2023–24 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 2023–24 season sees the ninth year of the academy, now sponsored by Fosroc.[1]

Scottish Rugby Academy
2023 / 2024
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Season overview

This was the ninth 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 eligible for the Super 6 FOSROC Futures XV side when not in use by the United Rugby Championship sides.[4][5][6]

Glasgow Warriors

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

Player Position Union
Tom Banatvala Prop Scotland Scotland
Callum Norrie Prop Scotland Scotland
Ryan Burke Lock Scotland Scotland
Harris McLeod Lock Scotland Scotland
Ruaridh Hart Flanker Scotland Scotland
Jonny Morris Flanker Scotland Scotland
Player Position Union
Matthew Urwin Fly-half Scotland Scotland
Ben Salmon Centre Scotland Scotland
Johnny Ventisei Centre Scotland Scotland
Kerr Yule Centre Scotland Scotland
Amena Caqusau Wing Scotland Scotland
Logan Jarvie Wing Scotland Scotland
Kerr Johnston Wing Scotland Scotland
Fergus Watson Wing Scotland Scotland

Edinburgh

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

Player Position Union
Jerry Blyth-Lafferty Hooker Scotland Scotland
Harri Morris Hooker Scotland Scotland
Robbie Deans Prop Scotland Scotland
Ollie Blyth-Lafferty Prop Scotland Scotland
Euan McVie Lock Scotland Scotland
Tom Currie Flanker Scotland Scotland
Freddie Douglas Flanker Scotland Scotland
Liam McConnell Flanker Scotland Scotland
Ollie Duncan Number 8 Scotland Scotland
Player Position Union
Finlay Burgess Scrum-half Scotland Scotland
Hector Patterson Scrum-half Scotland Scotland
Isaac Coates Fly-half Scotland Scotland
Jack Hocking Centre Scotland Scotland
Finn Douglas Wing Scotland Scotland
Jack Brown Fullback Scotland Scotland

Graduates of this year

Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs:

None as yet.

References
  1. "Fosroc Scottish Rugby Academy roster announced". Scottish Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  2. "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  3. "FOSROC Scottish Rugby Academy to align with Scotland's professional teams". Scottish Rugby Union. 30 June 2020.
  4. "2021-2022 Contracted Academy Players Confirmed". Scottish Rugby Union. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  5. "2023/2024 Contracted Academy Players Confirmed". 27 June 2023.
  6. "2023/24 Pro-Academy intake confirmed". 26 July 2023.
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