Backs Archives - Page 3 of 6

30 Mar 2023

Beth Blacklock

Blacklock started playing rugby whilst at Durham University and previously played for Premier 15s side, DMP Sharks, before joining Harlequins ahead of the 2020/21 season. She then moved across London to Saracens for the 2023/24 season. She qualifies to play for Scotland through her mother who is from Kilsyth in North Lanarkshire.

30 Mar 2023

Francesca McGhie

A pupil of Loretto School and George Watson’s College, McGhie started playing rugby in 2018 for East Lothian and Borders Girls based at Preston Lodge, before joining Watsonians Rugby Club in 2019. The winger helped her club side to victory in the Tennent’s Premiership in 2022 and the Sarah Beaney Cup a season later, and […]

18 Mar 2023

Ben Healy

A former Ireland under-20 cap, he has spent four years with Munster, for whom he made more than 50 appearances and scored close to 300 points. Having agreed a move to Edinburgh Rugby ahead of the 2023/24 season, Healy made his Scotland debut from the replacements’ bench in the Guinness Six Nations win over Italy […]

3 Feb 2023

Findlay Thomson

Thomson played his rugby at Dunbar from age 6 to 17 when he moved to Musselburgh RFC. He has represented Scotland at U16 and U18.

3 Feb 2023

Logan Jarvie

Jarvie started playing rugby at Cumbernauld RFC at age 5. He then played for Lenzie Academy from S1-S3, and moved to Stirling county in 2017. Jarvie represented Caledonia, Glasgow Warriors and Scotland at age grade level, as well as playing pro youth football in 2016.

2 Feb 2023

Amena Caqusau

Amena attended Queen Victoria School, where he started playing rugby properly in Primary seven. He also had stints at GHA RFC and Super Series side Ayrshire Bulls. Caqusau was named as one of the fifteen FOSROC Scottish Rugby contracted academy players aligned with Glasgow Warriors for the 2023/24 season. He was a standout player for […]

2 Feb 2023

Kerr Yule

Yule started playing rugby at GHK RFC aged 8, then moved to West of Scotland from age 10-17. He then moved to Glasgow Hawks in 2022 before playing for FOSROC Super Series side Ayrshire Bulls during the 2023 FOSROC Super Series Sprint. The 18-year-old was named as one of the fifteen FOSROC Scottish Rugby academy […]

2 Feb 2023

Geordie Gwynn

Gwynn started at Lewes RFC when he was 5, and played there for 14 years until going to university and playing for Ealing Trailfinders. He has played regional rugby at U16 and U18 and was chosen for Scotland U16. Up until he was 18 years old he played football alongside rugby. Gwynn is at Brunel […]

4 Nov 2022

Cameron Redpath

He represented Scotland U16 and U18 as well as England U18 and U20 in his youth, and was taken on tour by England to South Africa aged just 18, but was never capped. He was a product of the Sale Sharks academy, and made 27 appearances across two and a half seasons with the club. […]

2 Nov 2022

Finn Russell

Russell honed his skills with Stirling County, Falkirk and Ayr, and went on to become a key part of the Glasgow Warriors squad that tasted PRO12 glory in 2015, the same year he featured at a first Rugby World Cup. A move to French giants Racing 92 followed in 2018 and, after winning a 50th […]