Tag: Scottish Rugby
Invitation to dress up for Scotland’s biggest ever Hallowe’en party
BT Murrayfield is warming up to host Scotland’s biggest ever Hallowe’en Party – and everybody’s invited.
Fans will be able to watch the national men’s team live in a home international for the first time...
RugbyForce Weekend winners visited by Scotland Internationals
Junior players at Leith Rugby Club received an inspirational visit this Sunday from current and former Scotland Men's International stars Grant Gilchrist and Tim Visser as they were crowned Royal Bank RugbyForce winners for...
Resumption of domestic rugby for 2021/22 season confirmed by Scottish Rugby
Earlier this week, Scottish Rugby confirmed the resumption of a national competitive league structure for the upcoming 2021/22 season following a consultation with clubs and schools across the country.
The Rugby Development department, supported by...
Peter Vardy Group signed as new Scottish Rugby Principal Partner & Scotland shirt sponsor
The Peter Vardy Group has been secured by Scottish Rugby as a Principal Partner and new front of shirt sponsor for the Scotland national team in a four-year deal commencing in the summer of...
Scottish Rugby’s support from BT extends out to 10 years
In an updated deal which will see it reach ten years with the national governing body, Scottish Rugby Principal Partner BT has agreed to extend its support for the sport in Scotland. BT will...
£176,000 facelift for Roseburn Park pitches gets underway
Work on the 30-week reconstruction of two grass pitches at Roseburn Park started yesterday (16th March) in order to provide Murrayfield Wanderers Rugby Club with year-round playing surfaces. As well as upgraded surfaces, a...
Return to competitive club rugby paused until January 2021
Scottish Rugby’s Board has supported a recommendation by the Scottish Rugby Council to delay the planned return to competitive rugby, at all levels of the club and school game, until January 2021 at the...
Fixtures for 2020/21 club & school season announced by Scottish Rugby
The fixtures for each tier of the Scottish game has been published by Scottish Rugby as the sport makes steady progress to resume, in line with public health guidelines.
Following widespread Scottish Rugby Council consultation...
Scottish Rugby confirms season structures for 2020/21 club competitions
The 'return to rugby' competition structures in Scotland for season 2020/21 are now confirmed following a series of consultations undertaken by the Scottish Rugby Council, with clubs and schools across the country.
The Scottish Rugby...
Scotland’s Megan Gaffney moves over to Heriots’ Blues Women
Scotland Women's Megan Gaffney will make the move from Myreside to Goldenacre to play with Heriot’s Blues Women whenever rugby resumes.
The winger has a big year ahead of her with preparation for the Women’s...
Season 2020/21 ‘Return to Rugby Roadmap’ unveiled by Scottish Rugby
Scottish Rugby unveiled their roadmap earlier today (3rd July 2020) on how clubs and schools could manage the return to playing rugby in Scotland for the 2020/21 season.
The six-stage roadmap for clubs and schools...
Scottish Rugby & Rugby Players Scotland Joint Statement
As the country continues to fight Coronavirus and the resulting closedown of rugby and all sport, Scotland’s top rugby players’ salaries may be reduced for five months.
This follows discussions between Scottish Rugby and Rugby...
Scottish Rugby’s 2019/20 season declared null and void
Scottish Rugby has joined its Irish, Welsh and Italian counterparts in declaring that the 2019/20 domestic rugby season in Scotland has been classified as null and void.
This decision follows the earlier interim suspension and...
Health initiative at major rugby matches this weekend
Scottish Rugby is working with the Scottish Government on a major public health initiative this weekend.
A wide range of measures to protect public health are being implemented at BT Murrayfield, Scotstoun and Netherdale stadiums.
Measures...
Rugby – Scotland v England, U20 Six Nations
Coming off the back of
defeat to Ireland, Scotland's U20 side faced England's youngsters at
Myreside on Friday night in Round 2 of the this season's U20 Six
Nations Championship.
And, having been dumped
out of the U20 World...
Rugby – Scotland v Wales, Women’s Autumn Internationals
cotland had two Autumn
International lined up at home for their women with Wales and Japan.
The first of these was Sunday's match against Wales, a match that
also marked the competitive debut of the new coaching...
New U20 Coaching Team Confirmed by Scottish Rugby
Former Scotland U20 Head Coach Sean Lineen will reunite with Shade Munro, who most recently coached Scotland Women, to oversee the Scotland U20 programme this season.
The pair previously coached together at Glasgow Warriors before...
One Millionth Fan Welcomed by Scottish Rugby
Scottish Rugby this week passed the one million ticket mark for fans watching Scotland matches at BT Murrayfield, since its run of 14 consecutive sell-out matches began in February 2017.
Kicking off with the Scotland...
Rugby – Scottish Rugby now has a whisky partner
Johnnie Walker has become the official whisky partner of Scottish Rugby.
The three year partnership means the whisky will be at all Scotland matches at BT Murrayfield Stadium.
The drinks brand is preparing to open a...
Rugby – Hillhead-Jordanhill v Watsonians, Sarah Beaney Cup Final
The final Final on Silver Saturday was the Sarah Beaney Cup was another West v East clash featuring Glasgow's Hillhead-Jordanhill and Edinburgh's Watsonians. Hillhead are getting on for being perennial finalists, but Watsonians were...
Rugby – Ayr v Heriots, Scottish Cup Final
In a Silver Saturday Final's Day at BT Murrayfield which saw several dramatic matches – including 39 points from Berwick as they romped away from Greenock, overcoming a 17 point deficit to take the...
Rugby – Scotland v Italy, U20 Six Nations Championship
The second match – and the headline act – on the cards at Netherdale on Friday was the opening match in the U20 Six Nations Championship with Italy the visitors to, an increasingly cold,...
Rugby – Scotland XV v Ireland XV, Club International
With the pitch at Myreside declared unplayable, Scotland XV's club match against an Ireland XV was moved to Galashiels' Netherdale ground and a 3:30pm kick-off. With around half the Scotland team made up of players from...
Rugby – Scotland v Argentina, 2018 Autumn Internationals
Scotland's fourth, and final, match of their 2018 Autumn International Series was played at a damp and miserable BT Murrayfield in front of a full house of damp, and maybe, not quite so miserable,...
Rugby – Scotland v Fiji, 2018 Autumn Internationals
That most mercurial of mercurial rugby nations, Fiji, were the first of three visitors to BT Murrayfield for Scotland's 2018 Autumn International Series. Having lost to the Pacific Islanders last time they played, Scotland...
10th Full-house in a Row for Scotland
Scotland's rugby fans fill the National Stadium to Capacity 10 times over.
A tenth successive capacity crowd will roar on Scotland at the country’s biggest stadium, BT Murrayfield, next month in a run of sell-outs that...
Junior 1872 Cup Contests for Scottish Rugby Academy sides
Age-grades align with Pro14 clubs
The best young players from the east and west of Scotland will be aligned to the nation’s two professional clubs, Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors, in a series of age-grade fixtures...
Three year sponsorship deal for Scotland Women’s Rugby
SP Energy Networks sign up as the new sponsor of the Scotland Women's rugby squad.
The electricity network company’s distinctive green logo will feature on the front of the Scotland Women home and alternate strips...
Plans for New 7800-seater Stadium Announced by Scottish Rugby
Scottish Rugby announces plans for new stadium in grounds of BT Murrayfield
Scottish Rugby has today announced it has applied for planning permission to install a new playing venue in the grounds of BT Murrayfield,...
Football Fans Treated to a ‘Behind the Scenes’ Tour of BT Murrayfield
100 supporters, plus 50 youth players from Spartans FC, given exclusive access
100 football fans were given the chance to see BT Murrayfield for themselves during an exclusive tour organised by Scottish Rugby ahead of...
