News

7 Oct 2009 - Uncategorized

Scotland 7S: Diary From Delhi

A squad of current Scotland 7s internationalists and future prospects are in Delhi, the home of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, this week (5-11 October) for an intensive training camp one year out from the tournament.Team manager Karen Burnett is keeping www.scottishrugby.org up-to-date with how the team are doing in Delhi.A squad of current Scotland 7s […]

5 Oct 2009 - Uncategorized

Nhs And Scottish Rugby Team Up For Alcohol Awareness Week

Scottish Rugby and NHS Lothian teamed up today to support Alcohol Awareness Week (4-10 October), a national campaign aimed at encouraging people to drink responsibly.Held at the home of Scottish Rugby, Scotland internationalists Ross Rennie and Jim Hamilton demonstrated how sport and physical recreation can help you get more out of your day.Speaking from the […]

5 Oct 2009 - Uncategorized

Scotland To Play Fiji In Irb World Sevens Opener

Scotland 7s will face Fiji in the opening match of the IRB Sevens World Series when this season’s competition kicks off in Dubai in December. Scotland have also been drawn with the hard hitting Samoans and Zimbabwe, in Group B of the tournament that begins on Friday 4th December. Scotland 7s head coach Stephen Gemmell […]

2 Oct 2009 - Uncategorized

Scotland 7S Travel To Delhi To Prepare For 2010 Games

A squad of current Scotland 7s internationalists and future prospects will travel from the home of rugby sevens, Scotland, to the home of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi, this weekend (Sunday 4 October) for a week-long intensive training camp one year out from the tournament.”It’s a statement of intent about how seriously we’re taking sevens,” […]

29 Sep 2009 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby Appoints First Lady

Rugby in Renfrewshire was celebrating a Scottish rugby first today when Scottish Rugby and Renfrewshire Council joined forces to appoint Scotland’s first female development officer (DO). The collective commitment brings around£30,000 of investment annually into rugby in Renfrewshire with Scotland A and Hillhead Jordanhill prop Lindsey Smith employed to recruit and retain rugby players in the […]

25 Sep 2009 - Uncategorized

Scotland Defence Coach At Pg

The Scotland Defence Coach, Graham Steadman, put the Exiles Performance Group through their paces at West Park Bramhope in Leeds recently. The players attended a two day camp which is backed by Leeds Metropolitan University, as part of the player development process within the Exiles structure. A considerable number of players have passed through this […]

7 Sep 2009 - Uncategorized

Scotland Under-18 Training Squad Named

Scotland under-18 head coach, Grant McKelvey, today announced an initial training squad of 34 players ahead of the 2009 / 2010 season.The training squad was selected after a performance review of the players who spent a fortnight in Valladolid, Spain, on a strength, conditioning and rugby camp in July, and those invited to attend the […]

4 Sep 2009 - Uncategorized

Broughton Rugby Will Field 3 Xv’S This Saturday For The First Time In Well Over A Decade

1st XV kick off their Scottish Hydro Electric East Region League Div 1 campaign away to Portobello RFC at Cavalry Park (3pm kick-off).The resurgence of the Club is epitomised by the re-introduction of a Broughton 2nd XV and they travel to Biggar to face their 3s in the East Region 6 Reserve League. A fine […]

3 Sep 2009 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby Manager Becomes First Woman On Irb Rugby Committee

Scottish Rugby manager for the women’s game, Carol Isherwood OBE, has become the first female to be named on the IRB Rugby Committee. Isherwood has been a leading figure in the women’s game for more than 25 years as a player (winning seven caps for England and eight for Great Britain between 1986 and 1991), […]

3 Sep 2009 - Uncategorized

Scottish Rugby Welcomes New Show On Stv

STV Rugby starts this SundayCeltic Rugby, Scottish Rugby and STV have entered into a new partnership to bring viewers television coverage of the Magners League for the forthcoming season. The deal means that all the action from the Magners League, involving Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors, will feature on a new one-hour highlights show at 5.30pm on […]