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13 Oct 2022 - Uncategorized

Scotland’s best young players to take to the pitch at Merchiston

11 teams from England will visit the Edinburgh based school to face five Scottish teams: Merchiston, Peebles RFC, Ayr RFC, George Watsons College, Boroughmuir RFC. Scotland Under-18s were recently in action in August when they took on Wales and Italy in a three-day festival with a number of the players who featured in those games […]

13 Oct 2022 - Uncategorized

Scotland team named for Australia test

Rachel McLachlan and Emma Orr return to the fold at openside flanker and outside centre respectively, while there is one positional change as Hannah Smith moves to the left wing. Easson said: “We haven’t faced Australia before so it’s going to be a different contest to last weekend. “With a six-day turnaround, we’ve had a […]

Rugby World Cup 2021 Captains’ photocall

7 Oct 2022 - Scotland Women

Scotland team named for Rugby World Cup 2021 opener

Easson has named a settled team for this weekend’s match, with 13 of the starting line-up retaining their place from Scotland’s last game against USA in August. The front-row sees hooker Lana Skeldon pack down alongside Molly Wright and Christine Belisle, while Emma Wassell links up with Sarah Bonar in the second-row. Number 8 Jade […]

6 Oct 2022 - BT Murrayfield

Scottish Rugby’s digital transformation continues with launch of Ticketing App

As well as being an integral part of our drive for improved sustainability, access and security, moving to a paperless ticketing system is part of our digital transformation journey to improve the supporter experience on matchdays, which has already seen the launch of the new Virtual Venue facility to help you buy your Scotland tickets. […]

6 Oct 2022 - FOSROC Super Series

2022 FOSROC Super6 Final details confirmed

The pinnacle of the 2022 FOSROC Super6 Championship will take place on Sunday 30 October (kick-off 4.45pm). Supporters can purchase their tickets now to be there on the day to support the top two FOSROC Super6 teams in the final action of the year. The match will be broadcast live on FreeSports with commentary from […]

5 Oct 2022 - FOSROC Super Series

MacArthur signs two-year extension in charge of Ayrshire Bulls

McArthur, who is currently in his second stint as Interim Head Coach, has performed the role in a caretaking capacity following the progressions of both Peter Murchie and Peter Horne to Glasgow Warriors. This new arrangement sees him take on the role permanently for the next 24 months – allowing for flexible working arrangements alongside […]

5 Oct 2022 - Obituary

Jim Shackleton

James Alexander Pirie Shackleton won seven caps for Scotland between 1959 and 1965. He was born in Assam, India on 3 April 1940 and his family returned to the UK by boat post Second World War, where Shackleton began his senior education at Fettes College in Edinburgh. In his first season at Fettes, he played […]

5 Oct 2022 - Match Officials

Adamson, Grove-White and Blain selected to officiate November Tests

Mike’s first November test will be on Saturday 5 November, when he will take charge of Romania v Chile at Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf in Bucharest. Fellow Scottish Rugby officials Sam Grove-White and Ben Blain have been selected as assistant referees for the same fixture. Mike will then travel to London for All Blacks […]

30 Sep 2022 - Uncategorized

Scotland 7s players to rally around former opponent

The fraternal spirit of players enables them to get through these long weeks away from home and in that very spirit, a number of Scotland 7s internationals have pledged to reach out and promote a very important cause for one of their past opponents. Scotland 7s are supporting former Wales 7s player, Ethan Davies, who […]

30 Sep 2022 - Uncategorized

Scotland 7s players to rally around former opponent

The fraternal spirit of players enables them to get through these long weeks away from home and in that very spirit, a number of Scotland 7s internationals have pledged to reach out and promote a very important cause for one of their past opponents. Scotland 7s are supporting former Wales 7s player, Ethan Davies, who […]