Scotland's other teams vs their Irish counterparts (Clubs, Womens & U20s)

Scotland Club International team to play Ireland Club International at Old Belvedere on Friday 9 March, kick-off 6.30pm:

15 Fraser Thomson (Melrose)
14 Callum Anderson (Aberdeen Grammar)
13 Ross Curle (Ayr)
12 Dean Kelbrick (Glasgow Hawks)
11 Dougie Fife (Currie)
10 Lee Millar (Gala)
9 Richard Snedden (Currie)
1 John Cox (Currie)
2 Sean Crombie (Boroughmuir) (captain)
3 Alan Brown (Dundee HSFP)
4 Scott Sutherland (Ayr)
5 Rory McKay (Glasgow Hawks)
6 Graeme Dodds (Melrose)
7 Rob Colhoun (Ayr)
8 Ross Weston (Currie)

Replacements
16 Fraser Brown (Heriot’s)
17 Neil Dymock (Dundee HSFP)
18 Gary Holborn (Melrose)
19 Richard Hawkins (Dundee HSFP)
20 Andrew Rose (Boroughmuir)
21 Morgan Ward (Aberdeen Grammar)
22 Danny Gilmour (Stirling County)

Scotland Women regroup to take on their Irish counterparts at Ashbourne RFC on Friday

Scotland Women: Stephanie Johnston (RHC Cougars), Katy Green, Laura Steven (both Murrayfield Wanderers), Lisa Ritchie (Carlisle), Sarah Dixon (Stirling Co), Tanya Griffith, Louise Dalgliesh (both RHC Cougars); Tracy Balmer (Worcester), Sarah Quick, Beth Dickens (both Murrayfield Wand), Anna Swan (RHC Cougars), Jemma Forsyth (Hillhead/Jordanhill), Lindsay Wheeler (Richmond), Ruth Slaven (Murrayfield Wand), Susie Brown (Richmond, capt)

Subs: Alison Macdonald (RHC Cougars), Heather Lockhart (Hillhead/Jordanhill), Katherine Muir (Richmond), Charlotte Veale (Wasps), Tess Forsberg (Richmond), Lisa Martin (Murrayfield Wand), Lauren Harris (Melrose).



Scotland under-20 team to face Ireland under-20 on Friday, 9 March, Dubarry Park, Athlone (kick-off 7.05pm):

15.Tommy Allan (Western Province)
14. Jamie Farndale (Edinburgh Rugby/Edinburgh Accies)
13. Mark Bennett (Clermont Auvergne)
12. Finn Russell (Falkirk)
11. Michael Crawley (Boroughmuir)
10. Harry Leonard (Edinburgh Rugby)
9. Matt Torrance (Ospreys)

1. Robin Hislop (Edinburgh Rugby)
2. George Turner (Edinburgh Rugby/Stewart’s Melville)
3. Alex Allan (Loughborough Students)
4. Andrew Redmayne (Dundee HSFP)
5. Jonny Gray (Hamilton)
6. Mitch Eadie (Bristol Rugby)
8.Jamie Swanson (Boroughmuir)
7. Will Bordill (Sale Sharks)

16. Russell Anderson (Gala)
17. Gavin Robertson (Dundee HSFP)
18. Adam Sinclair (Stirling County)
19. Callum Reid (Edinburgh Accies)
20. Jamie Bhatti (Stirling County)
21. Murray McConnell (Glasgow Warriors/Ayr)
22. Tom Steven (Glasgow Hawks)
23. Robbie Fergusson (Ayr)

Great to see Mark Bennett back playing - hope things go well for the lad

Aye did I read somewhere in his return game for Clermont's academy he scored 17 points?

A try or two and several kicks

Yes, he scored a vg try against Lyon apparently.

Rob Hislop at loosehead is also someone we should be looking at - he's quality for a young lad.

if these guys ever get selected we could be looking at the next golden generation!

All we need is a better selector as coach and we'll be set!

Finally - get to see mark Bennett play an (almost) professional game!

Mark Bennett is world class. Officially.

Whatever ha happened to Borders rugby?

No Hawick, Kelso, Jedburgh etc. Is Ayr considered Borders?

That has got to be a great concern.

Portnoy, don't you worry yourself, Borders rugby is alive and well. The Club team is not intended to reflect the relative strengths of clubs, otherwise Melrose for example would be far better represented

Thanks for that reassurance As. Pleased to hear that all is in hale health.

Phew. I was worried for a bit.

aye if it was purely club strength, it would be Melrose, Currie and Gala. Ayr have struggled to hit their own high standards this season.

Any news on why Tommy Allan is playing fullback? Looked like he could be a great 12 from what little ive seen of him.

Also good to see Bennett back. Now if only we could get Alex Blair back playing. I saw him play at 13 once against Ireland and he was just like Bennett. scored a couple of tries if i recall.

Portnoy wrote:Whatever ha happened to Borders rugby?

No Hawick, Kelso, Jedburgh etc. Is Ayr considered Borders?

Portnoy - I was brought up 8 miles from Ayr and I never considered myself one of those Ewok-like pie munchers.

Nice people, though.