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14 Feb 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby awards over £400,000 to clubs in Club Sustainability Funding

This year’s 13 successful applicants will receive investment towards projects via two funding strands – Capital and Revenue – designed to improve club facilities or allow clubs to employ administrators to support with operational needs. There are nine clubs who will receive over £370,000 via the Capital fund. The clubs will invest their award into […]

6 Feb 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby launches ‘Tell Us’

Tell Us, which will be live on Tuesday 7 February, has been created in recognition of recent concerns raised by players in the community game relating to discrimination in their local playing environments. The service will sit alongside existing support channels covered by Scottish Rugby’s regional teams, respective club and school’s own management structures and […]

3 Feb 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby appoint Rosy Ryan to new Women and Girls’ role

This new role has been created and funded as part of Scottish Rugby’s Women and Girls’ strategy which launched in June 2022. Rosy, who joined at the start of the year, will now oversee the development and implementation of programmes for women and girls to strengthen existing pathways throughout the community game. This will include […]

24 Jan 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby to broadcast Tennent’s Women’s Premiership Final

Corstorphine Cougars and Stirling County booked their place in the Premiership final, after defeating Watsonian FC and Heriot’s Blues respectively in the semi-final play-offs earlier this month. The game will be hosted at Bridgehaugh after the County side finished top of the table at the end of the regular season. An all Women refereeing team, […]

18 Jan 2023 - Clubs & Schools

The Scottish Inter-district Championship is set to return in May 2023

The move to bring back the historic competition was made following an amended motion presented by GHA at the Scottish Rugby AGM in July 2021, where 72 clubs to 46 voted in favour to revive the tournament. The competition, which was first established in 1953, used to be competed for annually in the amateur era […]

18 Jan 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Squads announced as Girls’ Regional Game Series gets underway this weekend

Beginning this Sunday (22 January), teams representing Caledonia Midlands, Caledonia North, East, Glasgow North and Glasgow South at U16 and U18 level will now meet over the next five weekends. Each weekend there are two fixtures, with one team having a bye week. The selection process saw more than 600 players nominated by clubs and […]

18 Jan 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby launches ‘Scrum School’ development programme

Through a series of practical workshops and online resources, ‘Scrum School’ will provide support to coaches and players with the aim of creating stronger, more confident, and skilled front-row players. The programme has been developed to support both youth and senior players in the male and female game, irrespective of their rugby experience. The Scrum […]

10 Jan 2023 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby appoints Dr Karen Barclay as Welfare Manager

The role, which is aligned to the Rugby Development Department, will see Dr Barclay develop and enhance support and guidance for grassroots clubs on both on and off-field welfare matters. Dr Barclay completed her medical degree at Aberdeen University before specialising in paediatric care, where her career in hospital settings spanned more than 25 years. […]

13 Dec 2022 - Clubs & Schools

Scottish Rugby opens nominations for Community Recognition Awards 2023

The 2023 Community Recognition Awards aim to celebrate and recognise the efforts of players, coaches, match officials and volunteers from the domestic game. The format includes six award categories, which will be awarded in each of the five regions – Caledonia Midlands, Caledonia North, East, Glasgow North and Glasgow South. The award categories are: Volunteer […]

8 Dec 2022 - Uncategorized

National Youth Cup Finals 2022/23 | Update

The weather forecast is currently showing further snow and freezing temperatures in Edinburgh over the next two days windchill is expected to reach -6 degrees Celsius, raising concerns for both players and spectators. With player welfare a clear priority and to enable timely communication with competing teams to allow for travel arrangements to be changed […]