2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship

2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship
Countries	Scotland
Date	August – October 2015
Champions	Edinburgh U20
Runners-up	West U20
Matches played	5

The 2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship will be contested from August – October 2015. The tournament is run by the Scottish Rugby Union and will be competed for by the 4 regional teams from the BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy.

The U-20 Championship is three rounds of the regional round-robin, which takes in the autumn, and concludes with a final in October.

Teams

The following teams took part in the inaugural 2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship:

2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship
Team Name	Ground
Caledonia U20	Hillhead, Aberdeen
Edinburgh U20	Napier University, Edinburgh
West U20	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Borders U20	Netherdale, Galashiels

Standings

The round robin standings for the 2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship were:

2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
1	West U20	3	3	0	0	110	50	+60	2	0	14
2	Edinburgh U20	3	2	0	1	113	55	+58	2	0	11
3	Caledonia U20	3	1	0	2	82	94	-12	0	0	5
4	Borders U20	3	0	0	2	32	138	−106	0	0	0

Round-by-round

The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets:

Team Progression – 2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship
Team	R1	R2	R3
Caledonia U20	0 (4th)	0 (3rd)	5 (3rd)
Edinburgh U20	5 (2nd)	10 (2nd)	14 (1st)
West U20	5 (1st)	10 (1st)	11 (2nd)
Borders U20	0 (3rd)	0 (4th)	0 (4th)
Key:	win	draw	loss

Fixtures and results

The following matches were played in the 2015 Scottish Rugby U-20 Championship:

• All times are GMT.

Round One

	9 Aug 2015	Edinburgh U20	19-34	Edinburgh U20	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
	17:00

	9 Aug 2015	West U20	39-15	Caledonia U20	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
	18:30

Round Two

	14 Aug 2015	West U20	53-10	Caledonia U20	Burnbrae, Glasgow
	18:00

	14 Aug 2015	Edinburgh U20	53-17	Borders U20	Burnbrae, Glasgow
	19:30

Round Three

	23 Aug 2015	Edinburgh U20	23-21	West U20	Kings Park, Aberdeen
	13:00

	23 Aug 2015	Caledonia U20	46 - 7	Borders U20	Kings Park, Aberdeen
	14:45

Finals

Champions final

Sunday 11 October 16:45

Edinburgh U20	48-14	West U20
Try: Shiel, Miller, Gray, Willis, Jack, Greig, Crosbie, Ben Appleson	Report	Try: Preston Pen: Henderson (4)

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

FB 15 Blair Kinghorn RW 14 Ross McCann OC 13 Ally Greig IC 12 Cameron Gray LW 11 Saul Melvin-Farr FH 10 Ali Davidson SH 9 Hugh Fraser N8 8 Ally Miller BF 7 Scott Burnside OF 6 Jamie Ritchie (c) RL 5 Hamish Bain LL 4 Callum Hunter-Hill TP 3 Craig Stewart HK 2 Craig Willis LP 1 Dan Elkington Replacements: HK 16 Malcolm Jack PR 17 Mark Latta PR 18 Cameron McLellan-Watt LK 19 Luke Crosbie FL 20 Thomas Gordon SH 21 Charlie Shiel FH 22 Andrew Manson WG 23 Robert Kay

FB 15 Josh Henderson RW 14 James Couper OC 13 Charlie Lonergan IC 12 Max MacFarlane LW 11 Graeme Docherty FH 10 Andrew Goudie SH 9 Jack Preston N8 8 Matt Smith OF 7 Angus Neilson BF 6 Michael Dewar RL 5 Lee Scott LL 4 Calum Braid TP 3 Cameron Taylor HK 2 Lewis Anderson LP 1 Lyall Archer Replacements: HK 16 Ruraidh Sayce PR 17 Erik Cavan PR 18 Darren Allen LK 19 Adam Nichol N8 20 Walker Graham SH 21 Andrew Simmers CE 22 John McCorkindale WG 23 Sam Graham

Third place final

Sunday 11 October 13:00

Borders U20	46-17	Caledonia U20
	Report

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

FB 15 Ruairi Howarth RW 14 Alec McKay OC 13 George Taylor IC 12 Matt McPhilips LW 11 Gavin Wood FH 10 Tom Galbraith SH 9 Arthur Sinclair N8 8 Stephen Ainslie BF 7 Andrew Grant-Suttie OF 6 Stuart Allison RL 5 William Brown LL 4 Reece Wishart TP 3 Blair Robertson HK 2 Fraser Renwick LP 1 Mike Morrison Replacements: HK 16 Grant Paxton PR 17 Ben Christie PR 18 Neil Turnbull LK 19 Thomas Hamilton FL 20 Sean Chapman SH 21 Thomas Klein FH 22 Robbie Chalmers WG 23 Fin Graham

FB 15 Jacob Adamson (c) RW 14 Liam Cousins OC 13 Paul Ritch IC 12 Rhys Thomson LW 11 Jamie Batho FH 10 Ewan Fox SH 9 Fionn Call N8 8 Declan O'Brien OF 7 Chris Jollands BF 6 Duncan Wither RL 5 Ewan Stewart LL 4 Hamilton Burr TP 3 Owen Jackson HK 2 Matthew Emmison LP 1 Lewis Skinner Replacements: HK 16 Fergus McKenzie PR 17 Adam Thomson PR 18 Daniel Dineen LK 19 James Pow N8 20 Richard Winton SH 21 Henry Sampson CE 22 Lorne Christie