This was the second year of the Scottish Rugby Academy
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 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 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.
This season some of the Stage 3 players were additionally loaned out to London Scottish for their development.
Borders and East Lothian
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
No Stage 3 players selected.
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
Glasgow and the West
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
London Scottish is a SRU member and a professional club playing in the 2016–17 RFU Championship. The SRU has a partnership agreement with London Scottish for a player development pathway. Although these Stage 3 players are nominally assigned to Glasgow Warriors or Edinburgh Rugby these academy players have then been loaned out to the Exiles side for development.
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
The inductees into the 2016-17 season are split into their regional academies.
Borders and East Lothian
Patrick Anderson Stage 1/2 Melrose RFC
Harry Borthwick Stage 1/2 Melrose RFC (Lock)
Thomas Brown Stage 1/2 Melrose RFC
Kyle Brunton Stage 1/2 Hawick RFC
Rory Darge Stage 1/2 North Berwick RFC
Roan Frostwick Stage 1/2 North Berwick RFC
Darcy Graham Stage 3 Hawick RFC (Wing)
Adam Hall Stage 1/2 Melrose RFC
Andrew Horne Stage 1/2 Preston Lodge RFC (Blindside flanker)
Robbie McCallum Stage 1/2 Loretto School
Gary Munro Stage 1/2 Jed-Forest RFC
Fraser Renwick Stage 1/2 Hawick RFC
Gary Robertson Stage 3 Gala RFC (Prop)
Finlay Scott Stage 1/2 Jed Thistle RFC
Kaleem Barreto Stage 1/2 Glenalmond College (Scrum-half)
Fergus Bradbury Stage 1/2 Stirling University
Callum Cruickshank Stage 1/2 Dollar Academy (Number Eight)
Karen Dunbar Stage 1/2 RHC Cougars
Angus Fraser Stage 1/2 High School of Dundee
George Goodenough Stage 1/2 Strathallan School (Stand-off)
Caitlan Harvey Stage 1/2 Caithness RFC (Wing)
Grant Hughes Stage 1/2 Dollar Academy
Megan Kennedy Stage 1/2 Stirling County (Prop)
Euan McLaren Stage 1/2 Dollar Academy
Andrew McLean Stage 1/2 Stirling County
Lucy Park Stage 1/2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Openside flanker)
Logan Trotter Stage 1/2 Stirling County
Emma Wassell Stage 1/2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Lock)
Ben Appleson Stage 1/2 Edinburgh Academicals (Full-back)
Jason Baggott Stage 3 Melrose RFC (Fly-half)
Hamish Bain Stage 1/2 Currie RFC (Lock)
Jack Bruce Stage 1/2 Edinburgh Academicals
Luke Crosbie Stage 3 Currie RFC (Openside flanker)
Ross Dunbar Stage 1/2 Stirling County (Prop)
Calum Eastwood Stage 1/2 Watsonians
Jordan Edmunds Stage 1/2 Boroughmuir RFC
Ewan Fox Stage 1/2 High School of Dundee
Thomas Gordon Stage 3 Currie RFC (Openside flanker)
Fin Hobbis Stage 1/2 Stewarts Melville
Jamie Hodgson Stage 1/2 Stewarts Melville
Cammy Hutchison Stage 3 Currie RFC
Sarah Law Stage 1/2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Scrum-half)
Rhona Lloyd Stage 1/2 Edinburgh University
Helen Nelson Stage 1/2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC
Dan Marek Stage 1/2 Currie RFC
Lisa Martin Stage 1/2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC
Murray McCallum Stage 3 Heriots (Prop)
Ross McCann Stage 3 Melrose RFC (Wing)
Grant McConnell Stage 3 Boroughmuir RFC (Wing)
Dean Roger Stage 1/2 Edinburgh Academicals
Chloe Rollie Stage 1/2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC
Charlie Shiel Stage 3 Currie RFC (Scrum-half)
Eilidh Sinclair Stage 1/2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Wing)
George Taylor Stage 3 Melrose RFC (Centre}
Lisa Thomson Stage 1/2 Edinburgh University
Jamie Ure Stage 1/2 Boroughmuir RFC
Daniel Winning Stage 3 Boroughmuir RFC (Prop)
Glasgow and the West
Robert Beattie Stage 3 Glasgow Hawks
Scott Bell Stage 1/2 Glasgow Hawks
Jamie Bhatti Stage 3 Melrose
Paul Cairncross Stage 1/2 East Kilbride RFC (Hooker)
Rachael Cook Stage 1/2 Murrayfield Wanderers RFC (Blindside flanker)
Ben Eynon Stage 1/2 Glasgow Hawks
Matt Fagerson Stage 3 Glasgow Hawks
Bruce Flockhart Stage 3 Glasgow Hawks
Andrew Grant-Suttie Stage 1/2 Stirling County
Fergus Haig Stage 1/2 GHA
Josh Henderson Stage 1/2 Glasgow Hawks
Martin Hughes Stage 1/2 Heriots (Blindside flanker)
George Horne Stage 3 Glasgow Hawks RFC (Scrum-half)
Callum Hunter-Hill Stage 3 Stewart's Melville RFC (Lock)
Ross Jackson Stage 1/2 Biggar RFC
Andrew Jardine Stage 1/2 Biggar RFC
Jade Konkel Stage 3 Hillhead Jordanhill RFC (Number Eight)
Stafford McDowell Stage 1/2 Ayr RFC
Louise McMillan Stage 1/2 Hillhead Jordanhill RFC
Mark New Stage 1/2 Glasgow Hawks
Craig Pringle Stage 1/2 Stirling County
Robbie Smith Stage 1/2 Newton Stewart RFC (Hooker)
Bruce Sorbie Stage 1/2 Stirling County
Matt Smith Stage 3 Glasgow Hawks RFC (Openside flanker)
Sam Thomson Stage 3 Glasgow Hawks
Gavin Wilson Stage 1/2 Dumfries Saints
Lewis Wynne Stage 3 Stirling County
Daniel York Stage 1/2 West of Scotland
Players who have signed professional contracts with clubs:
Matt Smith to Glasgow Warriors
Lewis Wynne to Glasgow Warriors
Jamie Bhatti to Glasgow Warriors
