2023–24 Scottish Rugby Academy season

The Scottish Rugby Academy provides Scotland's up and coming rugby stars a dedicated focused routeway for development into the professional game. Entry is restricted to Scottish qualified students and both male and female entrants are accepted into 4 regional academies. The 2023–24 season sees the ninth year of the academy, now sponsored by Fosroc.[1]

Scottish Rugby Academy
2023 / 2024

Season overview

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This was the ninth year of the Scottish Rugby Academy.

Regional Academies

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The Scottish Rugby Academy runs four regional academies in Scotland:- Glasgow and the West, Borders and East Lothian, Edinburgh and Caledonia. These roughly correspond to the traditional districts of Glasgow District, South, Edinburgh District and North and Midlands.[2]

Stages

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Players are selected in three stages:-

Supported stages

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  • Stage 1 - Regionally selected and regionally supported players
  • Stage 2 - Nationally selected and regionally supported players

Contracted stage

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  • Stage 3 - Nationally selected and regionally supported players assigned to a professional team.

Academy Players

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Stage 3 players

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Stage 3 players are assigned to a professional team. Nominally, for the men, Glasgow Warriors receive the Stage 3 players of Glasgow and the West and Caledonia regions, while Edinburgh Rugby receive the Stage 3 players of the Edinburgh and Borders and East Lothian regions. The women are integrated into the Scotland women's national rugby sevens team and the Scotland women's national rugby union team.

The Stage 3 players were assigned directly to Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby.[3]

However they were also eligible for the Super 6 FOSROC Futures XV side when not in use by the United Rugby Championship sides.[4][5][6]

Glasgow Warriors

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Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Tom Banatvala Prop   Scotland
Callum Norrie Prop   Scotland
Ryan Burke Lock   Scotland
Harris McLeod Lock   Scotland
Ruaraidh Hart Flanker   Scotland
Jonny Morris Flanker   Scotland
Player Position Union
Matthew Urwin Fly-half   Scotland
Ben Salmon Centre   Scotland
Johnny Ventisei Centre   Scotland
Kerr Yule Centre   Scotland
Amena Caqusau Wing   Scotland
Logan Jarvie Wing   Scotland
Kerr Johnston Wing   Scotland
Fergus Watson Wing   Scotland

Edinburgh

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Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Jerry Blyth-Lafferty Hooker   Scotland
Harri Morris Hooker   Scotland
Robbie Deans Prop   Scotland
Ollie Blyth-Lafferty Prop   Scotland
Euan McVie Lock   Scotland
Tom Currie Flanker   Scotland
Freddie Douglas Flanker   Scotland
Liam McConnell Flanker   Scotland
Ollie Duncan Number 8   Scotland
Player Position Union
Finlay Burgess Scrum-half   Scotland
Hector Patterson Scrum-half   Scotland
Isaac Coates Fly-half   Scotland
Jack Hocking Centre   Scotland
Finn Douglas Wing   Scotland
Jack Brown Fullback   Scotland

Graduates of this year

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Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs:

None as yet.

References

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  1. ^ "Fosroc Scottish Rugby Academy roster announced". Scottish Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  2. ^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  3. ^ "FOSROC Scottish Rugby Academy to align with Scotland's professional teams". Scottish Rugby Union. 30 June 2020.
  4. ^ "2021-2022 Contracted Academy Players Confirmed". Scottish Rugby Union. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  5. ^ "2023/2024 Contracted Academy Players Confirmed". 27 June 2023.
  6. ^ "2023/24 Pro-Academy intake confirmed". 26 July 2023.