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26 Oct 2022 - Uncategorized

Spire Healthcare renews healthcare partnership with Scottish Rugby

The partnership began in 2008 and has been extended until 2025. As the official healthcare partner for the Scotland Men, Scotland Women, Scotland U20s, Edinburgh Rugby, FOSROC Super6 & FOSROC Academies, Spire Healthcare – through our Edinburgh Hospitals – will continue to provide the country’s top rugby players with outpatient consultations, imaging, and surgical treatments. […]

13 Oct 2022 - BT Murrayfield

Big-hearted Earlston

The Tennent’s East Regional League Division 3 club undertook fund-raising at their own sevens tournament earlier this year. Now they have presented a cheque for £375 to the Murrayfield Injured Players’ Foundation. The presentation was received by Borders area MIPF trustee Alistair Forsyth (left) from club President Neil McDonald (right). Mr Forsyth said: “The Foundation […]

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 […]

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 […]

29 Sep 2022 - Uncategorized

New governance structure agreed for rugby in Scotland

The new structure, based on the recommendations on the Standing Committee on Governance (SCOG), sees the new Scottish Rugby Union (a company limited by guarantee) take on the responsibility for the oversight of the organisation’s main operating vehicle, Scottish Rugby. It also will provide an oversight function to the organisation’s members. Professor Lorne Crerar CBE, […]

27 Sep 2022 - Uncategorized

2023 Under-20 Six Nations Fixtures Announced

The Under-20 Championship kicks off on the 3rd of February 2023 with a Friday night lights first round of fixtures that will see Scotland travel to play England. Scotland will host Wales in the second round on Friday 10 February before traveling to France for round three on Friday 24 February. The young Scots will […]

27 Sep 2022 - Uncategorized

Tim’s Great Rugger Run for Doddie enters final week

The route has taken Tim across the West Highlands, Glasgow, Ayrshire, Stirling, Dundee, and over the course of the next week he’ll cross Fife, Edinburgh and the Borders, finishing his journey on Saturday 1 October in Melrose, just in time for Melrose v Aberdeen Grammar in Tennent’s National Division 1. Tim’s motivation to create the […]

26 Sep 2022 - Uncategorized

Princess Royal sends best wishes to Scotland RWC squad

The Scotland squad have arrived safely in New Zealand ahead of next month’s Rugby World Cup. And as they left Edinburgh, they received a good luck message that underlined the support they are receiving. Scottish Rugby’s patron, HRH The Princess Royal, wrote to players and management wishing them “the best of fortune.” In the letter, […]