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03.03.24 – Wales U18s v Scotland U18s – Friendly – Leo Elder of Scotland

12 Mar 2024 - Scotland Teams

U18 men round off Newcastle camp with win over Falcons

Tries from Mason Brown, Harrison Wood, Harry Blackie, Jamie McAughtrie, Logan Williams and Finn Ronnie secured the win in Newcastle after training days on Friday and Saturday. Six Nations festival preparation continues this weekend with an Edinburgh-based training camp. Head Coach Ross Miller said: “The camp in Newcastle gave us more valuable time together in […]

03.03.24 – Wales U18s v Scotland U18s – Friendly – Ross Wolfenden of Scotland

8 Mar 2024 - Scotland Teams

Men’s Scotland U18 squad travel to Newcastle to face Falcons

After taking two teams to Ystrad Mynach last weekend to face Wales, this is the next fixture for Head Coach Ross Miller’s side as they prepare for the U18 Six Nations festival. Head Coach Ross Miller said: “The camp this weekend gives us a chance to work on the learnings we spoke about from our […]

5 Mar 2024 - Scotland Teams

Scotland U18 Women squad named for upcoming Six Nations Festival

The 2024 Festival takes place at Stadiwm CSM in Colwyn Bay, Wales, starting on Friday 29 March and running until Saturday 6 April. Scotland will play 35-minute matches against France, Wales, England and Italy before finishing with a 70-minute match against Ireland. The selection comes after the Girls’ Regional Game Series which ran in January […]

2 Mar 2024 - Scotland Teams

Men’s Scotland U18 teams named for two matches against Wales

Scotland A U18 are up first at 12pm, while Scotland U18’s game will kick off at 2.30pm. Entry to both games at Ystrad Mynach is free. Robert Gordon’s College pupil Joe Roberts, who has also represented Dundee RFC and Stirling Wolves this season, will captain Scotland U18, with Ross Wolfenden of Peebles High School and […]

19 Feb 2024 - Scotland Teams

Scotland Women extended training squad announced ahead of Guinness Six Nations

The 34-player squad, which comprises 18 forwards and 16 backs, will convene in camp on Monday 26 February. Easson has named seven uncapped players, four of whom were recently drafted as core squad members for Edinburgh Rugby in the Celtic Challenge. Forwards Alex Stewart and Merryn Gunderson (both of Corstorphine Cougars) have earned their first […]

15 Feb 2024 - Scotland Teams

Six Nations announce 2024 Under-18 festival details

The third successive staging of the festivals will feature all Six Nations Unions in both festivals as well as Georgia and Portugal in the Men’s Festival for the first time. The women’s festival takes place at Stadiwm CSM in Colwyn Bay, Wales, starting on Friday 29 March and running until Saturday 6 April. Scotland will […]

15 Feb 2024 - Scotland Teams

Jim Carswell receives his retrospective cap

Jim Carswell, now aged 76, played in the Scotland pack that defeated Japan 34-9 in September 1976. A product of Paisley Grammarians, Jordanhill and Glasgow, Carswell is now resident in a care home in Cheltenham. He was unable to travel to capping ceremonies we held at Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, so Scottish Rugby took the […]

9 Feb 2024 - Scotland Teams

Grand Slam greats to present match ball

The half-backs from Scotland’s 1984 Grand Slam success against France, John Rutherford (Selkirk) and Roy Laidlaw (Jed-Forest), will present the match-ball as part of the 40th anniversary. Laidlaw’s brace of tries at Lansdowne Road in the Triple Crown clinching game against Ireland, which preceded the Grand Slam decider, are forever enshrined in Scottish rugby folklore. […]

9 Feb 2024 - Uncategorized

Special Second Retrospective Capping Ceremony On Eve Of France Game

Last year represented the 150th anniversary of the formation of the Scottish Rugby Union, and so we wanted to look afresh at our history and recognise the rich and enduring contribution those players have made to our game. In a timeframe spanning the 1942 Services International between Scotland and England at Inverleith until a 1998 […]

31 Jan 2024 - Uncategorized

90 Days play – the story of how Scotland saved the 1994 Women’s World Cup

Set in the 1990s, 90 Days tells the story of how Scotland’s first women’s rugby players galvanised the Scottish rugby community to become the unlikely saviours of the 1994 Women’s Rugby World Cup after its sudden cancellation by the powerful rugby elite. Thirty years on, the story lifts the lid on the huge challenges the women’s game […]