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Jan 22, 2025 | 
scottishrugby.org | Joe Anderson
The group consists of 19 forwards and 15 backs, and will get their championship underway at home to Italy U20 on Friday 31 January at Hive Stadium. Johnny Ventisei will captain the squad, having led the side against Wales U20 in a friendly in December. Freddy Douglas, who won a first Scotland senior cap against Portugal in November last year, is selected as he nears a return from injury.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
scottishrugby.org | Joe Anderson
Scotland face Italy at home on Saturday 1 February and Glasgow Warriors centre Tuipulotu, who was named captain at the tail end of last year, once more assumes the responsibility. There are two uncapped players in the selection: Saracens stand-off Fergus Burke, who qualifies through the lineage of his Glasgow-born grandfather, and Glasgow Warriors No 8 Jack Mann, who has impressed in the Scotstoun back row this season.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
scottishrugby.org | Joe Anderson
The Glasgow Warrior, who made his international debut in 2018, is named at No.8 and will anchor a back row containing openside flanker Rory Darge and Jamie Ritchie, who has been named on the blindside. The rest of Scotland’s starting pack who faced South Africa two weeks ago is reinstated, with Grant Gilchrist and Scott Cummings once more forming the second row. And up front, Ewan Ashman returns at hooker, either side of loosehead prop Pierre Schoeman and Zander Fagerson at tighthead.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
scottishrugby.org | Joe Anderson
Sione believed his grandmother would never be able to see him play rugby at Scottish Gas Murrayfield due to her age and health, however, with Skyscanner and Scottish Rugby’s help Jaqueline Thomson was able to fly ‘home’ for the first time in 12 years and surprise her grandsons ahead of this weekend’s games against Chile and Australia. Thomson (77) now lives in Australia but is originally from Greenock on Scotland’s west coast.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
scottishrugby.org | Joe Anderson
Try scorer McDowall will be joined by seven other players who featured in the victory in front of more than 60,000 at Scottish Gas Murrayfield. The match this weekend will be part of a double header ahead of Scotland’s match against Australia on the Sunday. Tickets are available nowScotland A will be in action for the first time since 2022, when they took on Chile in Santiago, running out 45-5 winners on that occasion.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
scottishrugby.org | Joe Anderson
McDowall has previously captained Glasgow Warriors and co-captained Scotland against Canada in the summer. He will partner Rory Hutchinson, who has impressed for Northampton Saints and will play for Scotland for the first time since the 2022 summer tour against Argentina. On the wing, Darcy Graham returns after recovering from sustaining a concussion in his sensational four-try display against Fiji earlier this month.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
scottishrugby.org | Joe Anderson
The Inverurie outfit go into the game in sixth position, having picked up three wins so far and sitting on 16 points, while Cartha are one place back in seventh win one win and nine points. A high-scoring affair in the reverse fixture saw Garioch come out on top away from home, winning 40-34 back in September. There is also a key battle towards the top of the women’s Premiership, as fourth-placed Hillhead Jordanhill host third-placed Stirling County.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
scottishrugby.org | Joe Anderson
Top 14 and European Champions Cup winner Blair Kinghorn is available this week and will start on the right wing. Finn Russell and Ben White have been selected as the half-back pairing with Russell chosen as a vice-captain. The rest of the backline is unchanged from the Fiji win with Huw Jones and captain, Sione Tuipulotu, combining once again in the centre. After topping the all-time try scoring charts for Scotland under hot pursuit of Darcy Graham, Duhan van der Merwe will start on the left wing.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
scottishrugby.org | Joe Anderson
Corstorphine are 10 from 10 so far, amassing 50 points and a points difference of 499. Stirling County are 13 points back on 37, and sit above third-placed Watsonians on points difference. The previous league encounter between the two this season finished in a 34-22 win for Corstorphine at Bridgehaugh. Hillhead Jordanhill could climb to second with a bonus-point win, depending on other results. They travel to Cartha Queens Park, who will be looking to pick up a second win of the campaign.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
scottishrugby.org | Joe Anderson
With mostly just home-based players available due to the match taking place outside the international window, Sione will partner Huw Jones in the centre. On the wings, Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe are named. In van der Merwe’s last match for Scotland he became the country’s top try scorer after touching down against Uruguay. After an impressive Guinness Six Nations earlier this year and scoring two tries against Chile on summer tour, Kyle Rowe is named at full-back.
