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4 Nov 2022

Jamie Ritchie

Having signed his first senior deal aged just 17, former Madrascals mini and Strathallan School pupil Jamie Ritchie made his professional rugby debut for Edinburgh Rugby in October 2014, from which time he has racked up over 80 appearances for the capital club. A former Scotland U20 captain, Ritchie also played a dramatic role as […]

4 Nov 2022

WP Nel

Willem Petrus (WP) Nel is a South African-born tighthead prop who made his debut for the national team in 2015 in the Summer Tests against Italy, becoming a mainstay of the Scotland set-up since. He was named in the 2015 World Cup squad and played every game, including a pool stage try against USA as […]

4 Nov 2022

Richie Gray

A 2013 British & Irish Lion, Richie Gray made his Scotland debut in 2010 in a Six Nations match against France at Murrayfield, signalling the start of an international career that is now into its 12th year. He won a 50th cap in the second row with younger brother, Jonny, during the 2015 Rugby World […]

4 Nov 2022

Jack Dempsey

Jack Dempsey impressed from the moment he donned the Glasgow Warriors jersey after a move to the club from NSW Waratahs in 2021. An abrasive open field runner, Dempsey represented the country of his birth, Australia, 14 times between 2017 and 2019 including at the Rugby World Cup in Japan. However, an ability to earn […]

5 Oct 2022

Sam Skinner

He was first involved in the then Scottish Exiles (now Scottish Qualified) programme as a teenager, while at Taunton Titans, before he was picked up by the Chiefs in the 2014/15 season. He was then selected for England U20 – and faced many of his Scotland contemporaries in the age-grade Six Nations – before becoming […]

5 Oct 2022

Hamish Watson

It was just over a year until Edinburgh flanker Watson got another chance at international level, an opportunity he grabbed with both hands, bringing his relentless club form to the national team set-up and subsequently making the starting seven jersey his own. A mainstay of the Scotland set-up for over five years now, Watson’s consistency […]

5 Oct 2022

Grant Gilchrist

A recipient of the prestigious John Macphail Scholarship in 2011 after representing Scotland at numerous age-grade levels, Grant Stuart Gilchrist was rewarded for some excellent early club displays with Edinburgh Rugby by being selected for the 2013 Six Nations game against France in Paris aged 22– the start of an international career now boasts over […]

4 Oct 2022

Zander Fagerson

Aged just 20, Zander Fagerson became the fourth-youngest prop to play for Scotland in the 2016 Six Nations fixture against England at BT Murrayfield, a game that would represent the embryonic stages of a stellar run that would end in British & Irish Lions recognition in 2021. He started all three of Scotland’s Autumn Tests […]

4 Oct 2022

Pierre Schoeman

A former South Africa Schools and U20 player, Pierre Schoeman joined Edinburgh in the summer of 2018 from Super Rugby team Bulls and has gone on to make well over 50 appearances for the DAM Health Stadium side since. Named as Edinburgh’s Player of the Year in 2019, ‘The Greatest’ Schoeman qualified on residency grounds […]

4 Oct 2022

Rory Darge

Flanker Rory Darge enjoyed a breakthrough season for Glasgow Warriors after signing for the club from Edinburgh Rugby ahead of the 2021/22 campaign. His incessant work rate and speed both with ball in hand and at the breakdown typify a player who has impressed many onlookers. Darge won 13 caps for Scotland U20 and featured […]