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 2022–23 season sees the eighth year of the academy, now sponsored by Fosroc.[1]
Season overview
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Regional Academies
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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 assigned to the Super 6 sides when not in use by the United Rugby Championship sides.[4]
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.
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.
Super 6 intake
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Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Heriots Rugby
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Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Watsonians
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Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Graduates of this year
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Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs:
References
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