A former Scotland U20 captain, Ritchie also played a dramatic role as Heriot’s won the BT Premiership in 2015. His rapid rise to the full national team was complete when winning a first cap against Canada on Scotland’s 2018 North America tour. Selected for Rugby World Cup 2019, he played at a second such tournament […]
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 selection on the basis of his maternal grandfather having emigrated from Scotland led to his inclusion by Gregor Townsend for the 2022 Autumn […]
Scotland honours followed with a debut against Fiji in 2018 before memorable involvements in games such as the 38-38 thriller at Twickenham in 2019, and then away triumphs over England and France in 2021. Sam moved to Edinburgh Rugby ahead of the 2022/23 season and was selected for last year’s Rugby World Cup in France, […]
After signing professionally for Glasgow Warriors in 2012 at the age of 18, Jonny Gray became the 1050th Scotland cap when he was introduced for his older brother Richie in the second half of Scotland’s Test against South Africa in November 2013. He scored a try on his first Scotland start a year later (Richie […]
That was the start of an international career now over a decade – and nearly 70 caps – old. Such longevity has seen Grant feature at three Rugby World Cups (2015, 2019 and 2023) and now in the winter of his career, the redoubtable second row is now a double centurion for Edinburgh Rugby, his […]
A product of High School of Dundee and then Strathallan, Fagerson has gone on to amass nearly 150 appearances for Glasgow Warriors in the best part of a decade since his October 2014 bow against Treviso. Zander and younger brother Matt became the 48th such pair to represent Scotland in a Test, against USA in […]
Named as Edinburgh’s Player of the Year in 2019, Schoeman qualified on residency grounds in 2021 and made his Scotland debut against Tonga later that year, scoring a try into the bargain. ‘Schoooo’ as he is affectionately called by Edinburgh and Scotland fans alike, was an ever-present in both subsequent Guinness Six Nations campaigns and […]
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 in the FOSROC Super6 for Southern Knights, and has also represented Melrose. He earned a first Scotland cap against Wales in the 2022 […]
The younger brother of tighthead prop Zander, the pair become the 22nd pair of siblings to represent Scotland in the same game in that USA test match. Previously, Fagerson represented Scotland U20 in the 2017 World Rugby under-20s Championship in Georgia, helping the team finish fifth, having after making his Glasgow Warriors debut in the 2016/17 […]
Emma began her rugby journey at the age of 15, playing for her school team.Prior to this, she was a keen gymnast but chose to try rugby for a chance to play a team sport. Emma credits her late-father as a huge inspiration for her decision to pursue the sport, following his footsteps as a […]