Scottish Rugby AGM reminder

Following on from the issue of Scottish Rugby's Annual Report for 2022/23, we'd like to provide a reminder regarding the upcoming AGM.

The Scottish Rugby Union AGM will be held on Saturday 18 November 2023 at 10.30am, in‐person at Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh EH12 5PJ with the option for members to attend via a virtual meeting platform.

If you have not yet received your voting log-in details from sru@lumiengage.com or have any queries, please contact Laura Mahadea - laura.mahadea@sru.org.uk.

All information relating to the AGM can be found on our website via the link below. 

If you want to re-read the Annual Report and the key headlines, click on the link below.

Nominations are now open for the Girls Regional Game Series, Scottish Rugby’s entry point to the female performance pathway.

The Series provides a competitive development environment for the best young players in Scotland, regardless of geography or local environment, whilst supporting talent identification and selection for National Age Grade programmes.

This year’s Series will see three teams created at U18 level and four at U16 level.

Coaches can now nominate U18 and U16 players via SCRUMS*, and are encouraged to nominate those players they believe are ready to take the next step into a heightened performance environment. 

 
Nominations open Tuesday 7 November and close Sunday 26 November.

For more information about the programme click on the link below.

Coaches are also invited to watch the webinar linked below, delivered by Robbie Lavery - Scottish Rugby's Performance Pathway Programme Manager - on the GASPS Nomination Guide.

 
*Player Eligibility applies: Girls U18 must be born between 1 Sep 2005 – 31 Aug 2007 and Girls U16 must be born between 1 Sep 2007 – 31 Aug 2009. 

Earlier this year we launched two brand-new Safeguarding courses which have been specifically tailored to our game, to help equip our Child Protection Officers with the latest information and support.

There is still time to sign up to our two courses which take place over the course of November. You can read more about the courses via the link below, and places can be booked via SCRUMS. 

Feedback

Here's what some of our attendees from September's courses had to say about taking part:

"I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this course - for a subject that is not likely to be described as enjoyable, the course and the interactions were of high value in helping me and, I'm sure, others feel better informed and better prepared to deal with any issues we come across.

"Energy and knowledge on the subject was brilliant and made this one of the best Scottish Rugby courses I’ve attended."

"This was a great CPD. Really informative. Will 100% recommend to my team. I loved the balance of discussion info sharing, tasks and games. It's really made me think about my own practice, the role I'm in and what our club needs to do to be providing the safest and most positive environment we can."

Scottish Rugby is pleased to announce that the Blueprint Roadshows will be returning for the 2023/24 season.

The roadshows will see the launch of the Blueprint Curriculum for the youth boys and girls games – as well as details around early pathway opportunities for youth players.

We strongly recommend that coaches of U14-U18 players attend the Roadshows, but mini and adult coaches are also welcome to see what to build up to/what skills players will be working on in their learning journey. 

The Roadshows will be delivered by the Game Development department, along with coaches from the FOSROC Academies, these roadshows offer the opportunity for coaches to engage in sessions to develop Blueprint principles within their coaching. 

We have created a Blueprint Bitesize Module for more information – access via SCRUMS > Browse Courses > E-Learning > Blueprint Bitesize 

Roadshow Dates 

Monday 20 November - Glasgow North - Ravenscraig 
Wednesday 22 November - Edinburgh - Scottish Gas Murrayfield 
Monday 27 November - Borders – Borders College/Gala RFC 
Wednesday 29 November - Caledonia North - Highland RFC

Sign up via SCRUMS.

Further roadshow will be confirmed for Aberdeen, Glasgow South and Caledonia Midlands for February 2024.