2024–25 Scottish Rugby Academy season
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The Scottish Rugby Academy provides Scotland's up-and-coming rugby union players 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 four regional academies. The 2024–25 season sees the tenth year of the academy, and sponsored by Fosroc.[1]
Season overview
This was the tenth year of the Scottish Rugby Academy. With the closure of the Super 6 league, the academy numbers for both Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby have been increased to help mitigate the young players development.
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]
Glasgow Warriors
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Edinburgh
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
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Graduates of this year
Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs:
- Jare Oguntibeju (Glasgow Warriors)
- Duncan Munn (Glasgow Warriors)
- Freddy Douglas (Edinburgh)
- Amena Caqusau (Northampton Saints)
- Aidan Cross (Doncaster Knights)
- Callum Smyth (Worcester Warriors)
- Richie Simpson (Ealing Trailfinders)
References
- ^ "Fosroc Scottish Rugby Academy roster announced". Scottish Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ^ "FOSROC Scottish Rugby Academy to align with Scotland's professional teams". Scottish Rugby Union. 30 June 2020.