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22 Jan 2024

Arron Reed

The 24-year-old winger made four appearances for England U20 in 2019 across the Under-20 Six Nations and the World Rugby U20 Championship. Reed has featured in all 11 rounds of the Gallagher Premiership so far this season and hit rich try-scoring form in November when he scored five tries in three matches. Qualifying for Scotland […]

30 Mar 2023

Francesca McGhie

Passionate about sport – Francesca grew up playing hockey and tennis, with her main sport being dance. Her abilities as a ballet and contemporary dancer earned her a place at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Inspired by her brother Kyle, who represented Scotland at U20 level, Francesca because her rugby journey in 2018 with the […]

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 19-year-old was named as one of the fifteen FOSROC Scottish Rugby academy […]

4 Nov 2022

Ollie Smith

Prior to that, Smith came through the ranks at FOSROC Super6 side Ayrshire Bulls, and before that Strathallan School and Marr. In a breakthrough campaign with Warriors last season, he picked up the club’s Young Player of the Season award. He scored a first Scotland try in the 2022 Autumn Nations Series game against Australia […]

22 Jan 2024

Stafford McDowall

He won a first Scotland cap against Italy in the 2023 Famous Grouse Nations Series, having featured more than 70 times for Warriors since a 2017 debut for the Scotstoun side. McDowall is a former Scotland U18 and U20 international and captained his country during the 2018 World Rugby Under-20 Championship. The centre made his […]

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 […]

5 Oct 2022

Darcy Graham

Flying winger Darcy Graham burst onto the rugby scene aged just 17 when he was called up to represent Hawick in the Scottish Cup Final at BT Murrayfield in 2015. Some dazzling displays at club level led to selection for the 2016 U20 Six Nations and then for Scotland 7s, for whom Graham raced home […]

5 Oct 2022

Blair Kinghorn

Former Edinburgh Academy pupil Blair Kinghorn made his Edinburgh Rugby debut as an 18-year-old against Zebre in 2015, with eye-catching club performances leading to him being named in the Scotland squad for the 2018 Six Nations, where he enjoyed a memorable home debut in the 25-13 Calcutta Cup victory. An ever-present squad member since, Kinghorn […]

4 Oct 2022

Duhan van der Merwe

A hulking strike runner, van der Merwe was part of the South Africa squad that finished runners-up at the 2014 Junior World Championship alongside now World champions Handre Pollard and Jesse Kriel. He averaged a try every other game for Edinburgh and was named PRO14 Players’ Player of the Season for the 2019/20 campaign. He made […]

4 Oct 2022

Ben White

He then made his Premiership debut against Harlequins in October 2015; aged 17 years and 151 days, he became the youngest player ever to feature for Leicester in the Premiership. In 2016, White went on loan to Doncaster Knights, and became their youngest ever player as well when he made his debut against London Welsh […]