2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship

The 2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship will be contested from August – October 2015. The tournament is run by the Scottish Rugby Union and will be competed for by the 4 regional teams from the BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy.

2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship
CountriesScotland
DateAugust – October 2015
ChampionsEdinburgh U20
Runners-upWest U20
Matches played5
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The U-20 Championship is three rounds of the regional round-robin, which takes in the autumn, and concludes with a final in October.

Teams

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The following teams took part in the inaugural 2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship:

2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship
Team Name Ground
Caledonia U20 Hillhead, Aberdeen
Edinburgh U20 Napier University, Edinburgh
West U20 Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Borders U20 Netherdale, Galashiels

Standings

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The round robin standings for the 2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship were:[1]

2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 West U20 3 3 0 0 110 50 +60 2 0 14
2 Edinburgh U20 3 2 0 1 113 55 +58 2 0 11
3 Caledonia U20 3 1 0 2 82 94 -12 0 0 5
4 Borders U20 3 0 0 2 32 138 −106 0 0 0

Round-by-round

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The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets:

Team Progression – 2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship
Team R1 R2 R3
Caledonia U20 0
(4th)
0
(3rd)
5
(3rd)
Edinburgh U20 5
(2nd)
10
(2nd)
14
(1st)
West U20 5
(1st)
10
(1st)
11
(2nd)
Borders U20 0
(3rd)
0
(4th)
0
(4th)
Key: win draw loss

Fixtures and results

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The following matches were played in the 2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship:[2]

  • All times are GMT.

Round One

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9 Aug 2015 Edinburgh U20 19-34 Edinburgh U20 Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld  
17:00
9 Aug 2015 West U20 39-15 Caledonia U20 Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld  
18:30

Round Two

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14 Aug 2015 West U20 53-10 Caledonia U20 Burnbrae, Glasgow  
18:00
14 Aug 2015 Edinburgh U20 53-17 Borders U20 Burnbrae, Glasgow  
19:30

Round Three

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23 Aug 2015 Edinburgh U20 23-21 West U20 Kings Park, Aberdeen  
13:00
23 Aug 2015 Caledonia U20 46 - 7 Borders U20 Kings Park, Aberdeen  
14:45

Finals

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Champions final

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FB 15 Blair Kinghorn
RW 14 Ross McCann
OC 13 Ally Greig
IC 12 Cameron Gray
LW 11 Saul Melvin-Farr
FH 10 Ali Davidson
SH 9 Hugh Fraser
N8 8 Ally Miller
BF 7 Scott Burnside
OF 6 Jamie Ritchie (c)
RL 5 Hamish Bain
LL 4 Callum Hunter-Hill
TP 3 Craig Stewart
HK 2 Craig Willis
LP 1 Dan Elkington
Replacements:
HK 16 Malcolm Jack
PR 17 Mark Latta
PR 18 Cameron McLellan-Watt
LK 19 Luke Crosbie
FL 20 Thomas Gordon
SH 21 Charlie Shiel
FH 22 Andrew Manson
WG 23 Robert Kay
FB 15 Josh Henderson
RW 14 James Couper
OC 13 Charlie Lonergan
IC 12 Max MacFarlane
LW 11 Graeme Docherty
FH 10 Andrew Goudie
SH 9 Jack Preston
N8 8 Matt Smith
OF 7 Angus Neilson
BF 6 Michael Dewar
RL 5 Lee Scott
LL 4 Calum Braid
TP 3 Cameron Taylor
HK 2 Lewis Anderson
LP 1 Lyall Archer
Replacements:
HK 16 Ruraidh Sayce
PR 17 Erik Cavan
PR 18 Darren Allen
LK 19 Adam Nichol
N8 20 Walker Graham
SH 21 Andrew Simmers
CE 22 John McCorkindale
WG 23 Sam Graham

Third place final

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FB 15 Ruairi Howarth
RW 14 Alec McKay
OC 13 George Taylor
IC 12 Matt McPhilips
LW 11 Gavin Wood
FH 10 Tom Galbraith
SH 9 Arthur Sinclair
N8 8 Stephen Ainslie
BF 7 Andrew Grant-Suttie
OF 6 Stuart Allison
RL 5 William Brown
LL 4 Reece Wishart
TP 3 Blair Robertson
HK 2 Fraser Renwick
LP 1 Mike Morrison
Replacements:
HK 16 Grant Paxton
PR 17 Ben Christie
PR 18 Neil Turnbull
LK 19 Thomas Hamilton
FL 20 Sean Chapman
SH 21 Thomas Klein
FH 22 Robbie Chalmers
WG 23 Fin Graham
FB 15 Jacob Adamson (c)
RW 14 Liam Cousins
OC 13 Paul Ritch
IC 12 Rhys Thomson
LW 11 Jamie Batho
FH 10 Ewan Fox
SH 9 Fionn Call
N8 8 Declan O'Brien
OF 7 Chris Jollands
BF 6 Duncan Wither
RL 5 Ewan Stewart
LL 4 Hamilton Burr
TP 3 Owen Jackson
HK 2 Matthew Emmison
LP 1 Lewis Skinner
Replacements:
HK 16 Fergus McKenzie
PR 17 Adam Thomson
PR 18 Daniel Dineen
LK 19 James Pow
N8 20 Richard Winton
SH 21 Henry Sampson
CE 22 Lorne Christie

References

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  1. ^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy U20 Regional Championship".
  2. ^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy U20 Regional Championship".