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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 […]

22 Nov 2022 - Clubs & Schools

National Schools Cup | Quarter-final Results

Boys U18 Cup Hutchesons’ Grammar came up short against Strathallan School who progress to the next round with a 13-17 win. Loretto School and the Edinburgh Academy drew 10-10, but the Edinburgh Academy progress to the semi-finals as the away team as determined by criteria in National Competition Rules. In another tight content, Stewart’s Melville […]

22 Nov 2022 - Corporate

Scottish Rugby confirms funding awarded in Phase 1 of the Growth and Participation Fund

The Growth and Participation fund, established from the £6.5M Scottish Government funding during the Covid-19 pandemic, was split into two streams with £500,000 allocated to each: Major Capital Investment and Growing the Game. The Major Capital Investment strand is designed to support clubs with developments to their physical infrastructure including the purchase, upgrade or construction […]

15 Nov 2022 - Clubs & Schools

Quarter-finals announced for National School Cup competitions

Across the Cup, Shield, Plate and Bowl competitions, four quarter finals will play out for U18 and U16 age groups over the next week, with winners progressing to a semi-final. In the U18 and U16 Cup quarter-finalists are comprised of the top six teams from the National 1 Conference and the winners in the National […]