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2016–17 Scottish Rugby Academy season

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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 2016–17 season sees the second year of the academy.

Scottish Rugby Academy
2016 / 2017
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Season overview edit

This was the second year of the Scottish Rugby Academy

Regional Academies edit

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.[1]

Players and Stages edit

Players are selected in three stages:- Stage 1 - Regionally selected and regionally supported players; Stage 2 - Nationally selected and regionally supported players; and Stage 3 - Nationally selected and regionally supported players assigned to a professional team.

Stage 3 players edit

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.

This season some of the Stage 3 players were additionally loaned out to London Scottish for their development.

Borders and East Lothian edit

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

Player Position Union
Gary Robertson Prop   Scotland
Player Position Union
Darcy Graham Wing   Scotland

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Caledonia edit

No Stage 3 players selected.[3]

Edinburgh edit

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

Player Position Union
Murray McCallum Prop   Scotland
Daniel Winning Prop   Scotland
Thomas Gordon Flanker   Scotland
Luke Crosbie Flanker   Scotland
Player Position Union
Charlie Shiel Scrum-half   Scotland
Jason Baggott Fly-half   Scotland
Cammy Hutchison Centre   Scotland
George Taylor Centre   Scotland
Ross McCann Wing   Scotland
Grant McConnell Wing   Scotland

Glasgow and the West edit

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

Player Position Union
Jamie Bhatti Prop   Scotland
Callum Hunter-Hill Lock   Scotland
Sam Thomson Lock   Scotland
Bruce Flockhart Flanker   Scotland
Matt Smith Flanker   Scotland
Lewis Wynne Flanker   Scotland
Matt Fagerson Number 8   Scotland
Jade Konkel Number 8   Scotland
Player Position Union
George Horne Scrum-half   Scotland
Robert Beattie Wing   Scotland

London Scottish edit

London Scottish is a SRU member and a professional club playing in the 2016–17 RFU Championship. The SRU has a partnership agreement with London Scottish for a player development pathway.[4] Although these Stage 3 players are nominally assigned to Glasgow Warriors or Edinburgh Rugby these academy players have then been loaned out to the Exiles side for development.[5]

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

Player Position Union
Cameron Fenton Hooker   Scotland
Ally Miller Number 8   Scotland
Player Position Union
Hugh Fraser Scrum-half   Scotland
Tom Galbraith Centre   Scotland
Patrick Kelly Wing   Scotland
Ben Robbins Wing   Scotland

Stage 1 and 2 players edit

The inductees into the 2016–17 season are split into their regional academies.[6]

Borders and East Lothian edit

Caledonia edit

Edinburgh edit

Glasgow and the West edit

[7]

Graduates of this year edit

Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs:

References edit

  1. ^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  2. ^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Borders and East Lothian - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  3. ^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Caledonia - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  4. ^ "Scottish Rugby and London Scottish confirm revised player development pathway - Scottish Rugby Union".
  5. ^ "2016/17 BT Sport Academy intake announced - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  6. ^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy reaches significant milestone - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  7. ^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Glasgow and The West - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  8. ^ a b "Smith and Wynne sign professional contracts with the Warriors - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
  9. ^ "Glasgow secure Scottish prop duo - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
  10. ^ "McCallum graduates from Academy to join Edinburgh Rugby - Edinburgh Rugby". www.edinburghrugby.org.
  11. ^ "Miller signs two-year deal with Edinburgh Rugby - Edinburgh Rugby". www.edinburghrugby.org.
  12. ^ "Graham signs professional deal with Edinburgh Rugby - Edinburgh Rugby". www.edinburghrugby.org.
  13. ^ a b "Academy duo sign professional contracts - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
  14. ^ a b c "Latest intake of top young talent confirmed - Scottish Rugby Union". www.scottishrugby.org. Archived from the original on 2017-06-03. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
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