On Saturday 11 March, Hawick sealed a historic Premiership champion victory, edging a win from Currie Chieftains in the dying moments of the game to claim their first title in 21 years in hallow grounds of Mansfield Park (21-18).

Many congratulations to Hawick and Currie, who put on a fantastic show in the final. A fantastic advert for the club game.

Catch up on the action in the match report and highlights, linked below.

You can now register to attend the upcoming National Youth Cup Finals on Saturday 25 March as U16 & U18 Boys and Girls teams compete for the National Cup and Shield.

Fixtures will be played on the back pitches, DAM Health Stadium and Main Bowl at BT Murrayfield to establish the top Club Youth teams in Scotland. 

 All tickets are free and when selecting a ticket type, please select the team you are affiliated with or a General Admission ticket. 

All ticket types will give you access to the stadium for the entirety of the day. The free tickets are in use so we know when spectators will be arriving. 

For more information and tickets, click on the link below.

Scottish Rugby Schools Week supported by Saltire Energy restarted yesterday!

Scottish Rugby Schools Week supported by Saltire Energy aims to increase opportunities for girls and boys to engage in rugby by supporting schools (teachers) to deliver new rugby activities or highlight existing rugby activities, whilst providing links to local clubs.

Over the course of the week, rugby will reach school communities across the country from Ardrossan to Kirkwall, Elgin to Galashiels and many more locations in between.

In the first ever instalment of the programme in September 2021, more than 16,000 pupils, boys and girls, from 287 schools engaged with rugby.

Since then, more than 70,000 pupils have engaged in one of the four instalments of the programme, with the number of schools involved this year reaching over 360.
Some 113 secondary and 248 primary schools have signed up to participate with 50% of those schools’ delivering rugby for the first time in at least over 12-months.

Planned schools’ events to be delivered throughout the week include festivals of rugby, training sessions with local rugby clubs and Development Officers, and classroom-based sessions.

Stay tuned to Scottish Rugby's social media channels for more from across the country this week!

The coaching teams and fixture details for the newly reinstated Scottish Inter-district Championship have today been confirmed.

Coaches

Caledonia Reds: Head Coach,Colin Sangster (Dundee) Assistants, Kevin Wyness (Highland/GHA) Junior Bulumakau (Highland) Sam Mountain (Gordonians).

Edinburgh: Head Coach, Bob McKillop Alex Hagart (Stewart’s Melville), Mark Cairns (Currie Chieftains) and Iain Bethinussen (Edinburgh Academical).

Glasgow & the West: Kenny Diffenthal (Marr) will take charge as Head Coach for the Glasgow & West outfit, aided by Thomas Davidson (Glasgow Hawks) and Stephen Adair (Marr) who join as assistant coaches.

The South: Matty Douglas (Hawick) Andrew Clark (Musselburgh), Iain Chisholm (Peebles) and Robert Grigg (Melrose Rugby).

Fixtures

In the revived format, four men’s teams from across the country – Caledonia Reds, Edinburgh, Glasgow & West and the South – will compete in two fixtures later this year.

Tuesday 9 May (7pm): The South v Edinburgh, Netherdale (Galashiels)
Saturday 13 May (3pm): Caledonia Reds v Glasgow & The West, Canal Park, Inverness

The winners of each fixture will play in the Championship Final, with the remaining two teams battling it out in a third/fourth place play off on Sunday 21 May (venue TBC).

With the locations confirmed for the first two fixtures, Scottish Rugby is now accepting submissions from clubs across Scotland who are interested in hosting the Final and third/fourth place play-off on Sunday 21 May. 

The hosting club will be required to provide the following facilities, support and logistics:

• Minimum capacity for 1,500 spectators
• Hospitality spaceRecommendations for catering services for hospitality
• Ensure availability for the point of contact person responsible (and person implementing if delegated) to work with Scottish Rugby staff on coordination of the eventParking provisions for teams and spectators
• Changing facilities for four teams and Match Officials

• Match Day Emergency Action Plans (please attach a copy with each submission)

  
  

Submissions should be submitted to Vicky Cox, Competitions & Compliance Manager at vicky.cox@sru.org.uk no later than Friday 31 March 2023.