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14 Dec 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby to broadcast Women’s Premiership Final

Watsonian FC and Stirling County booked their place in the Premiership final, after topping the league table in the regular season. The game will be hosted at Myreside after the Edinburgh side finished in pole position on an unbeaten run of games. An all Women refereeing team, led by referee Chelsea Gillespie who is assisted […]

12 Dec 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Venues and dates confirmed for 2024 Inter-District Championship fixtures

Having returned to the calendar in 2023, the competition continues next year in a round-robin format, bringing more inter-district rugby to the regions. Edinburgh will host The South at Stoneyhill, Musselburgh on Saturday 23 March and then go to Edinburgh Academical’s Raeburn Place for the visit of Caledonia Reds on Saturday 30 March. Glasgow & […]

5 Dec 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Opening rounds of Men’s Cup competitions for 2023/24 season confirmed

The final for the Scottish Cup, Men’s National Shield and Men’s Bowl will continue to be contested for at Silver Saturday, Scottish Rugby’s flagship finals event for the adult game. Silver Saturday will take place across the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Campus on Saturday 27 April 2024. The details for the final of the Men’s National […]

5 Dec 2023 - Scottish Gas Murrayfield

Scottish Rugby set to provide interactive player welfare training during December

The training will be delivered from the NES Mobile Skills Unit (MSU), a facility developed to support the delivery of clinical skills training and education to healthcare practitioners, the emergency services and members of the public across Scotland. The Mobile Skills Unit will be a hub of activity from 10am to 5.30pm at the National […]

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5 Dec 2023 - Edinburgh Rugby

Celtic Challenge competition format confirmed alongside alignment of Scottish sides to Edinburgh Rugby & Glasgow Warriors

The alignment will see the two teams don the iconic colours of Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors and will be based out of Hive Stadium and Scotstoun Stadium respectively. Speaking on the announcement, Gemma Fay, Scottish Rugby’s Head of Women’s & Girls’ Strategy said: “The decision to align our Celtic Challenge teams to Edinburgh Rugby […]

2 Dec 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Women’s Premiership finalists for 2023/24 confirmed

Stirling County are poised for a challenging showdown to retain the title with Watsonians recording an unbeaten run in the league thus far. The prestigious Final is set to unfold at Myreside Stadium in Edinburgh, the chosen battleground after Watsonians claimed the top spot in the table. This pivotal moment marks Stirling County’s second appearance […]

29 Nov 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby awards Edinburgh club with Major Capital Investment

The Major Capital Investment award is part of the ‘Growth & Participation Fund’ and was established from the £5M Scottish Government funding during the Covid-19 pandemic. This funding strand is designed to support clubs with developments to their physical infrastructure including the purchase, upgrade or construction of their clubhouse facility. The club, which operates from […]

21 Nov 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby launches SROI project for grassroots game

Scottish Rugby’s Rugby Development Department has launched its first Social Return on Investment project to help the department and clubs alike understand and quantify the social, environment and economic value of the grassroots game in Scotland. This project looks to create data and information which can provide national and local benefits, supporting new partnerships in […]

21 Nov 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Format and Head Coaches confirmed as Inter District Championship returns for 2023/24

All four Head Coaches from last year’s championship will continue in the role, with several new assistant coaches joining the four teams. This season, the four districts – Edinburgh, Glasgow & West, Caledonia Reds and the South – will play in a round robin format. The dates for the fixtures are as below: Round 1 […]

20 Nov 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Women’s Celtic Challenge returns for second year with an expanded format

The Celtic Challenge provides a high-performance platform ahead of the TikTok Women’s Six Nations and aims to bridge the gap between the domestic and international women’s games in the three Celtic nations. Following the successful pilot which took place across January and February this year, the tournament will be expanded to include two club teams […]