Scottish Rugby Academy 2017–18
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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 2017-18 season sees the third year of the academy.
This was the third year of the Scottish Rugby Academy. 11 players were signed from the Academy into full time professional clubs from last season's Stage 3.
This year sees 8 new entrants into the Academy going straight into Stage 3 - being assigned to a professional club. In addition, another 9 players have been promoted to Stage 3 from Stage 2.
A second intake of players into this year's academy at Stage 1 and 2 will be announced after July and August after the regional age-grade series ends.
The Scottish Rugby Academy runs four regional academies in Scotland:-
These geographically roughly correspond to the traditional districts of Glasgow District, South, Edinburgh District and North and Midlands.
Players are selected in three stages:-
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.
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
Note: these players, originally noted as Caledonia regional academy Stage 3 players were later formally assigned to the Glasgow regional academy when the Scottish Rugby Academy completed their second academy intake of the season.
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
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