# 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.

## 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.

## 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.

#### 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 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