2024–25 Scottish Rugby Academy season

The Scottish Rugby Academy provides Scotland's up-and-coming rugby union players 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 four regional academies. The 2024–25 season sees the tenth year of the academy, and sponsored by Fosroc.^[1]

This was the tenth year of the Scottish Rugby Academy. With the closure of the Super 6 league, the academy numbers for both Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby have been increased to help mitigate the young players development.

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 are selected in three stages:-

• Stage 1 – Regionally selected and regionally supported players
• Stage 2 – Nationally selected and regionally supported players

• Stage 3 – Nationally selected and regionally supported players assigned to a professional team.

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.

The Stage 3 players were assigned directly to Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby.^[3]

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

Player Position Union Tom Banatvala Prop Scotland Callum Norrie Prop Scotland Callum Smyth Prop Scotland Jake Shearer Prop Scotland Oliver McKenna Hooker Scotland Joe Roberts Hooker Scotland Ryan Burke Lock Scotland Dan Halkon Lock Scotland Jare Oguntibeju Lock Scotland Macenzzie Duncan Flanker Scotland Archie McMichael Flanker Scotland Jonny Morris Flanker Scotland Rory Purvis Flanker Scotland

Player Position Union Brent Jackson Scrum-half Scotland Richie Simpson Fly-half Scotland Matthew Urwin Fly-half Scotland Alex Brydon Centre Scotland Duncan Munn Centre Scotland Ben Salmon Centre Scotland Johnny Ventisei Centre Scotland Kerr Yule Centre Scotland Amena Caqusau Wing Scotland Aidan Cross Wing Scotland Kerr Johnston Wing Scotland Harry Provan Wing Scotland Fergus Watson Fullback Scotland

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

Player Position Union Mikey Jones Prop Scotland Ollie Blyth-Lafferty Prop Scotland Jamie Stuart Prop Scotland Jerry Blyth-Lafferty Hooker Scotland Harri Morris Hooker Scotland Christian Lindsay Lock Scotland Euan McVie Lock Scotland Mak Rutherford Lock Scotland Tom Currie Flanker Scotland Freddy Douglas Flanker Scotland Liam McConnell Flanker Scotland Ollie Duncan Number 8 Scotland

Player Position Union Connor McAlpine Scrum-half Scotland Hamish McArthur Scrum-half Scotland Hector Patterson Scrum-half Scotland Isaac Coates Fly-half Scotland Ross Wolfenden Fly-half Scotland Jack Hocking Centre Scotland Sam Leweni Centre Scotland Findlay Thomson Centre Scotland Nairn Moncrieff Wing Scotland Lewis Wells Wing Scotland

Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs:

• Jare Oguntibeju (Glasgow Warriors)
• Duncan Munn (Glasgow Warriors)
• Freddy Douglas (Edinburgh)
• Amena Caqusau (Northampton Saints)
• Aidan Cross (Doncaster Knights)
• Callum Smyth (Worcester Warriors)
• Richie Simpson (Ealing Trailfinders)