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25 Mar 2022 - Uncategorized

Townsend’s trek for Doddie

Townsend will be joined by his former Scotland colleagues, Kenny Logan, the 70-times-capped wing, and Stuart Grimes, the 71-times-capped lock, and the England and Lions prop Phil Vickery (78 caps), as they set out today (Friday 25 March) on a trek through the High Atlas Mountains in north Africa. Townsend said: “I’ve really only climbed […]

24 Mar 2022 - Uncategorized

Konkel to make 50th Scotland appearance against England

Jade Konkel is poised to make her 50th appearance for Scotland, having made her debut nine years ago against this weekend’s opponents after coming off the bench in the opening 2013 Six Nations match. Easson has named a settled team for this weekend’s opening match, with 14 of the starting line-up retaining their place from […]

22 Mar 2022 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby to broadcast Melrose Sevens

On Saturday 9 April the traditional 26 team knockout seven-aside tournament will be broadcast live on the Scottish Rugby website, providing over eight hours of live sevens action available to a worldwide audience. Coverage will start from 11:30am and go right through the afternoon, into the evening culminating in the final which is scheduled for […]

21 Mar 2022 - Uncategorized

Second Scottish Rugby Schools Week will deliver sport to over 600 state schools

Over the course of the week, rugby will reach school communities across the country from Hawick to Kirkwall, Castle Douglas to the Isle of Benbecula and many more locations in between. Some 623 state schools (primary and secondary) have signed up to participate this week, with 50 percent* of those schools’ delivering rugby for the […]

18 Mar 2022 - Uncategorized

Exciting opportunities ahead for Scottish Futures programme

Scottish Futures is a performance player development programme with a focus on rugby skills, game understanding and behaviours needed to succeed in a high-performance environment. The programme aim is to support those players with the potential to play for Scotland, with a focus on the physical demands, tactical decision making, technical skill and positive behaviours […]

18 Mar 2022 - Uncategorized

Scotland U20 team for Irish finale

Murray has made only one change to the starting team who were defeated by Italy last weekend in Treviso. Edinburgh Rugby’s Patrick Harrison (pictured) returns to the starting team at hooker and will pack down with loosehead prop Mikey Jones (Heriot’s Rugby/Edinburgh Rugby) and tighthead prop Gregor Scougall (Currie Chieftains) who both start their fourth […]

18 Mar 2022 - Uncategorized

May date for 1872 Cup decider confirmed

Edinburgh Rugby will take on rivals Glasgow Warriors at BT Murrayfield on Saturday 21 May (kick-off 6.30pm), as Scotland’s best players go head-to-head on the final day of the season for the 1872 Cup, in a derby match-up that could also determine Champions Cup qualification and the winner of the Scottish x Italian Shield. Tickets […]

17 Mar 2022 - Uncategorized

Kinghorn and Gray selected for final match of the championship

Edinburgh Rugby stand-off Kinghorn is rewarded for some impressive performances, including his starring role in the recent United Rugby Championship victory against Connacht two weeks ago, and will partner Ali Price, who won a 50th cap in the win over Italy last weekend. Exeter Chiefs second row Gray has also returned to the starting XV […]

16 Mar 2022 - Uncategorized

Former Rugby World Cup referee JP Doyle joins high performance department

JP Doyle has been named as Scottish Rugby’s High Performance Referee Coach in a newly created role put in place by Performance Director Jim Mallinder as part of the recent departmental restructure. Experienced referee, JP Doyle began his career in 2001 and officiated regularly in the English Premiership. In May 2014, Doyle refereed the Aviva […]

15 Mar 2022 - Uncategorized

Funding for club rugby during Covid-19 pandemic

As public health restrictions enter, what is hopefully, their final phase two years on from the first national lockdowns and suspension of all community rugby, a table outlining how Scottish Rugby has provided financial support to the clubs, and how this was distributed, is now available. During the pandemic Scottish Rugby provided the clubs with […]