Articles Archives - Scottish Rugby

6 Sep 2024

Match Report: Scotland 40-14 Wales

Two tries from both Francesca McGhie and player of the match Chloe Rollie, plus one each from Evie Gallagher and Meryl Smith sealed the match in style. Scotland kicked off towards the Murrayfield stand and, after some early settling play from Wales, a box kick was caught cleanly by Chloe Rollie who returned for Scotland […]

6 Sep 2024

Lucia Scott; full-back’s rapid rise through the ranks

Her age-grade side experience saw the full-back stand out, but it didn’t lead her to think that a senior call-up was coming. “The Summer Series was a really exciting experience for me and I just think it was the start of what’s been a great journey so far with the Scotland setup. I’ve not been […]

5 Sep 2024

Preview: Scotland v Wales

The team will play back-to-back matches at Hive Stadium before they head off to South Africa for WXV2. What they said Head Coach Bryan Easson said: “Hive Stadium is somewhere we love going to. We got a record crowd against England this year, the noise that they bring is exceptional and the players love it. […]

15 Aug 2024

Scotland Women | Preseason Q&A with Rachel, Jade and CB

The preseason period is crucial for the team, not just for physical conditioning but also for fostering team cohesion. With new faces both within the player group and management – we caught up with Rachel Malcolm, Christine Belisle (CB) and Jade Konkel to discuss their preparations. Click here to buy your tickets for Scotland v […]

2024 Six Nations U18s Men’s Festival Round 2 Scotland vs England

9 Aug 2024

Christian Lindsay on Scotland U18 development camp experience

“It’s really been an amazing experience throughout the entire week in such a high-performance environment, being a part of such a great group of lads. With the great facilities here, it’s really allowed us to push ourselves, as has training with the other nations throughout the week. “It has definitely been intense, similar to the […]

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5 Aug 2024

Review: First bio-banding for U16s at regional festival at Dalziel RFC

For the U16 selection, maturation data was used to group players into a less mature and more mature team within their regions. Learn more about Scottish Rugby’s bio-banding pilot The U18 matches featured a number of players making their first regional academy festival appearance of the season. A Scotland U18 development camp in Ireland meant […]

1 Aug 2024

Rust 2 Rome continues fundraising rally for Doddie

Rust 2 Rome was hatched when Alan, or ‘Watty’, and his friends decided that with a budget of £1,000 they would attempt to drive all the way to the Italian capital in an old ‘banger’ emblazoned with the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation tartan and the number ‘5’ on the front as an homage to Doddie’s […]

31 Jul 2024

Olympics: Team GB finish well at Paris 2024

The women’s competition has been incredibly well attended in the opening days of the 33rd Olympiad, with over 65,000 daily fans watching some scintillating sevens rugby in France’s national stadium. Scotland’s representative in the Team GB squad was Lisa Thomson, who appeared at a second Games having been involved in Tokyo’s delayed event three years […]

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30 Jul 2024

Review: Second round of regional academy fixtures at Stirling County

The four regions (Caledonia, Edinburgh, Glasgow & the West and Borders & East Lothian) picked two U16 teams and an U18 team each. The U16 teams played a match of 30-minute halves, while the U18s played 35-minute halves. From the squads, a Scotland U18 development squad will be selected for a training camp in Ireland […]

27 Jul 2024

Match Report: Uruguay 19-31 Scotland

The hosts were offered the first opportunity to get points on the board with Scotland penalised at the breakdown with Ben Healy not releasing inside the 22. Phillipe Etcheverry looked to take a shot at the posts but the ball pulled left and Scotland could exhale some relief [7 mins]. After sustained pressure from the […]