2015–16 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 2015–16 season sees the first year of the academy.

Season overview

This was the founding year of the Scottish Rugby Academy.^[1]

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]

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.

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.

Borders and East Lothian

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

Player	Position	Union
Gary Robertson	Prop	Scotland
Ross Graham	Hooker	Scotland
Lewis Carmichael	Lock	Scotland

Player	Position	Union
Tom Galbraith	Centre	Scotland
George Taylor	Centre	Scotland

Caledonia

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

Player	Position	Union
Murray McCallum	Prop	Scotland
Bruce Flockhart	Flanker	Scotland
Lewis Wynne	Flanker	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
Jack Cosgrove	Prop	Scotland
Grant McConnell	Prop	Scotland
Jake Kerr	Hooker	Scotland
Ally Miller	Flanker	Scotland

Player	Position	Union
Hugh Fraser	Scrum-half	Scotland
Ruairi Howarth	Outside-half	Scotland
Ben Robbins	Fullback	Scotland

Glasgow and the West

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

Player	Position	Union
Cameron Fenton	Hooker	Scotland
James Malcolm	Hooker	Scotland
Scott Cummings	Lock	Scotland
Andrew Davidson	Lock	Scotland
Callum Hunter-Hill	Lock	Scotland
Kiran McDonald	Lock	Scotland
Michael Dewar	Flanker	Scotland
Matt Smith	Flanker	Scotland

Player	Position	Union
George Horne	Scrum-half	Scotland
Robbie Fergusson	Centre	Scotland
Nick Grigg	Centre	Scotland
Patrick Kelly	Centre	Scotland

Stage 1 and Stage 2 players

The inductees into the 2015–16 season are split into their regional academies.^[3]

Graduates of this year

Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs:

Andrew Davidson to Newcastle Falcons
Lewis Carmichael to Edinburgh Rugby
Jack Cosgrove to Edinburgh Rugby
Ross Graham to Yorkshire Carnegie
Robbie Fergusson to London Scottish F.C.
Scott Cummings to Glasgow Warriors
Ali Price to Glasgow Warriors
James Malcolm to Glasgow Warriors
Nick Grigg to Glasgow Warriors

References

^ "Flagship BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy launched in Aberdeen - Scottish Rugby Union".
^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
^ "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy reaches significant milestone - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-09-20.

[1] "Flagship BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy launched in Aberdeen - Scottish Rugby Union".

[2] "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2016-09-20.

[3] "BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy reaches significant milestone - Scottish Rugby Union". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-09-20.

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