Articles Archives - Scottish Rugby

24 Apr 2024

Silver Saturday preview: Sarah Beaney Cup: Watsonians v Hillhead Jordanhill

Watsonians went unbeaten in the regular Premiership season, but lost out to Stirling County in the final at Myreside. In the Sarah Beaney Cup group stages, they topped the group with five wins from six games, finishing on 26 points with a points difference of 107. In the group stage match between the two sides, […]

24 Apr 2024

Silver Saturday Preview: Men’s League Cup final: Lasswade v Falkirk

Both competing in National League Division 2 this season, Lasswade are currently in second place having played all their games, but Falkirk would overtake them on points difference if they win with a bonus point in their final game against Stirling County on Saturday 4 May. Having been given a bye in round one, Lasswade […]

23 Apr 2024

Silver Saturday Preview: Men’s Shield final: Cumnock v Moray

Cumnock sit fourth in West Region League Division 1, with seven wins from their 18 games. In the Shield, they started with a 24-20 away win against Waysiders/Drumpellier in round one. They then hosted Annan in round two, beating them 43-18, and Cambuslang in round three, who they defeated 46-19. A tight 18-15 away win […]

23 Apr 2024

Finn Duraj: Learning from the best

Brown, who today announced his retirement from the game, earned 61 caps for Scotland and made over 140 appearances for Glasgow Warriors turned his focus to coaching earlier this year first as an assistant coach to Glasgow Warriors in the Celtic Challenge and now as Head Coach at Watsonians. Duraj said: “Having Fraser take over […]

23 Apr 2024

Silver Saturday preview: Women’s Plate final: Caithness Krakens v Uddingston

Caithness Krakens formed in 2021, and this season finished second in Caledonia North Region League 2, just two points behind winners Highland. They topped Pool D in the group stages, winning their three games against Lochaber, Dundee Valkries 2nd XV and Bannockburn. In their semi-final, they defeated Kirkcaldy 36-19 away from home to secure their […]

22 Apr 2024

Silver Saturday Preview: Women’s Shield final: Biggar v West of Scotland

Both sides competed in West Region League Division 1 this season. Biggar finished second, losing out on the title by just one point with 13 wins from 14 games. West of Scotland were just behind them in third, with 8 wins from their 14 outings. In the National Shield, Biggar’s young squad topped Group D […]

22 Apr 2024

Silver Saturday Preview: Men’s Bowl Final: Irvine v Blairgowrie

Blairgowrie secured the Caledonia Midlands Region League Division 2 for the second successive season, having opted against promotion last season in order to consolidate their squad. They also picked up the Caledonia Midlands Bowl. The competition kicked off for Blairgowrie with a 47-24 win away to Madras in the first round. A quarter-final away to […]

2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations Championship Round 4 Italy vs Scotland

20 Apr 2024

Match report: Italy 10-17 Scotland

The opening exchanges between the two sides were somewhat frantic with neither Scotland or Italy quite able to capitalise on their phases with ball in hand. Scotland however seemed to pose the greater threat, quickly making their way into Italian territory. After a high tackle was put in on Scotland, the referee gave the penalty […]

19 Apr 2024

Review of Round 1 | Super Series Sprint

Check out all the action from Round 1 in our highlights show Friday 19 April: Southern Knights v Edinburgh A KO 7:35pm Edinburgh Rugby A opened the scoring at a frantic place thanks to tries from Rob Carmichael, Finn Douglas (2) with all three converted by Cammy Scott. Knights hit back mid-way through the […]

19 Apr 2024

Preview: Italy v Scotland Women

What the coach said “We were disappointed with last weekend’s performance (against England). That wasn’t us, that wasn’t a performance we have come to know this group are capable of. We want to return to the side that won in Wales and really stretched France. “We’ve trained this week looking at the conditions, and we […]