The Scottish Rugby Schools' Cup is the annual
Scottish
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
schools'
rugby union cup competition.
Competitions are held at under 18 and under 16 age group levels and are organised by
Scottish Rugby.
The finals are held at
Murrayfield Stadium
Murrayfield Stadium (known as BT Murrayfield Stadium for sponsorship reasons, or popularly as Murrayfield) is a Rugby stadium located in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a seating capacity of 67,144 making it the largest sta ...
in
Edinburgh.
The competitions have had many different formats over the years. For season 2022-23 there are four competitions for each age group, the Cup, Shield, Plate and Bowl.
The main cup competitions involve a straight knock-out format.
In 2013-14 a new shield competition was introduced for those teams eliminated in the preliminary and first rounds of the cup competitions.
The fixtures and results are regularly posted on the Scottish Rugby website and in the mainstream media. Previous sponsors include the
Bank of Scotland, Bell Lawrie White and
Brewin Dolphin.
U18 Cup
Key:
The inaugural competition took place from the start of the 1983–84 season.
Prior to the 1997–98 season most
Independent schools did not participate in the U18 Cup.
Winners of the U18 Cup competition include:
U16 Cup
The inaugural competition took place from the start of the 2004–05 season.
From season 2010-11 the competition evolved from the U15 Cup into the U16 Cup.
Winners of the U15 Cup competition include:
Winners of the U16 Cup competition include:
Scotland internationalists
A number of full Scotland internationalists have played in the schools' cup. Some of whom are listed below:
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John Barclay
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Alasdair Dickinson
Alasdair Dickinson (born 11 September 1983) is a Scottish rugby union coach. He was previously a Scotland international rugby union player; and played for the clubs Edinburgh Rugby, Gloucester and Sale Sharks. He played as a prop.
Rugby Uni ...
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Phil Godman
Phil Godman (born 20 May 1982) is an ex rugby union player, who played for Edinburgh Rugby and Newcastle Falcons as well as representing Scottish rugby union side.
Early life
He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, where he played for the ...
*
Ruaridh Jackson
*
Graeme Morrison
Graeme Morrison (born 17 October 1982 in Hong Kong) is a retired Scottish rugby union footballer. He played for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland as a Centre.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Morrison played as a schoolboy for, Dollar Academy, ...
*
Gregor Townsend
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Richie Vernon
Richie Vernon (born 7 July 1987) is a former Scotland international rugby union player with London Scottish. He previously was with Glasgow Warriors, playing for the Glasgow side over two spells. He has also previously played for the now defunc ...
References
External links
Schools Rugby websiteScottish Rugby website
{{Rugby union in Scotland
Recurring sporting events established in 1983
School sport in the United Kingdom
Schools' Cup