academy

2023/2024 Contracted Academy Players Confirmed

The contracted Academy players are aligned to either Edinburgh Rugby or Glasgow Warriors where they will train alongside the professional club’s senior players, whilst also participating in the FOSROC Super Series. Having this base in the pro-teams allows the young players to not only accelerate their development by being immersed in the pro-team club environment […]

15 Apr 2023 - FOSROC Academy

Teams named for two U16 intercity derbies at Scotstoun tomorrow

First, Glasgow Warriors Blues take on Edinburgh Rugby Blacks at 1pm. Then, Glasgow Warriors Reds will face Edinburgh Rugby Reds at 2.30pm. To view the Glasgow Warriors Blues side, click HERE. To view the Edinburgh Rugby Blacks side, click HERE. To view the Glasgow Warriors Reds side, click HERE. To view the Edinburgh Rugby Reds […]

4 Mar 2023 - FOSROC Academy

Academy round-up: U18 sides in action against Wales and U16 regional fixtures

The U16 Academy festival sees eight sides split into two groups, with each side playing the other three teams in their pool in 30-minute matches. The first matches in Pool 1 kick off at 11.10am, while Pool 2 gets underway at 2.15pm. The pools will be as follows: Pool 1: Caledonia Thistles, Glasgow and The […]

11 Jan 2023 - FOSROC Academy

The Macphail Scholarship returns with three young players bound for South Africa

Guy Kirkpatrick, Monroe Job, Callum Smyth have been awarded the coveted John Macphail Rugby Scholarship and leave on Monday 23 January. They will spend five months immersed in South Africa’s renowned rugby culture at the high-performance training facility at Stellenbosch University. Raised in Selkirk, back-rower Monroe Job has been involved in the Scottish Rugby pathway […]

10 Jan 2023 - FOSROC Academy

FOSROC Academies back in action over weekend

On Saturday, the U17s played an academy festival where Caledonia took on Edinburgh and Glasgow and the West played The Borders and East Lothian. Edinburgh were 15-5 winners against Caledonia, while Glasgow and the West won 35-15 against The Borders and East Lothian. For the U18s, it was FOSROC Academy finals day on Sunday. With […]

16 Dec 2022 - Scotland U20

Scotland U20 play development fixture in Wales

A 26-player squad, made up of 15 forwards and 11 backs, will travel down to Cardiff this afternoon ahead of a match tomorrow at Cardiff Arms Park. The game will be played under conditioned rules as both Wales and Scotland will use the game as a development tool to look at a wider group of […]

23 Nov 2022 - FOSROC Academy

Dramatic U20 1872 Cup ends in draw

Glasgow put together the first free-flowing move of the match, and when stand-off Richie Simpson broke free the ball was fed back inside to Finlay Burgess, who was stopped just short. The ball was recycled back quickly however and back-row Adam Flynn powered over from close range. Glasgow soon doubled their advantage and this time […]