2016–17 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 2016–17 season sees the second year of the academy.

Scottish Rugby Academy
2016 / 2017
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Season overview

This was the second 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.[1]

Players and Stages

Players are selected in three stages:- Stage 1 - Regionally selected and regionally supported players; Stage 2 - Nationally selected and regionally supported players; and Stage 3 - Nationally selected and regionally supported players assigned to a professional team.

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.

This season some of the Stage 3 players were additionally loaned out to London Scottish for their development.

Borders and East Lothian

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
Gary Robertson Prop Scotland
Player Position Union
Darcy Graham Wing Scotland

[2]

Caledonia

No Stage 3 players selected.[3]

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
Murray McCallum Prop Scotland
Daniel Winning Prop Scotland
Thomas Gordon Flanker Scotland
Luke Crosbie Flanker Scotland
Player Position Union
Charlie Shiel Scrum-half Scotland
Jason Baggott Fly-half Scotland
Cammy Hutchison Centre Scotland
George Taylor Centre Scotland
Ross McCann Wing Scotland
Grant McConnell Wing Scotland

Glasgow and the West

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 Bhatti Prop Scotland
Callum Hunter-Hill Lock Scotland
Sam Thomson Lock Scotland
Bruce Flockhart Flanker Scotland
Matt Smith Flanker Scotland
Lewis Wynne Flanker Scotland
Matt Fagerson Number 8 Scotland
Jade Konkel Number 8 Scotland
Player Position Union
George Horne Scrum-half Scotland
Robert Beattie Wing Scotland

London Scottish

London Scottish is a SRU member and a professional club playing in the 2016–17 RFU Championship. The SRU has a partnership agreement with London Scottish for a player development pathway.[4] Although these Stage 3 players are nominally assigned to Glasgow Warriors or Edinburgh Rugby these academy players have then been loaned out to the Exiles side for development.[5]

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
Cameron Fenton Hooker Scotland
Ally Miller Number 8 Scotland
Player Position Union
Hugh Fraser Scrum-half Scotland
Tom Galbraith Centre Scotland
Patrick Kelly Wing Scotland
Ben Robbins Wing Scotland

Stage 1 and 2 players

The inductees into the 2016–17 season are split into their regional academies.[6]

Borders and East Lothian

Caledonia

Edinburgh

Glasgow and the West

[7]

Graduates of this year

Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs:

References
  1. "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  2. "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Borders and East Lothian - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  3. "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Caledonia - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  4. "Scottish Rugby and London Scottish confirm revised player development pathway - Scottish Rugby Union".
  5. "2016/17 BT Sport Academy intake announced - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  6. "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy reaches significant milestone - Scottish Rugby Union".
  7. "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Glasgow and The West - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  8. "Smith and Wynne sign professional contracts with the Warriors - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
  9. "Glasgow secure Scottish prop duo - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
  10. "McCallum graduates from Academy to join Edinburgh Rugby - Edinburgh Rugby". www.edinburghrugby.org.
  11. "Miller signs two-year deal with Edinburgh Rugby - Edinburgh Rugby". www.edinburghrugby.org.
  12. "Graham signs professional deal with Edinburgh Rugby - Edinburgh Rugby". www.edinburghrugby.org.
  13. "Academy duo sign professional contracts - Glasgow Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.org.
  14. "Latest intake of top young talent confirmed - Scottish Rugby Union". www.scottishrugby.org.
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