Scottish Rugby today stepped up its scientific preparation of elite rugby players with the appointment of Healthspan Elite as official vitamins, minerals and micronutrient partner.The five-figure deal will see the UK’s number one provider of elite sports vitamins and minerals supply the senior Scotland team, Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors.Scottish Rugby lead nutritionist, Richard Chessor, is looking forward to working closely with the Healthspan Elite team to evolve their product range to further meet the micronutrient needs of the Scottish players.He said: I’m delighted that Healthspan Elite are now an official partner of Scottish Rugby.The brand is synonymous with quality and efficacy, which are crucial in performance nutrition.- – Scottish Rugby lead nutritionist, Richard ChessorI am very much looking forward to integrating the products into the nutrition regimes of our senior players and working with Healthspan Elite to develop some bespoke products to meet our unique needs.Scottish Rugby takes extensive measures to ensure we only provide the highest quality supplements that have been tested for the presence of banned substances and our relationship with Healthspan Elite is a key part of this initiative.”The demand to provide batch tested and competition-safe supplements for athletes led to the launch of Healthspan’s elite division, which provides a range of ‘gold standard’ products, developed specifically to support the nutritional requirements of competing athletes.Chris Fisher, Head of Healthspan Elite, said: We are delighted to have secured our official partnership with Scottish Rugby and look forward to supporting the players nutrition requirements for many years to come.To have a performance nutritionist of Richard Chessor’s calibre, acknowledging that our products are of the highest quality, is testament to how far we have come in our first year of trading.” More information on Healthspan Elite can be found at www.healthspanelite.co.uk and by following @HSElite on Twitter.