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9 Feb 2022 - Uncategorized

Murray names Scotland U20 team for Welsh clash

There are four changes to the starting team who hosted England last Friday night in the opening round of the Under-20 Six Nations in front of 3000 spectators at DAM Health Stadium in Edinburgh. Ealing Trailfinders’ Olujare Oguntibeju earns a starting place in the team at blindside flanker with skipper Rhys Tait (Boroughmuir Bears) packing […]

9 Feb 2022 - Uncategorized

Laidlaw’s marathon effort cheered by charities

Laidlaw, the former Jed-Forest, Boroughmuir and Scotland Club International stand-off, ran 12 marathons in 12 months around Edinburgh, Fife, the Lothians and Borders for three charities that mean a lot to him: Alzheimer Scotland; Marie Curie; and the Murrayfield Injured Players Foundation. The 31-year-old son of former Scotland and Lions scrum-half Roy Laidlaw, and cousin […]

8 Feb 2022 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby Player Development Hubs are relaunched

The programme, which is considered a stepping stone in identifying future Scottish talent, aims to support identified players in the girls’ and boys’ youth game by providing additional training and playing opportunities to develop core rugby skills, and game understanding for nominated U16 and U18 girls and U15 boys. Across the five regions – Caledonia […]

8 Feb 2022 - Uncategorized

Celebrate a night of Grand Slam memories

The event to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the 1990 Grand Slam win had an unfortunate two-year delay due to the pandemic, but with the help from the squad’s winger, Iwan Tukalo, awareness and funds are being raised for Hearts & Balls – a charity which supports injured players. Tickets are now available for the […]

8 Feb 2022 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby opens nominations for Community Recognition Awards 2022

In-light of the domestic league coming to a halt as a result of coronavirus, the 2021 awards followed a one-off format to recognise those who supported their local communities during the pandemic. The 2022 Community Recognition Awards will see categories from the 2020 awards reinstated to the programme to celebrate and recognise the efforts of […]

3 Feb 2022 - Uncategorized

Scotland team to face England in Guinness Six Nations opener

After missing out on the Autumn Nations Cup matches through injury, Exeter Chiefs’ Jonny Gray makes his return to the starting line up for the first time since March 2021 when he played against Ireland. He is joined by Edinburgh Rugby’s Grant Gilchrist in the second row who will be one appearance away from reaching […]

2 Feb 2022 - Uncategorized

Scotland squad announced for RWC 2021 Final Qualification Tournament

Rachel Malcolm will continue to lead the side as they look to secure the last remaining spot at this year’s tournament in New Zealand. As the top ranked team, Scotland will face the winner of Kazakhstan v Colombia in the final match of the tournament on Friday 25 February (kick-off 7pm local time / 3pm […]

2 Feb 2022 - Uncategorized

Scotland U20 team named for England opener

Rhys Tait (Boroughmuir Bears) will captain Scotland for the first time from openside flanker as the age-grade side return to play in Scotland for the first time since February 2020. There are 11 players named in the team who have previous Scotland U20 experience from their time in Cardiff last summer. Half of the match-day […]

2 Feb 2022 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby adult leagues hit milestone threshold for promotion and relegation

Details agreed in June 2021 by the Scottish Rugby Board and Council following consultation with the Championship Committee and Scottish Rugby’s member clubs, saw an amendment included into the National Competition Rules (NCR) for the 2021/22 season which stated that providing at least 65 percent of a league structure’s fixtures have been resolved, promotion and […]

1 Feb 2022 - Uncategorized

Scotland players make charity donation

“Playing without crowds in last year’s championship was a surreal experience but it underlined to us how privileged we were to be able to continue to represent the millions of Scotland supporters around the world,” said Scotland captain Stuart Hogg today. His team-mate, Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby hooker, Stuart McInally, said: “We were lucky still […]