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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 2019-20 season sees the fifth year of the academy, now sponsored by Fosroc. [1]
This was the fifth year of the Scottish Rugby Academy.
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]
Players are selected in three stages:-
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 Stade Niçois for their development. [1]
This year, in addition to being assigned to Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby, the male Stage 3 players are also assigned to the professional Super 6 sides. Thus, half of the Super 6 teams are allied to Glasgow Warriors:- Stirling County, Ayrshire Bulls and Boroughmuir Bears; the other half allied to Edinburgh Rugby:- Watsonians, Southern Knights and Heriot's Rugby.
Jacob Henry and Nathan Sweeney join the Borders Academy at Stage 3 this season; Henry being promoted from Stage 2 and Sweeney a direct entrant. Fraser Renwick drops out from last year.
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Angus Fraser, Gregor Brown and Grant Hughes all join the Caledonia Academy this season; Fraser and Hughes being promoted from the Stage 2 section of last year's academy, Brown as a direct entrant . Ollie Smith transfers in from the Glasgow Academy; Murphy Walker transfers from the Caledonia Academy to the Glasgow Academy.
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Matt Currie, Dan Gamble, Sam Grahamslaw, Charlie Jupp, Scott King, Jack Mann, Harry Paterson and Cameron Scott all join as Stage 3 players this year in addition to stalwarts Shaun Gunn, Dan Winning, Connor Boyle. Jupp and Gamble were promoted from last year's Stage 2; the others joining as direct entrants. Rufus McLean transfers to the Glasgow Academy. Duncan Ferguson, Callum Atkinson, and Robbie Davis all drop out. Ross Dunbar has signed with Stade Niçois.
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Rufus McLean transfers in from the Edinburgh Academy. Murphy Walker transfers in from the Caledonia Academy. Ollie Smith transfers to the Caledonia Academy. Kaleem Barreto is loaned out to Stade Niçois. Logan Trotter has signed for Super 6 side Stirling County. The lock Rory Jackson is promoted from Stage 2
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Stade Niçois is a French rugby union side. In season 2019-20 they play in the French third tier, in Fédérale 1. They have a partnership agreement with the SRU.
Cammy Hutchison from last year's Academy has now signed with Heriots Rugby.
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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The inductees for the 2019-20 season are split into their regional academies. [3] 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.
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs:
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