2015–16 Scottish Rugby Academy season

Sports July 2017 Scottish Rugby Academy2015 / 2016 2016–17 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.http://scottishrugby.org/news/14/10/01/flagship-bt-sport-scottish-rugby-academy-launched-aberdeen Flagship BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy launched in Aberdeen - Scottish Rugby Union 2016-09-20 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030937/http://scottishrugby.org/news/14/10/01/flagship-bt-sport-scottish-rugby-academy-launched-aberdeen dead 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.http://www.scottishrugby.org/agegrades/bt-sport-scottish-rugby-academy BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy - Scottish Rugby Union 2016-09-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20161028222030/http://www.scottishrugby.org/agegrades/bt-sport-scottish-rugby-academy 2016-10-28 dead 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 SCO rugby union PR Gary Robertson SCO rugby union HK Ross Graham SCO rugby union LK Lewis Carmichael SCO rugby union CE Tom Galbraith SCO rugby union CE George Taylor Caledonia SCO rugby union PR Murray McCallum SCO rugby union FL Bruce Flockhart SCO rugby union FL Lewis Wynne Edinburgh SCO rugby union PR Jack Cosgrove SCO rugby union PR Grant McConnell SCO rugby union HK Jake Kerr SCO rugby union FL Ally Miller SCO rugby union SH Hugh Fraser SCO rugby union OH Ruairi Howarth SCO rugby union FB Ben Robbins Glasgow and the West SCO rugby union HK Cameron Fenton SCO rugby union HK James Malcolm SCO rugby union LK Scott Cummings SCO rugby union LK Andrew Davidson SCO rugby union LK Callum Hunter-Hill SCO rugby union LK Kiran McDonald SCO rugby union FL Michael Dewar SCO rugby union FL Matt Smith SCO rugby union SH George Horne SCO rugby union CE Robbie Fergusson SCO rugby union CE Nick Grigg SCO rugby union CE Patrick Kelly Stage 1 and Stage 2 players The inductees into the 2015–16 season are split into their regional academies.http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/15/06/29/bt-sport-scottish-rugby-academy-reaches-significant-milestone BT Sport Scottish Rugby Academy reaches significant milestone - Scottish Rugby Union 2016-09-20 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063219/http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/15/06/29/bt-sport-scottish-rugby-academy-reaches-significant-milestone dead Borders and East Lothian Stephen Ainslie Stage 2 Currie RFC (Number Eight) Harry Borthwick Stage 2 Melrose RFC (Locks) Darcy Graham Stage 2 Hawick RFC (Full-back) Andrew Grant-Suttie Stage 2 North Berwick RFC (Openside flanker) Finn Hobbis Stage 2 North Berwick RFC (Prop) Andrew Horne Stage 2 Preston Lodge RFC (Blindside flanker) Grant Huggan Stage 2 Hawick RFC) (Stand-off Craig Pringle Stage 2 Melrose RFC (Centre) Fraser Renwick Stage 2 Hawick RFC (Hooker) Chloe Rollie Stage 2 Melrose Ladies RFC (Full-back) Daniel Suddon Stage 2 Hawick RFC (Locks) Lisa Thomson Stage 2 Melrose Ladies RFC (Centre) Caledonia Kaleem Barreto Stage 2 Glenalmond College (Scrum-half) Callum Cruickshank Stage 2 Dollar Academy (Number Eight) Matt Emmison Stage 2 Aberdeenshire RFC (Hooker) Ben Enyon Stage 2 Strathallan School (Wing) Matt Fagerson Stage 2 Strathallan School (Blindside flanker) Ewan Fox Stage 2 High School of Dundee (Scrum-half) George Goodenough Stage 2 Ellon RFC (Stand-off) Caitlan Harvey Stage 2 Caithness RFC (Wing) Josh Henderson Stage 2 Glasgow Hawks RFC (Stand-off) Megan Kennedy Stage 2 Stirling County RFC (Prop) Duncan Leese Stage 2 Dundee HSFP (Centre) Lewis McLean Stage 2 Strathallan School (Prop) Mark New Stage 2 Strathallan School (Centre) Adam Nicol Stage 2 Dunfermline RFC (Prop) Lucy Park Stage 2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Openside flanker) Bruce Sorbie Stage 2 Aberdeenshire RFC (Full-back) Emma Wassell Stage 2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Locks) Edinburgh Ben Appleson Stage 2 The Edinburgh Academy (Full-back) Hamish Bain Stage 2 Currie RFC (Locks) Luke Crosbie Stage 2 Currie RFC (Blindside flanker) Katie Dougan Stage 2 RHC Cougars RFC (Prop) Ross Dunbar Stage 2 Stirling County RFC (Prop) Fin Field Stage 2 Edinburgh University RFC (Locks) Thomas Gordon Stage 2 Currie RFC (Openside flanker) Ali Greig Stage 2 Stewart's Melville RFC (Wing) Mhairi Grieve Stage 2 RHC Cougars RFC (Scrum-half) Fergus Haig Stage 2 Fettes College (Openside flanker) Sarah Law Stage 2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Scrum-half) Lisa Martin Stage 2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Stand-off) Ross McCann Stage 2 Royal High School (Wing) Lisa Robertson Stage 2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Prop) Charlie Shiel Stage 2 Currie RFC (Scrum-half) Eilidh Sinclair Stage 2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Wing) Aaron Tait Stage 2 Merchiston Castle School (Scrum-half) Glasgow and the West Paul Cairncross Stage 2 East Kilbride RFC (Hooker) Rachael Cook Stage 2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Blindside flanker) Calum Gaw Stage 2 Ayr RFC (Centre) Martin Hughes Stage 2 St. Aloysius College RFC (Blindside flanker) Jade Konkel Stage 2 Hillhead Jordanhill RFC (Number Eight) Charlie Lonergan Stage 2 GHA RFC (Centre) Louise McMillan Stage 2 Hillhead Jordanhill RFC (Blindside flanker) Gregor Paxton Stage 2 Ayr RFC (Centre) Paul Ramsey Stage 2 Glasgow Hawks RFC (Wing) Archie Russell Stage 2 Ayr RFC (Centre) Andrew Simpson Stage 2 Currie RFC (Number Eight) Lana Skeldon Stage 2 Hillhead Jordanhill RFC (Hooker) Robbie Smith Stage 2 Newton Stewart RFC (Hooker) Graduates of this year Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs: Andrew Davidson to ENG Newcastle Falcons Lewis Carmichael to SCOEdinburgh Rugby Jack Cosgrove to SCOEdinburgh Rugby Ross Graham to ENG Yorkshire Carnegie Robbie Fergusson to ENG London Scottish F.C. Scott Cummings to SCOGlasgow Warriors Ali Price to SCOGlasgow Warriors James Malcolm to SCOGlasgow Warriors Nick Grigg to SCOGlasgow Warriors References 2015-16 Category:2015–16 in Scottish rugby union