2021–22 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 2021–22 season sees the seventh year of the academy, now sponsored by Fosroc.[1]

Scottish Rugby Academy
2021 / 2022

Season overview

This was the seventh year of the Scottish Rugby Academy.

Regional Academies

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

Players are selected in three stages:-

Supported stages

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

Contracted stage

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

Academy Players

Stage 3 players

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

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Murphy Walker Prop Scotland
Jamie Drummond Hooker Scotland
Angus Fraser Hooker Scotland
Euan Ferrie Lock Scotland
Alex Samuel Lock Scotland
Max Williamson Lock Scotland
Gregor Brown Flanker Scotland
Rory Jackson Flanker Scotland
Rhys Tait Flanker Scotland
Player Position Union
Euan Cunningham Fly-half Scotland
Christian Townsend Fly-half Scotland
Michael Gray Centre Scotland
Robbie McCallum Centre Scotland
Finlay Callaghan Wing Scotland
Ross McKnight Wing Scotland

Edinburgh

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Dan Gamble Prop Scotland
Michael Jones Prop Scotland
Cole Lamberton Prop Scotland
Patrick Harrison Hooker Scotland
Jamie Campbell Flanker Scotland
Harri Morris Flanker Scotland
Rudi Brown Flanker Scotland
Player Position Union
Roan Frostwick Scrum-half Scotland
Matt Russell Fly-half Scotland
Cameron Scott Fly-half Scotland
Matt Currie Centre Scotland
Ben Evans Wing Scotland
Jacob Henry Wing Scotland
Harry Paterson Fullback Scotland
Nathan Sweeney Fullback Scotland

Ayrshire Bulls

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Jamie Drummond Hooker Scotland
Alex Samuel Lock Scotland
Rory Jackson Flanker Scotland
Player Position Union
Christian Townsend Fly-half Scotland
Finlay Callaghan Wing Scotland

Boroughmuir Bears

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Euan Ferrie Lock Scotland
Gregor Brown Flanker Scotland
Rhys Tait Flanker Scotland
Player Position Union
Robbie McCallum Centre Scotland
Michael Gray Centre Scotland

Heriots Rugby

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Dan Gamble Prop Scotland
Michael Jones Prop Scotland
Jamie Campbell Flanker Scotland
Player Position Union
Matt Russell Fly-half Scotland
Ben Evans Wing Scotland

Southern Knights

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Patrick Harrison Hooker Scotland
Harri Morris Flanker Scotland
Player Position Union
Cameron Scott Fly-half Scotland
Jacob Henry Wing Scotland
Nathan Sweeney Fullback Scotland

Stirling County

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Murphy Walker Prop Scotland
Angus Fraser Hooker Scotland
Max Williamson Lock Scotland
Player Position Union
Euan Cunningham Fly-half Scotland
Ross McKnight Wing Scotland

Watsonians

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Cole Lamberton Prop Scotland
Rudi Brown Flanker Scotland
Player Position Union
Roan Frostwick Scrum-half Scotland
Matt Currie Centre Scotland
Harry Paterson Fullback Scotland

Supported players

The inductees for the 2021–22 season are split into their regional academies.[5] The male players are still in Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the academy and not yet deemed professional players. The women named, however, may be international players, using the academy for support. Stage 1 and Stage 2 players have yet to be announced for the 2021–22 season.

Graduates of this year

None as yet.


References

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